[org.whodat]

Bull crap, selling land to corporations turns into nothing more than crony capitalism, how in the hell do you think Harry Reid got rich in Nevada, crony deals on government land. And ANWR has nothing to do with the topic, if you want to drill for oil there get the senate to approve it. And much of that western property has no water, and there is no more water available.

[WellyP]

The west doesn’t have water. Water...Estimates vary, but each person uses about 80-100 gallons of water per day. We have 8 or 9 million ILLEGALS living in the west. Let’s say they only use 40 gallons a day that is 8,000,000 X 40 gallons X 365 days. That’s a lot of gallons that we could direct elsewhere!

[GOP_Party_Animal]

And ANWR has nothing to do with the topic, if you want to drill for oil there get the senate to approve it.

It has everything to do with it. Yes, most of the land in the graphic is worthless, but ANWR drilling (and other mining, forestry, etc.) needs congressional approval because it's federal land. North Dakota is enjoying an oil boom because the oil is reachable on state or private land. It's a good thing no one around here is an advocate of excessive federal land ownership, such as yourself.

[Issaquahking]

Bull crap, selling land to corporations turns into nothing more than crony capitalism, how in the hell do you think Harry Reid got rich in Nevada, crony deals on government land. And ANWR has nothing to do with the topic, if you want to drill for oil there get the senate to approve it. And much of that western property has no water, and there is no more water available.

Keep your head in the sand and believing your own bs...the facts are vastly different.