>> "the washington post" reported monday, "in late may, the administration accepted mexico's offer of two skimmers and 13,779 feet of boom. a dutch offer of three set of koseq sweeping arms which attach to the sides of ships and gather oil and eight skimming systems offered by norway." thomas frank, columnist at "the wall street journal" and author of "the wrecking crew: how conservatives rule" joins us now. good evening to you, sir. >> and how are you today? >> help us, norway, you're our only hope. >> yeah, turn to the socialists, right? >> yeah. and this is after she just finished going on this rant, denouncing, in the rest of the interview, with her and bill o'reilly, denouncing government, you know, government can never solve any problem. it always has to be the private sector. government screws up everything it touches. that's why we have to turn to the government of norway. >> last year mr. o'reilly had asked his audience to start a legal defense fund for miss palin. he volunteered to donate the first $1,000.