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1 posted on 03/17/2005 7:46:55 AM PST by Pikamax
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Wonder if they'll let the Marines park nearby ;)


2 posted on 03/17/2005 7:48:10 AM PST by SE Mom (God Bless our troops.)
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Hey, it's the working people checking in. Aren't these the people the Dems love so much? So shouldn't they be happy?


3 posted on 03/17/2005 7:48:42 AM PST by speedy
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Bi partisan ? Does that mean two democrats voted with the republicans?


4 posted on 03/17/2005 7:49:34 AM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: Pikamax

Notice how Hoffa seems to go way out of his way to avoid giving any credit to President Bush, and to any Republican outside of Ted Stevens?


8 posted on 03/17/2005 7:53:37 AM PST by CFC__VRWC
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I am getting tired of posting this, but I will continue to do so because it NEVER appears in any news stories or editorials about ANWAR.

In 1980, when Congress created ANWAR, Section 1002, where we want to drill was specifically set aside FOR OIL EXPLORATION!

13 posted on 03/17/2005 8:10:22 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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"For the Teamsters the primary motive for our support of this effort has been constant and singular -- job creation. But the benefits to opening ANWR will extend beyond the Americans it will put to work and the growth it will create in the nation's economy. Today's vote marks a move toward energy independence and will finally allow the 75 percent of Alaskans who support opening ANWR -- including the native peoples who actually live in the refuge - - to develop their own lands in an environmentally responsible manner."
14 posted on 03/17/2005 8:27:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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Note that this is from three years ago, before Kerry was a candidate for the presidency. Reprised one last time.
A match made in ANWR
Arianna Huffington
March 4 2002
With the Senate scheduled to begin debating the administration's energy bill this week -- including its plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the president is expending a great many kilowatts of his own energy to guarantee its passage. His partner in this oily scheme is none other than the Teamsters Union. Yes, the very same Teamsters who endorsed Al Gore and who, in the last election cycle, funneled 93 percent of their PAC donations to Democrats... Ever since Teamsters president James Hoffa worked his wiles on a number of key Democrats, and convinced them to support the House version of the energy bill, which passed last summer, things between the union and the GOP have been getting hot and heavy... The week before the State of the Union address, Hoffa and company hosted a lavish reception for Speaker Denny Hastert and 30 of his closest House Republican frat brothers. It was the first time the Teamsters had ever honored a Republican leader at their Capitol Hill headquarters... In another show of devotion to their newly beloved, the Teamsters.. ad, which proudly bears the Teamsters' union seal, claims that Kerry supports drilling off the coast of Florida... in fact, he voted against it. It also distorts his position on drilling in Alaska... "The truth is," Kerry told me, "investing in renewable energy sources will create a lot more jobs than drilling in ANWR. The Teamsters ought to be fighting for the jobs of the future, not the jobs of the past." ..."Clearly, we can explore ANWR without harming the environment," claimed Hoffa -- a statement that, along with the bunk he and his cronies are peddling about Kerry, shows that this is a man who is willing to do and say pretty much anything to curry favor, and cannot, therefore, be trusted.
After the ANWR drilling was stripped from the final bill, Hoffa went back to Romancing the Drone. During this campaign season (on Chris Matthews' show I believe it was) he claimed that Kerry supported drilling the ANWR and every other bit of waste ground for oil. Kerry was probably for it before he was against it, but like the weather in Scotland, if you don't like his words, wait a few minutes.
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15 posted on 03/17/2005 9:56:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Sunday, March 13, 2005.)
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To: Pikamax

Now if we can find a way to bust up the unions! May I suggest a 155mm self propelled howitzer, using the anti personel shells!


16 posted on 03/17/2005 9:58:49 AM PST by TMSuchman (2nd Generation U.S. MARINE and PROUD OF IT!)
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The following is an official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa:

They found his body and he can still talk?! And just like the rest of the dead he votes democrat I'm sure

On a more serious note. This wasn't a bipatisan bill. This was a republican bill that three rats were smart enough to see was for the good of the country

17 posted on 03/17/2005 11:23:40 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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