Baghdad Zog says, " My paid for shill er poll, shows that no one wants us to drill in Alaska. Drilling in Alaska will hurt my Opecker Prince and Thug buddies!"
As a former Alaskan I say "RAPE ANWR!"
Wait till they get their heat bills. It's going to be -15 F degrees tonight in MSP.
This is stupid, I want to know the following, what do ALASKANS want?
If this is true, then the first thing we should do is drill ANWAR.
I'd be willing to bet a paycheck that another poll would show that a majority of Americans don't have a clue about what or where ANWR is. Bottom line is polls produce the desired results of those who pay for them.
So if they still oppose ANWR drilling then I suppose they LOVE gasoline at > $2.50 gallon then too eh?
IDIOTS.
They should talk to Alaskans. The drilling foot print itself is miniscule compare to the territory--virtually microscopic compared to the territory. The well-head(s) left after all is done and cleaned up would be even more microscopic.
The benefit to the country is awesomely greater than the risk or even the damage resulting.
There needs to be a massive education effort, it seems to me.
But mostly, Americans swallow too much poopoo from the MSM about everything and especially hyper environmental idiocies.
WEre they given any truthful information about the effects of the drilling, or were they just hit with a question that evoked an emotional response?
Please put a disclaimer about Zogby polling as piece of crap. Republicans gave him the finger in 1996. Now Dems probably did the same thing in 2004.
I agree with the crticis, NOT!!!!!
I was an inspector on the DEW Line in 69-70. I traveled from Point Barrow to Kulusuk Greenland. I was in ANWAR in April of 69 and saw the migration when the caribou herds come down from the Brooks Range where they winter. They flow out onto the coastal plain to graze in these sumer meadows.
The herd numbered around 50,000 and I watched it for several days. It was a virtual river of animals. The wolf packs followed the herds and cut out the aged and youngsters who strayed from Mom's side.
Today, because of the Alaska Pipeline which carries the hot oil, (geothermals below the oil field), to Valdez the herds now number over 120,000. So much for the doofae who have probably never been there but they just "KNOW HOW INJURIOUS MANKIND IS TO THE ENVIRONMENT!" Kinda like Kerry and Edwards!
Yo, Zoggy. Of that 55%, what percentage knew what or where the hell ANWR is?
Baghdad Zog says, " My paid for shill er poll, shows that no one wants us to drill in Alaska. Drilling in Alaska will hurt my Opecker Prince and Thug buddies!"
No, you idiot (referring to the guy who is quoted), we should disband the oil companies right now and go back to the stone age.
I doubt the polls are accurate given the subject matter. Zogby targets the audience he feels will respond in concert with the poll outcome.
I think the poll question would more likely read "The majority of Democrats are against drilling in ANWAR."
Most Americans could care less about ANWAR and the vast majority would never visit the area anyhow regardless of it's alleged protected status.
I would think people would learn after just suffering through record oil prices. But how much of the price was speculative over the election outcome? Strange that after the election and a Bush victory oil prices have fallen considerably. Was someone in the oil industry trying to sabotage a Bush victory?? We need to be asking that question!!!
Sigh... A shame the environmentalist are not interested in facts. Like the past effect North Slope Oil production has had on the caribou herd.
The Central Arctic Herd also increased during the 1970s and 1980s from 6,000 in 1978 to 23,400 in 1982. Rapid growth stopped in the late 1980s, however, and the herd now appears stable at around 32,000 animals.
I guess that's possible. Maybe Americans don't know that we drill in the Everglades national park without any environmental catastrophes. Or maybe most Americans don't know that crude oil seeps from the ocean floor under the Atlantic.
On second thought, I don't believe the poll.
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Did they also ask about NPR-A? Air traffic to NPR-A is heavy these days. Anybody with an opinion on ANWR has to have an opinion on NPR-A. It's automatic since they are similar.