Bush one vote away from Arctic drilling OK

“Here's the story.


Bush one vote away from Arctic drilling OK”

“That's scary.”

“Just another reason Bush sucks! Man I hope he doesn't get relected.”

“I still don't know why Russian oil was never pursued...”

“As much as I support Bush and military action against Iraq, if arctic drilling gets approved, I will NOT be voting for him in 2004. Totally unacceptable, IMO.”

“While the argument is made that the area of drilling is small, the Department of the Interior under the Reagan administration labeled that area as the heart of the refuge.”

“And as for the four remaining votes, let them cast them in peace. They were elected to make decisions to represent the people who elected them, not to be pressured and bullied by the president and his henchmen.

I'll getting real sick and tired of hearing about politicians being swayed to vote this way or that way. It sucks with a capital S, and if they fall pray to this pressure, Well that sucks even bigger dicks!

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!”

“This is the true nature of this regime.

They have no intent to do "the will of the people".

Its about grabbing all you can before the next hog gets it.

Back to the future.....to the days of the Robber Barons.”

“I just called my two Senators (both Republicans and one is Frist) to tell them to vote against it...wasted phone calls I know but at least it lets them know how I feel, like they care”

“Frist appears to be one of the prime motivators of this push, Ewk”

“I wonder how the Representatives from Alaska voted.

The vast majority of Alaskans support drilling.”

“Ted Stevens is for it, Bacpac”

“Not sure about the other Sen or their congress people”

“That couldn't have anything to do with the cash they will receive could it Bacpac?”

“Well it is in their backyard. One would think that they would be a better judge of the situation than the liberal liars in the press.

This whole thing has been hyped and spun.”

“well it's not really in their backyard though is it? Most Alaskans don't live that far north. If I were told I'd be getting thousands of dollars in tax rebates for the next few years for letting them drill for oil hundreds of miles to the north of me then it would be tough to stick to my principles too. There is also the fact that's it will create jobs and benefit the local economy for a few years, but will decimate the area for many more years.”

“Wait a minute, it's ok for you to write/call your representatives and tell them how you want them to vote but not OK for the president to do the same?”

“Sorry, VC. But, I don't see how you can equate the pressure a President puts on members of Congress compared to a citizen writing a letter to their reps.”

“That's exactly right VC2 - after all you elect them to represent you - the president doesn't nominate them to support him :o)”

“Though the ANWR is in Alaska, all U.S. citizens are responsible for its disposition, not just those living in Alaska.”

“600,000 Alaskans don't own the refuge, the 270,000,000 US public does.”

“Good points Tom Terrific and aero.”

“Alaska sucks at any teat that will flow.”

“OK, I can see your point. How about Green Peace, and Sierra Club?”

“Stop selling the oil and gas from the Alaskan pileline to other countries and upcap the 1000's of oilwells sitting idle in this country first. This needs to be done before we even consider drilling in the Artic.”

“Stop selling the oil and gas from the Alaskan pileline to other countries and upcap the 1000's of oilwells sitting idle in this country first. This needs to be done before we even consider drilling in the Artic.”

“Why drill in Alaska when we’re about to open a giant gas station in Iraq? When the oil starts flowing from Iraq are we all going to get rebate checks?”

“I liked my post so much I posted it twice :)”

“Must hike, don't count on too much from the Iraq issue. I sincerely doubt that they are in this to make our oil prices cheaper.”

“I agree Must Hike. Save ANWR, drill Iraq! Save ANWR, drill Iraq!”

“Don’t worry treebeard I have no illusions of cheap gas. The profits from Iraqi oil are destined for the pockets of a few well-positioned people.”

“Is the ANWR on BLM Land?


Sorry, couldn't resist.”

“(cut & pasted from www.wilderness.org)

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under a sneak attack from the oil industry and their allies in Congress and the Administration. In the next two weeks, oil industry allies in the House and Senate will try to use a sneaky backdoor maneuver to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling.

