Punchline

"Now she has a book deal presumed to be worth millons, and I cannot wait to read it. I believe on the tenth page she decides since the book is going to end anyway to leave the last 200 pages blank."

—Stephen Colbert on Sarah Palin's resignation in Alaska.

(ht Political Browser)

Deep thought

Now that Palin has unexpectedly resigned without completing a single full term as governor of Alaska, can we stop pretending she's a serious candidate for president?

How did the oil get to Alaska?

Joe Barton (R-TX) doesn't have a middle school science textbook handy:



Later, he tweets:



Um, right--what a fool.

Size of Alaska

Larger than you think:



Comparative land areas (excludes water):

Contiguous US: 7,664 thousand km²
Alaska: 1,519 thousand km² (20% of the contiguous states)
Texas: 679 thousand km² (9% of contiguous, 45% of Alaska's size)

Of course, Alaska has less than 3% the population of Texas.