BP (NYSE:BP): Extremist anti-Palin Environmental Group Got Government No-bid Contract

Extremist environmental group Defenders of Wildlife, who via its political arm, the Defenders Action Fund, attacked Sarah Palin for her battle against the over-population of wolves in Alaska, which were devastating the food supply of the native population, was rewarded a no-bid contract of $216,625 from the Obama administration.

The extremist group didn't like the way Palin was having the wolf population culled, which was by the use of aircraft to hunt them down and kill them; as if it mattered how they were killed.

Democrat Jamie Rappaport Clark, the executive vice president of the group, and prior director of the Fish and Wildlife Service under former President Bill Clinton, asserted, "I just truly believe there are no dots to connect," concerning the appearance of impropriety.

Defenders of Wildlife made the amazing claim that no politics played a role in the decision in the no-bid contract.

They've obsessed so much over Palin that they're attempting to pressure Discovery Communications to stop the proposed reality TV series called "Sarah Palin's Alaska."

The Fish and Wildlife Service paid out the money to study how the BP oil spill affected ocean birds.

Sarah Palin, BP (NYSE:BP) and Obama

Growing concern over Barack Obama and his connection to big oil is emerging, as BP (NYSE:BP) has given Obama the largest single donation in two decades to Obama, $77,051, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Sarah Palin has openly started asking why there isn't as much scrutiny over the slow response of the Obama administration to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as there was over the alleged slow response of the Bush administration to Katrina.

Palin likens Obama's lack of response in the beginning to the Katrina situation, citing Obama's ties to big oil as the reason behind it.

"I don't know why the question isn't asked by the mainstream media and by others if there's any connection with the contributions made to president Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration," said Palin.

Others have questioned Obama's slow response as well as possibly being related to his strong connections to the oil industry, which he is now trying to distance himself from.

Governor Palin Disappointed by Shell Decision to Cancel Drilling Activities in the OCS

December 18, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today expressed her disappointment in Shell Oil Company’s decision to cancel drilling activities in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of Alaska’s Beaufort Sea for 2009.

The decision comes on the heels of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 20. “Alaska’s economic past and future are tied directly to the development of our abundant natural resources," the governor said. “The loss of this exploration activity will cost our state’s families hundreds of jobs next year.”

The governor also announced today that the state of Alaska intends to support Shell’s petition to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for a rehearing in front of the full court.