How do I lie to thee, let me count the ways

Maybe the Palin/McCain campaign poem should be

How do I lie to thee, let me count the ways...

Here's one everyone in the media seems to have overlooked, from factcheck.org

Palin claims Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." That's not true.

Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that's a far cry from all the "energy" produced in the U.S.

Alaska's share of domestic energy production was 3.5 percent, according to the official figures kept by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

And if by "supply" Palin meant all the energy consumed in the U.S., and not just produced here, then Alaska's production accounted for only 2.4 percent.


Alaskan production accounts for only 4.8 percent of all the crude oil and petroleum products supplied to the U.S. in 2007, counting both domestic production and imports from other nations.

McCain, too perpetuates this lie, using the same 20% figure in an attempt to pump up her slim resume. Both of these liars say this is an average, over years - but they won't say how many years. What most people don't know is that Alaskan oil production is down 22% in the last five years. The 20% figure cited by Palin/McCain comes from production in the 1980s and 1990s,long before Palin was governor.

So let's say 96.5% of the energy produced in the US did NOT come from Alaska. That puts Palin's 'expertise' and 'readiness' to be President in a different light.