Six Republican Senators Turn Against Bush on ANWR

Reuters ^ | 1/31/03

[upcountry miss]

I have to agree with you. If Freepers knew just how liberal most of Maine is, they would be thankful that we have two RINOS here. I wonder how they make every election cycle.

[RobbyS]

The problem is South American oil.

[techcor]

What this administration needs to do is talk about coal-gassification more. There is a company in the U.S. that just started up that says it can produce gas at $1.35 a gallon. That and mention how many new catalysts and new ways to process the coal should bring the oil producers around to the prices we want.

[Gracey]

Is there any way to replace these idiot republicans at the next election??

YES, with Democrats. Most of them live in very heavy DEMOCRAT states. Comprende???

[alaskanfan]

What this administration needs to do is talk about coal-gassification more.

President Clinton took care of that problem. How do you say Grand Staircase-Escalante?

When the President signed the Executive Order designating 1.7 million acres of land in southwest Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, his action placed the area off limits to mineral extraction and development.

The New York Times reported that the monument encloses the largest coal field in the nation, the Kaiparowitz Plateau, which contains at least 7 billion tons of coal worth over $1 TRILLION.

Kentucky-based company Andalux Resources, which holds leases on 3,400 acres in the area, was planning to open a huge operation (underground, not strip mining) that would have generated 1,000 jobs, $1 million in annual revenue for Kane County, and at least $10 million a year in state and federal taxes, according to the New York Times. Folks living in the area wore black arm bands the day o the signing - but Clinton didn't see them. He chose to make his announcement in a neighboring state.

[Gracey]

You're off your rocker. Want SIX more DEMOCRATS? Maine is MAINLY Democrat. Accept the positive about these senators. Not everyone thinks as you and me. Geez.

[metesky]

I can not express my disgust at my two RHINO senators, Olympia! and Snowe-job.

I'm on the low end here and paying $1.30 a gallon to heat my house and $1.469 for regular gas.

The highest taxed state in the Union is proud to have one female senator with a mustache so thick and stiff you could plow my street with it and another who rushes to stand next to Mr. Bush at every opportunity to get on TV for us saps back here at home.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Good. It's foolish to pump our oil now. I'm not against drilling anwar in the future if the price goes to $40 a berrel but the cost of drilling is much higher than the price of oil will be after we take Iraq. It's not smart to drill now.

Just when is the future? How long do you think it will take to bring this oil online when YOU get ready?

[T. Jefferson]

It's not enough oil to have any effect on prices. The oil companies arn't going to drill it fast enouph to have any effect on prices in the future. If they did it would last about a month.

The last gov. estimate of ANWR oil was 5-10 billion gallons, enough to buy ZERO oil from Saddam for 20 years. This was raised from previous estimates of 2-5 billion after further research.

[johnb838]

"The caribou? THEY LOVE US, the pipeline is the only warm thing they have within miles, we can't get RID OF THEM!"

So we have to reframe the debate. It's not about "Pipelines for Oil", it's about "Heaters for Caribou."

[Grampa Dave]

A good fighter picks where and when he will fight.

I have all the confidence that GW and his team will pick the right time and place. In the meantime his stealth administration will grease the skids for the enviralists and their paid for rat politicians to slide in irrelevancy with another stupid stand.

The budget and tax reform is far too important to get side tracked. The day of retribution is coming for the Watermelon Jihadist Enviralists.

Good advice and an excellent reply! Priorities make life easy not harder.

[MeekMom]

senators against ANWR..."RETARDS!!!!" We should have been drilling there a lonnnnnnnng time ago!

[Mo1]

YES, with Democrats. Most of them live in very heavy DEMOCRAT states. Comprende???

I realize that .. I was just asking if there was ANY hope

[holyscroller]

I remember the good old days in Ohio when you had John Ashbrook in the House. He made quite a name for himself as a Conservative and would easily have been elected to the senate. Had he not died so young, he would probably still be a senator.

[gaspar]

In your #38 you write that our consumption is 19.65 BILLION barrels a day. At 20 bucks a barrel or so that would be a cost of $400 billion/day, and untold trillions of dollars a year. That's why I told you to check your figures!

[MonroeDNA]

The usual suspcts, led by the compromised hot-head, McCain.

Yes, he is compromised.

[LaMudBug]

You are very ignorant of what it takes to bring oil on line. If ANWR were approved tomorrow, it would be ten years before that oil would be available for public use.

Grow your brain - eat fish.

[concerned about politics]

The blood of Americans murdered by Islamo-facism is on the hands of every Senator and Congressman that does not support every practical means of energy independence including drilling in ANWR, nuclear power, etc.

Don't trust anyone that loves caribou more than their fellow Americans.

Well said. Very well said.

[LaMudBug]

You are very ignorant of what it takes to bring oil on line. If ANWR were approved tomorrow, it would be ten years before that oil would be available for public use.

Grow your brain - eat fish.