peta. defending herself against criticism over a photo of her 6-year-old son using the family dog as a stepping stool to reach the sink. palin responded to peta s attacks by pointing out president obama once ate dog meat as a child in indonesia. appearing on the today show this morning, she was asked if maybe that comment was a cheap shot. oh heck no. that was the best line in the post that i wrote. it was the kickoff line upon it was hey, peta chill, at least trig didn t eat the dog. let me go to you, chris. i m rolling my eyes. there s no end in sight in this debate. should she let sleeping dogs lie? first of all, i m shocked that we still take sarah palin seriously. we didn t say that. i mean first of all, the photo of trig is a bit absurd. i think seeing that photo, i haven t seen it that close until now. seeing that photo, that s
incensed just like that time ellen degeneres did the same thing oh wait. so let s start with the governor. why did she post the photo? what was she trying to convey? so on new year s day sarah palin posted these pictures of her 6-year-old son, trig, using the labrador retriever that they have, jill, to help with the dishes. he said something like, mom i need help getting up to help you with the dishes. she didn t pay attention necessarily so he did it himself and wanted to help. so she posted these pictures as a message of the new year s saying we learn things every day. my son trig just reminded me there are steppingstones in life and sometimes you ve got to find your own way. well, that of course incensed peta as you just mentioned and they were saying as a mother she shouldn t be posting these pictures without showing any sympathy for the dog. now, in return of course sarah palin said, well at least trig didn t eat the dog. of course a reference to president obama when he admitt
saying we learn things every day. my son trig just reminded me there are steppingstones in life and sometimes you ve got to find your own way. well, that of course incensed peta as you just mentioned and they were saying as a mother she shouldn t be posting these pictures without showing any sympathy for the dog. now, in return of course sarah palin said, well at least trig didn t eat the dog. of course a reference to president obama when he admitted in his book that he had eaten dog when he was living in indonesia. and she reminded them of the time that mayor bill de blasio who just happened to drop the groundhog during a groundhog day ceremony, that groundhog eventually died. and peta didn t have much to say about that. she s just reminding them a little of the things that happened maybe they should be outraged about. peta gets incensed in some instances when it happens to be a republican doing something but maybe not so much when it s a democrat. right. enter stage right ellen
to call corporations citizens and say they re just equivalent to you and me, you and me, we don t have the same year to year options of venue shopping for the best tax liability, for the least regulations, for the least account billion. you might remember us reporting that even though transocean is a swiss company, yeah, whatever, the rig that exploded and sank in the gulf was flying the flag of where? the marshall islands. why was that purportedly swiss rig flying the flag of the marshall islands when transocean isn t based in the marshall islands, when the rig wasn t built in the marshall islands, when the workers on the rig didn t come from the marshall islands? it s a good question. it was a flag of convenience, as they say. convenient in the sense that preventing to be a rig from the marshall islands meant that deepwater horizon could avoid pes beiky regulations. the new york times reported today that, quote, no one from the marshall islands ever
this rig the deep water horizon failed to work. greta: in reading the wall street journal article there was a recommendation that there be two redundancys, two ways to have it work. this rig didn t have the double one. most rigs do not greta: recommendation of two. right by a norwegian researcher that my colleague interviewed. he made the recommendation they be required to have a second pipe-cutting device that could sheer off the pipe and increase the odds that you could tap the well in case of a big blow-out. the recommendation was not acted upon because it would have increased the cost for industry and made it difficult for older rigs to comply. greta: the department of interior has this messy situation on how they are set-up. congress is supposed to be providing oversight. what is congress doing, asleep at the wheel? it is agency that democratic and republican administrations have had