Posted on 05/23/2006 1:59:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Better idea: Make Republicans take a stand.
Maria Cantwell is very depressed.
No need to get excited...the Main Streeters (R's) will kill this effort, too.
They've been in DC too long. Forgot who sent em.
Never underestimate the gross stupidity of some large percentage of Americans to oppose drilling for oil in ANWR and then complain that gas prices are too high. These are the kind of people who believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows and that Wheaties are made by elves in the back of grocery stores.
Considering that Congress (both Republicans and Democrats) won't do jack-squat about ANWR...
...maybe be should sell it to China?
They'd drill for the oil and sell it on the world market.
It's not a good idea in my book, but it's better than letting it sit around and not be used to boost oil production.
Any thoughts?
My thoughts are that the Democrats dont want anything solved while George Bush is in office.
God only knows what the Republicans are thinking.They have made the worst mess of their majority in the history of the country. We cant get any bill through the Congress without so many pork attachments and litle hidden "bombs"
that most bills are voted down bcause of their attachments. Its a stinking mess and it isnt getting better.
Sorry, it was 22 REPUBLICANS who blocked an ANWAR vote last fall after the Senate had finally voted for drilling there. Sensenbrenner, Nancy Johnson, and some jerks from Ohio and NY were in the forefront of the anti-drilling block, as I recall. Now the voters, who are fed up with $3/gal gas, are supposed to forget that the GOP is the majority in the House as the blame is shifted to the Democrats. Sorry, Pubbies, but that dog don't hunt.
I used to. . . but I didn't own the mineral rights.
I don't understand why drilling for oil will "destroy" the habitat for these creatures
A couple of times a year the well areas would have to be sprayed with herbicide to keep them from being overgrown.
Yes , good stuff, I hope this puts a bit of pressure on Congress to finally get something done! Please visit the new ANWR -ACTION SITE and BLOG and sign the petition and send a letter to your Congressman supporting ANWR.
http://anwr.action.org
Remember, caribou are good eats, and there they outnumber people nearly 3 to one in Alaska so dig in!
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