We need your help to keep drilling in the Arctic Refuge OUT of the federal budget before it’s too late!

Click here to take action now: http://www.wilderness.org/Arctic

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of our last remaining wild places. We can’t lose the critical battle to preserve this precious, threatened landscape which is inhabited by wolves, grizzlies, caribou, and millions of migrating birds.

This threat is more serious, and more dangerous, than ever before. Anti-wilderness forces in Congress are plotting to use a backdoor budget maneuver to sneak this oil industry giveaway into the same federal budget the government needs to function.

In the past, proponents of Arctic oil drilling have fallen far short of the 60 votes necessary to pass such a highly controversial proposal in the U.S. Senate. Yet rumors about the upcoming stealth budget maneuver make it increasingly clear that the oil industry and its allies will stop at nothing to get their way.

Click here to urge your Senators and Representatives to oppose inserting Arctic drilling into the federal budget: http://www.wilderness.org/Arctic

Poll after poll has shown that the American people believe some places are so wild, so special, and so important that they should be off limits to oil drilling. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would ruin one of America’s last unspoiled and irreplaceable wild places for just a few months worth of oil that won’t be available to consumers for ten years! There are safer and smarter ways to address America's energy needs, starting with making our vehicles more efficient and investing in renewable sources like wind and solar power.

Please take a moment to remind your Senators and Representatives that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has no place in the federal budget!

Click here to take action now: http://www.wilderness.org/Arctic

With your help, we will protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as an unspoiled legacy for future generations.”

“Finally we might be able to get those rigs in there, its taken long enough.

Oh and while were at it lets stop spreading the "wilderness will forever be ruined" bs hysteria...”

“hey Bison, instead of drilling there why doesn't the oil companies uncap the many oil wells in this country. That would be a lot cheaper”

“Better that we drill than some 3rd world nation who wouldn't even try to be responsable.”

“Can't wait till they start drilling! Gas prices already high enough. Think if they strike a huge deposit, gas prices will go down at least $.05?

I hope so. It is killing me to fill up my SUV's!”

“3rd world nations, middle east, ANWAR, CONUS, i say we drill for it all asap. lets face it, we need more oil!

last i looked there's still plenty of places w/out any smog and there's still a few pesky penguins left to be killed off by oil spills.
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“WK, won't happen :( they will sell it to other countries like they are doing now with the gas and oil being pumped out of Alaska”

“Hell, I'd pay $5 a gallon for hydro fuel just so we could sit back and watch the mideast oil countries collapse in on themselves.”

“right on nigal, i'm sick of those ragheaded camel jockey's hating us. just cause we've been invading them and treating their people and governments like puppets for a few years, jeesh, the nerve of some people...

EDIT: and by a few years i mean atleast 200, arguably 1,000.
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“No matter what side you take in this, you have to be severely niave to think that drilling in Anwar could be "snuck" into a budget bill.”

“Yeah, because that's exactly what I was saying sacco.




Dickhead...
:)”

“what nigal? you think there are a whole bunch of pesky penguins left to be taken care of?”

“Bison, just out of interest, is there any part of the world that it is not right to drill for fossil fuels?”

“Yes, my backyard ;)










Unless I'm gettin' royalties that is...
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““what nigal? you think there are a whole bunch of pesky penguins left to be taken care of?”

Gee sacco. You are right and far, far smarter than I am.























At least I know there no penguins in the Arctic…
LOL!”

“Wow. Silly me. I thought people who enjoyed the outdoors would be sympathetic to this.
Instead I'm labeled hysterical and naive.

So y'all are really just into this for whatever ya can get out of it?

Sayonara, suckers.”

“Who called you hysterical and naive? No one did. Simply having a balanced view of responsible use of resources doesn't mean we hate the wilderness. That assumption DOES make you hysterical and naive.”

“You seem to have drawn responses from the righties here Le S.
Basically, for Bush and energy lobbyists, no ground is too sacred for oil. Hopefuilly they'll discover it on several of the Bush family estates.”