Little Diomede:Diomede Alaska:Sarah Palin Anderson Cooper 360
Little Diomede:Diomede Alaska:Sarah Palin Anderson Cooper 360-Little Diomede/Diomede Alaska will be the topic on CNN this evening.Anderson Cooper 360 has decided to dig into the claim that Sarah Palin made about having foreign policy experience because she could see Russia from Alaska.Anderson Cooper 360 correspondent Gary Tuchman visited Little Diomede Island in Alaska and yes you can see Russia from Little Diomede Island but Sarah Palin never visited Diomede. No Alaska governor has been in Little Diomede for over 50 years.No one on Little Diomede knows who Sarah Palin is.CNN reported:
Interestingly, many of these Alaskans had no idea who Sarah Palin was! It turns out they have no TV on the island, and therefore, many don’t follow the news.
That’s all we have for now on Little Diomede:Diomede Alaska:Sarah Palin Anderson Cooper 360.
Susan Schaffel | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
Was I the only one watching as the resident of Little Diomede Alaska walks over to the sea and DUMPS their garbage right into the ocean! Before the resident dumps, the video shows a big sign DONT DUMP HERE…..so the ocean is trash dump?
Does this reflect the environmental laws of Alaska?
Maybe Sara Palin should be taking care at home first!
So CalMom | Oct 23, 2008 | Reply
I too saw how Diomede doesn’t have a solution to their trash – like digging a land fill and instead throws it into the sea. I actually was looking for a clip of it to send to people. It seems to be Alaska’s connection to Russia – Alaska throws trash into the ocean and it moves its way over to Russia. It’s hideous. I can’t believe more people aren’t outraged.
Dime Eater | Nov 1, 2008 | Reply
Digging a landfill? The entire island is two square miles and composed of permafrost and rock. There is also no plumbing or sewer except for the school and one city owned “washeteria” because of that. Residents use “honey buckets” for toilets which is common in rural arctic areas that lack such infrastructure.
Additionally, there IS a solution for the trash and CNN did not show it. A new incinerator was brought out over a year ago but was not put to use right away because the city government was waiting on the organization or company associated with the incinerator to provide training. However, recently, before CNN arrived the incinerator was finally being used. The DONT DUMP HERE sign was put on the OLD makeshift incinerator. Why people still dump in the ocean is a frustration for community members, but it has only been an issue, for the last 40 years or so – as more of their refuse became inorganic and toxic. They’re still using walrus skin boats and still adapting to the rapid changes of the Western world. Not an excuse, but a partial explanation.
Ken in Oregon | Mar 25, 2009 | Reply
Sara Palin NEVER said the word “I”. She said “you”
From Transcript:
Palin: “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”
So she was correct.
Examples:
You can throw trash from a bridge.
You can spit off a building.
You can dig a tunnel under the U.S.-Canadian or U.S.-Mexican borders.
Those are true statements (people have done that before). I have never any of those, but can actually do those.