Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Boomtown, USA

Had a wonderful time in Williston, North Dakota, last night. Responsible resource development has led to a huge economic boom there. The chant "Drill, Baby, Drill" is understood and appreciated in North Dakota! They're showing America how to live and preserve the American dream by rockin' the Bakkan, showing how domestic energy brings prosperity and can lead to America's security. The city of Williston itself has tripled in size, and North Dakota oil production is up 445% since 2008. North Dakota now leads the nation in agriculture, oil, job creation, personal income growth and even “people's overall well-being.” They got there by responsibly utilizing all the God-given resources put here for mankind’s use.
Special thanks to our friend Rob Port for keeping us updated over the years about North Dakota’s tremendous progress. Rob grew up in Alaska and was the little brother of my friend and basketball teammate, Katy Port. Back then “Robbie” was just a cute little kid coming with us on basketball trips, entertaining us with his toddler sense of humor. Now he's a big shot blogger in North Dakota with his "Say Anything" blog being the state's most popular political blog and one of the top conservative blogs in the nation!
The event in Williston was a fundraiser for Trinity Christian School. Got to meet some of the nicest salt of the earth people from the heartland. It was great to see David Barton (who also spoke at the event), as well as the musical entertainment provided by Ernie Haase and Signature Sound. Trinity Christian School is doing a wonderful job living the message in Proverbs 22:6, which instructs us to: “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
Thank you again to everyone who made last night’s event possible. North Dakota, keep up the good work! You’re leading by example with responsible energy development, balanced budgets and positive pro-life legislation.
- Sarah Palin

4 comments:

  1. Hell William I live in a boomtown and we don't drill baby drill. Nope on the leading edge of smart grid technology. If oil continues to drop we'll see how long fracking booms. Most of them are losing money or just barely hanging on. And William it is not drilling driving the price down it's lack of demand. We just don't need as much.

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    1. That couldn't be because the world has been in a Great Recession for the past six years now could it ric?

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    2. No William our country and China the two biggest gobblers of energy are both moving forward not that you will ever admit that all the facts numbers and charts are right. Less demand because of conservation, technology etc.
      Our economy has been growing albeit slowly since 2009. Gas prices under GWB at the onset of our Great Recession in 2008 were $4.07. we are now approaching pre recession levels and gas is falling. Why might that be William? It ain't N.D. And if it is then damn, Obama allowed something good to happen in spite of himself.

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    3. f-r-a-c-k-i-n-g

      Let it roll slowly off of your tongue ric,,,

      f-r-a-c-k-i-n-g

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