Poll: Majority in U.S. oppose ANWR drilling

Fairbanks Daily News ^ | December 22 | SAM BISHOP

[MissouriConservative]

"an article that told of an elementary school TEACHER who thought Alaska was an island because it is always appears that way on maps of the USA, like Hawaii does."


Somehow that does not surprise me at all....and that's a sad thing.

[West Coast Conservative]

Just like Kerry was going to win with 300+ ECV, right Zogby?

[MissouriConservative]

"The caribou and I say drill."


The caribou want some heat....wonder when Zogby will poll them?

[Cicero]

This poll is probably accurate, because there's a lot of misinformation out there. The Democrats have been playing the environmental card against Bush and also have an interest in keeping us dependent on foreign oil while blaming it on Bush.

Yes, if people knew what the facts really were, they would favor drilling. But the MSM will make sure that they continue to be misinformed.

[WildTurkey]

Fifty-One percent believe that a bullet shot out of a curved barrel will continue to travel in a curved path ...

[dAnconia]

I think an important element missing here is: Private Property Rights.
There is no reason for the holding of government land. I couldn't care less about environmentalists.
All Federal Land should be sold at auction, OR returned to the people,(or descendants) from whom it was forcibly taken.
Or resume the Homestead Act, updated for corporate, rather than individual concerns.

[not2worry]

My brother has worked on the Alaska Pipeline for 35 years and everthing has been done to respect the environment.

We need to drill for oil and the sooner the better.

Ted Kennedy doesn't want windmills off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Let him take the Bus (he should have never been behind the wheel in Nantucket to start with).

American's are sensitive to the environment, but we are also committed to preserving the independence of our Country.

[babygene]

"Let's see... A poll by a lefty pollster"

Not just that, an arab lefty pollster...

[FDNYRHEROES]

I heard that they didn't "poll" any residents of ALASKA either !!!!!!!!!!

Heard the same thing on Rush.......

[jimfree]

And the Alaskans vote say....?

[YOUGOTIT]

Congress should be on the side of the American People and drill. The questions posed by the survey or poll can be structured in such a way as to get any answer that one wants. Never believe the left as the left has taken over the environmental movement and now supports the destruction of the United States and its system. They want to go to a government ruled society where all people are told where they can live and walk and without the protection of the Constitution and its private property amendment.

[babygene]

"All Federal Land should be sold at auction"

Maybe we sould use the SS money the government pi$$ed away...

[LoneSome Journey]

Anyone can generate a poll to produce the results they want. The wording of the questions and the context of those questions in explaining the purpose of the poll all go to frame the respondents answers. If worded properly, a poll could produce the results that most people do not believe that man has never been to the moon.

[bummerdude]

Zogby International, a polling firm hired by the groups, said 55 percent of Americans said "no" when asked whether oil companies should be allowed to drill in ANWR.

Kerry was also expected to win with that percentage. So factor in the Zogby margin of error, and Americans support drilling in ANWR by 52%.

[digger48]

Because a majority of people don't know that ANWAR looks like this:























90% of the time

[PoorMuttly]

If memory serves...and Muttly brains are very small....the anti-fur "movement" basically decimated entire towns of native folks up there...and mysteriously...the population of furbearing animals along with it !

Unintended consequences of the "correct."

[cpdiii]

The caribou like drilling on the north slope. In the winter you can see them up close to the pipeline because it is warm.

The caribou have already voted, 99 or of a 100 caribou can not be wrong!!!!

[cpdiii]

99 or = 99 out

"I hate it when that happens."

[spinestein]

" Previous questions were not released and Pete Rafle, spokesman for The Wilderness Society, said he did not know what they were. "

BULL $#!* but he doesn't need to tell us, we already know what they were.

Question 1) In light of the fact that George W Bush and his oil buddies have lied to us in the past about the middle east do you trust them when it comes to ANWAR?
Question 2) Even though Mr. Bush and the Republicans refuse to support clean environmental legislation and also allow greedy corporations to squander our precious natural resources should we trust them on their environmental policies?
Question 3) Knowing that that rotten SOB Bush and his evil crony Repugnicans have ties to vile special interest energy groups that cheat and gouge their customers and rape the environment and will kill everyone on Earth within 10 years because of global warming, should we trust their energy policies?

Then once the poll respondent has absorbed these questions he is asked "Should we allow drilling in ANWAR?"

[Chewbacca]

As a former Alaskan I say "RAPE ANWR!"