Crisis is not an excuse for drilling Arctic refuge

atl journal-constitution ^ | September 25, 2001 | AJC staff

[RobFromGa]

I agree that the crisis is not an excuse, we should have been drilling in Alaska already. We need to reduce our dependence on Middle East oil, especially as we are now headed towards war in that region. We need to DRILL now for strategic reasons, as well as economic ones.

[chatham]

Yeah, let's wait 'til the mid east shuts off our oil supply, and we're in the middle of a war, before we strengthen our oil position. It's a good thing the present enemy transports their army around in Toyota pick-ups.

[driftless]

More nonsense from the HARDCORE left-wing. The less dependent we are on the Mideast, the better we'll all be. Drill away!!!

[mgc1122]

Drill now, drill deep and drill often.

[lodwick]

bttt

[Nuke'm Glowing]

I expect nothing less from that parrot poop target of a paper in Atlanta, the liberal mecca of the South.

[tal hajus]

Senator Inhofe's (my senator) position is not partisan but is designed to take a huge step in the direction of cutting our dependence on foreign oil. IMHO this article is an underhanded way to push the AJC's bias against any drilling at any time for any reason.

[SpinyNorman]

Yeah, you wouldn't want to start the clock on that oft-quoted 10 year development time until the last possible moment.

Cripes! You'd think that national defense requirements alone would be reason enough to at least develop the infrastructure and have it ready to use. The ANWAR won't be a utopia for the caribou if the Taliban coats it with some biotoxin. Three extra miles per gallon won't matter if ten sunken tankers are blocking the outlet to the Persian Gulf.

[Movemout]

There was an energy crisis before there was a terrorist crisis. The Atlanta Constipation is a bane to the great state of Georgia. Drill on!

[Deep_6]

re:
"...ram through a narrow conservative political agenda..."

I always wonder why they never refer to what the democrats
do as:

"...ram through a narrow liberal political agenda..."

Odd, isn't it...

 

[Irene Adler]

"...the fragile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge..."

I always love the way liberals manage to frame things. What's "fragile" about the arctic? The photos that I have seen of this region are COMPLETELY BARREN in all directions as far as the eye can see. Granted that is a separate issue from supposed "fragility," but really, oil drilling in a small portion of a huge, barren, inhospitable area really shouldn't be a real moral crises for this country when compared to our REALLY DANGEROUS dependence on ME oil.

Anyway, my question stands: what's "fragile" about the arctic?

[BlueLancer]

"Drill now, drill deep and drill often."

Ooooh, mama ... is that deep enough for you?
8')

[drstevej]

I am so sick of the liberal use of "Crisis." They have used it to strike fear in Americans for a decade or more. I think the Constipation should desist or be included on Bush's list of terrorists.

dr. j

[from occupied ga]

Another emetic article from the communists at Pravda South. They live in a reality that only rarely impinges on the one the rest of us share. Funny I haven't heard Cynthia Tucker go on about how more "sensible" gun laws would have prevented the hijacking - I guess she just hasn't gotten around to it yet.

Maybe we can have another Marilyn Earwax editorial on how afraid of nuclear weapons she is (puke hurl) I'd say I'm surpried that anyone buys the rag, but since it is designed to appeal to liberals and other parasites, and God knows Atlanta is infested with them, I'm not hopeful that the paper will go bankrupt anytime soon

[Irene Adler]

Given our present situation, I would imagine this issue is basically settled politically, now, isn't it? I would think this will pass fairly easily, kneejerk, leftwing, green b!tching notwithstanding.

[CheneyChick]

Drill now, drill deep and drill often.

Oooh! I like that one! Can I borrow it??

[gulfcoast6]

OUR land, OUR oil, drill away and the sooner than later. when will earth and tree people ever learn? They WORSHIP the earth and the forrest, how wrong they are.

[Irene Adler]

You know, the Des Moines Register is a really similar leftwing paper to the Atlanta J-C, and it just keeps getting smaller all the time. Does my heart good every time I see how thin it is.

[cynicom]

I often wonder why, according to the media, we never have any, "HARD-CORE-LEFTWING-SOCIALISTS". Just wondering.

[thingumbob]

Can Pres. Bush sign an executive order to drill in ANWAR now that we are gearing up for this offensive?