Today Show's Misleading ANWR Mountains

newsbusters.org ^ | December 23, 2005 | Mark Finkelstein

[the anti-liberal]

Today Show's Misleading ANWR Mountains

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on December 23, 2005 - 07:31.

In reporting what it called a "big win" for Senate Democrats in killing off drilling in ANWR, this morning's Today show aired footage of gorgeous snow-capped mountains, similar to the file photo to the right.

There's only one little problem.  The drilling in ANWR won't take place anywhere near those mountains. 

It will occur on barren coastal plains far away.  A few years ago, attempting to break through the ice-jam of blather over the issue, the National Review's Jonah Goldberg took a trip up there himself.  Here's one of the photos Jonah took, giving an idea of the area in which drilling would take place.  Them's some mighty small mountains!

[RightWhale]

The mountains seen in this photo are not particularly pleasant places and no animals live there. Bare, cold rock for the most part.

[the anti-liberal]

And in my backyard, for that matter.

Ya got any oil back there? I'd be more than happy to help you dig!

[RightWhale]

The oil is pretty well contained in the Trans Alaska Pipeline a couple of miles farther east from here.

[the anti-liberal]

Are there a lot of people who believe ANWR, especially the coastal plain, AKA the North Slope, is anything but a treeless, deserted wilderness of ice most of the year and vicious blood-sucking insects for a couple summer months when the temperature is about 40 F?

Unfortunately, I'd have to say that the answer is ... YES. (The Liberal Left and the uninformed, unwashed, huddled masses).

[the anti-liberal]

I should have checked your profile- you're IN Alaska! For what it's worth, I spent a year in Unalaska- no oil, but alot of unspent 50 cal. shells from the war. I doubt anyone's car would run very far on that...

[RightWhale]

No kidding. 50 cal shells, de-primed and cleaned go for something like a dollar each. Talking with some old-timers, still a few around: although the Japanese never got to Fairbanks, they were ready for them; it would have been a fight.

[Uncle Vlad]

But, but, it's so pristine, so unspoiled...so relentlessly...empty.

The next thing the libs are going to tell us is the caribou have already left in anticipation of the potential drilling that might occur there.

[the anti-liberal]

I was ten years old and would find them laying around. The temptation to strike them was, well, tempting. I'm glad I was smart enough not to. Never accured to me to sell them- I would collect them and attached them to each other forming belts. Who knows how close I came to getting hurt!

[RightWhale]

Injury wouild probably have been superficial, a burn at most, unless a piece got in the eye: that could get infected. The shells wouldn't have been worth much then; amateur interest in 50 cal is fairly recent.

[the anti-liberal]

Injury wouild probably have been superficial, a burn at most

Well that's almost disappointing- LOL!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Repeat:

Right, none! This is media fraud, media lies - not bias .... Since the picture they used has no relation to where drilling will take place....it fraud, pure and simple.

[Echo Talon]

I suggest we call it the "Free Press Accountability Act", which could include specific language addressing the illegal leaking of classified and sensitive information (with double or triple penalties during a time of war, for example)

Ok, sounds good to me. :D

[the anti-liberal]

the "Free Press Accountability Act"

Ok, sounds good to me.

Great! Now all we have to do is write the bill and introduce it to congress ... simple as that!

[Echo Talon]

no problem. :) once we get our shoes in the door we can take over the place. :D hehe

[the anti-liberal]

we can take over the place

Yep, simple as that! :^)

[Republican Wildcat]

The Democrats and the press are lying about ANWR and they know it. They can't show the actual area to be drilled or the size of the area in comparison to the overall size of ANWR because it would expose their lies. They also never mention the 10-02 area, where the drilling would take place and which is not a part of the main, protected refuge.

[the anti-liberal]

The Democrats and the press are lying about ANWR and they know it.

And they won't stop until they're call on it (ok, maybe not even then), someone on FOX, or some other another source liberal's can't ignore, needs to call them out!! Pronto.

[R.W.Ratikal]

ANWR would show that America can become once again energy
independent. Who does not want that to happen?

Righhhht, the A-rabs. How much Saudi Arabian money do you think might have found its way into the "campaign" coffers of the Congressmen who voted against tapping the vast oil reserves in Alaska.

Ted Stevens from Alaska and chairman of the Appropriations Committee was so mad he threatened to take away taxpayers dollars from the pork projects of the Senators who voted against drilling in Alaska, so some good might come from it after all.

[R.W.Ratikal]

ANWR would show that America can become once again energy
independent. Who does not want that to happen?

Righhhht, the A-rabs. How much Saudi Arabian money do you think might have found its way into the "campaign" coffers of the Congressmen who voted against tapping the vast oil reserves in Alaska.

Ted Stevens from Alaska and chairman of the Appropriations Committee was so mad he threatened to take away taxpayers dollars from the pork projects of the Senators who voted against drilling in Alaska, so some good might come from it after all.

[R.W.Ratikal]

ANWR would show that America can become once again energy
independent. Who does not want that to happen?

Righhhht, the A-rabs. How much Saudi Arabian money do you think might have found its way into the "campaign" coffers of the Congressmen who voted against tapping the vast oil reserves in Alaska.

Ted Stevens from Alaska and chairman of the Appropriations Committee was so mad he threatened to take away taxpayers dollars from the pork projects of the Senators who voted against drilling in Alaska, so some good might come from it after all.