Americans Say Screw The Environment

Elective Decisions ^ | July 7, 2008 | Chris Davis

[writer33]

Washington, D.C.—With the price of gas topping above $4 per gallon, Americans say that drilling is the top priority above all else. Consumers have signaled Congress to open the outer continental shelf now.

According to the new Zogby Poll, taken June 29-July 4, 88% of Americans think drilling here, and drilling now is more important than anything else. That compares to 45% just two short years ago. The poll result show that Americans want growth, noting to Congress, “Screw the environment. Drill here. Drill now!”

[writer33]

S-A-T-I-R-E

[writer33]

Satire ping!

[sobieski]

Environmentalism is a luxury good. When things are tough, luxury goods are left behind.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

S-A-T-I-R-E

But shouldn't be.

:)

[KarlInOhio]

S-A-T-I-R-E

Darn! Well, maybe at $5/gallon we'll be refining Moby Dick.

[hinckley buzzard]

"Screw the environment. Drill here. Drill now!”

Now that's Change I can believe in.

[writer33]

It sure as heck shouldn’t be satire.

[writer33]

Environmentalism is a luxury good.

Good point.

[writer33]

Now that's Change I can believe in.

Maybe if we hope, it will happen. :-)

Thanks for reading, HB. I appreciate it.

[Ditter]

Excellent satire, too bad you made it up.

[editor-surveyor]

"Now that's Change I can believe in."

Then vote for the messiah of change: muBarak Hussein Obamasama Bin Muslim.

[writer33]

Thanks for the nice comments, Ditter. Yep. Too bad I made it up. Of course, if these pollsters worded things differently, then you might see a larger percentage for drilling.

[2111USMC]

Dang right it shouldn’t be satire.

Like Glenn Beck says “drill through the caribous’ heads!”

Use polar bear fat to lube the rigs.

[writer33]

:-)

[dalereed]

What makes it satire?

I’ve always believed that everything on earth is here for humans to use to their best advantage, minerals, plants/trees, and animals.

[writer33]

What makes it satire?

It's not 100 percent factual. That's the difference, but thanks for reading. I appreciate it.

[SouthTexas]

Not satire—truth.

A good editorial. :)

[skinkinthegrass]

Hey!...in this case; Satire; is Reality....SO DRILL NOW!...MINE MORE COAL! ...BUILD MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS!...NO MORE SPECIAL GASOLINE BLENDS....CUT REGULATIONS / END "RED TAPE"

LET PEOPLE AND FREE ENTERPRISE WORK!....*uck the enviro-terrorist / Greenies!

[writer33]

Thanks for reading, ST. I appreciate it.

[writer33]

I completely agree, skink. Thanks for reading. I do appreciate it.

[Smokin' Joe]

Screw it?

I wasn't even hugging those trees.

[SierraWasp]

Now yer tawlkin/writin some good (bleep!) Funny thing is... The sensitive, politically correct, litigation avoidance drilling will never come close to "Screwing The Environment!!!"

They just showed me a program on PBS promoting the neat things one can see and do hiking and biking around in Lost Angeles. A dramatic before and after of a site with wall-to-wall drilling rigs from the 1940's, followed by the same site today as a hugely attractive tourism site with beautiful canals, etc.

Reclamation can be a beautiful thing, even when strip-mining for coal/oil/whatever!!!

Google for "Earth Share" who gets Public Service Announcements instead of paying for advertising to promote their massive work-site fund raising activity, nationwide!!!

I'm not against the environment, just GovernMental EnvironMentalism!!! (our new state religion)

[writer33]

:-)

Thanks for reading, Smokin’ Joe. I appreciate it.

[writer33]

Thanks for the nice comments, SW. Thanks for reading as well. I do appreciate it. It’s time we woke up and drilled.

[SierraWasp]

Shazzam!!! You’re quick!!!

[proudmilitarymrs]

I’m an American and I say...................

Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!!!!!!!!!!!!

mrs

[Smokin' Joe]

Of course, if these pollsters worded things differently, then you might see a larger percentage for drilling.

