And the Great State of Alaska Brings You...

Ironic, since I had just written about the perils of being a wild animal in Alaska last week.
Here's my top five list of what Alaska is known for:
1. Idiotic sanctioning of allowing humans to ride at night in parks where there are bears. The bike rides are at the risk of riders and bears alike - since a mother bear (that didn't match the DNA of one that did attack a rider) was hunted down and killed last month, leaving her 2 cubs orphaned.
2. Aerial wolf hunts, in which wild Alaskan wolves are ran to the point of exhaustion by helicopters and then shot to death. If this isn't bad enough, the government this year sanctioned a den hunt. Denning is when hunters are allowed to go into wolf dens and kill the mother and her young, something, by their own fish and game laws is illegal.
3. A lawsuit initiated by the governor to see that polar bears NOT be placed on the Endangered Species List. This action comes as the sea ice melts and polar bears are drowning each day trying to swim hundreds of miles toward the Artic.
4. Support by the governor of drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, an effort that would bring some temporary jobs to people - the jobs dependant on just how much oil might be there - and would take us at least 10 yers to find.
5. Now said Alaska Governor Palin is on the GOP ticket as the vice presidential nominee.

Do we really need to say anything further about where this administration would be on the subject of the environment and wildlife?