[Mark in the Old South]

Mexico is just as much of a problem maybe even more so. It is doing everything it can to keep the border wide open for illegals both those of Mexican nationality as well as others. Muslim fascist know this.

ANWAR is another matter. I have no objection to drilling in ANWAR but I doubt the oil that is pumped there will be sold here in the lower 48. Remember the Alaska pipeline, all the political blood on the floor over that, well almost all the oil goes to Japan and other countries where they are willing to pay higher prices. It would relieve some of the pressure on the overall price but not by a great deal and they can compensate putting us right back where we started. The oil companies will make a lot of money and we will drain our biggest reserve which we may need for a bigger crisis.

Like I said I don't object but don't expect anything to change.

[hflynn]

You may not have seen Bush's speech on energy about an hour ago. The push for ANWR and new nuclear plants is on.

Regarding ANWR Bush said only 4000 acres of land could be used with modern slant drilling to reach an estimated 10 billion barrels of crude in ANWR. The environmentalist just took a hard right hook to the head.

[Species8472]

"almost all the oil goes to Japan and other countries where they are willing to pay higher prices"

This is a bold faced liberal/envirowacko lie. There has never been more that 10% of Alaskan Crude exported outside the United States.

References:

Data from Alaska Dept of Revenue

Congressional Report