You mean questions like:

"Do you mind paying a little more to commute to work to avoid destroying the planet, killing off all the wildlife, polluting the atmosphere, heating the earth until the Oceans boil and everything on land is burned to a cinder? Or...

(deep breath)

"... do you think YOU should save pennies a day and slaughter all the beautiful creatures, kill the fishies and little birdies, obliterate the forrests, heat the globe and turn the WORLD into a horrible, poisoned, and uninhabitable wasteland?"

(pause)

"Well, Gaia is waiting for you to answer...."

/sarc>

Don't see how that would cause any poll bias...nosir, not me...

[Jet Jaguar]

This is not satire.

:0)

[Smokin' Joe]

It’s good, but it reads so credibly I’m glad you put up the satire tag...

[mikrofon]

Americans Say Screw The Environmentalist Wackos

There, fixed it...

[writer33]

Once again, SW. Thanks for reading.

[writer33]

I am an American, and I agree. Thanks for reading and posting, mrs.

[writer33]

Nope. That kind of stuff won’t influence the poll either. :-)

Thanks for adding, SJ. It’s good stuff.

[Tzimisce]

Satire? Are you sure?

It looks like the average environmentalist post on DailyKos....

[writer33]

I’d swear on my death bed that this is satire.

:-)

[writer33]

Thanks for the fix, mikrofon. It’s perfect. Thanks for reading as well. I appreciate it.

[writer33]

:-)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I’ve always believed that everything on earth is here for humans to use to their best advantage, minerals, plants/trees, and animals.

You are correct and because you are correct those who seek to gain power over you must turn good into bad, up into down, morals into demagoguery, etc. Evolution has become fact, except for one small revision - humans aren't part of the equation. They are the spoilers of the equation when they want to declare their rightful place in the hierarchy of the food chain. It is then that the atheist abandon their positions.

[SierraWasp]

Once again... Yer welcome, dude!!!

[hosepipe]

WHats not spoken of is the already drilled wells on the north slope that are CAPPED... CAPPED?.. Many wells CAPPED.. And already known legal licensed leased fields with fairly shallow oil available NOW..

[Ron Jeremy]

WHats not spoken of is the already drilled wells on the north slope that are CAPPED... CAPPED?.. Many wells CAPPED.. And already known legal licensed leased fields with fairly shallow oil available NOW..

So you think the owners of the wells just sort of randomly cap them despite the fact that they are profitable?

Wells have decline curves, at a certain point, it is no longer productive to produce them, even if there is oil still in them. Contrary to popular opinion, oil doesn't just sit in a pool waiting to be sucked out. It sits in complicated geological formations that are often difficult to get at in a cost effective manner.

[writer33]

Stop it with the depressing stuff, hosepipe.

[marron]

Oilfield operators have to obey environmental rules same as everyone else.

Critters live out in oil fields, unmolested. The occasional pickup rolling by, the occasional work-over rig doing its thing doesn’t bother them a bit.

[llandres]

“When things are tough, luxury goods are left behind.”

ah, we Americans. Why does it always seem to take a crisis for people to wake UP and come to their senses? much like 9/11. and yet, what short memories we have - when that particular crisis is past (whichever one it is), people soon forget, relax and revert to the same pre-crisis thinking.

[llandres]

They just showed me a program on PBS promoting the neat things one can see and do hiking and biking around in Lost Angeles.”

Oh, tell me about it - and tonight they reran Larry King with the CEO of Chevron on, trying to talk sense to LK and callers, but...not a prayer. Know how LK ended the show? With a segment of Ed Begley, Jr. interviewed, on all the “practical, important” things everyone can do to make a difference - reminded me of Jimmy Carter’s famous “wear a sweater” speech.

[writer33]

Critters live out in oil fields, unmolested. The occasional pickup rolling by, the occasional work-over rig doing its thing doesn’t bother them a bit.

I have no doubt in your sincerity. Been out to a bunch of rigs when I was a kid in Texas. I saw those deckhands working, wildcatting like they were supposed to do.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Gritty]

BTTT

[writer33]

Thanks for the bump, E.G.C.

[writer33]

Thanks for the bump, Gritty.