Posted on 12/23/2004 7:50:56 PM PST by MissouriConservative
Ha ha... Akaska; I guess that must be the 51st state. The point is the land is IN the state of Alaska, and I don't care if it's "federal" land. It's about time the states take back land that should belong to them, not the Feds or the UN
Can't take it back if they never had it.
So?
Do it.
which freeper said "Polls are for topless dancers."
So how can a majority object to drilling?
I love throwing the "war for oil" smelly pile in their faces with petroleum prices. They sure shut up and skulk away when you give them...
A liberal turd who once fooled a few conservatives, but now is exposed and beginning to dry up and blow away...
SHE WROTE SPEECHES FOR BIJOUR AND DECRANE; CEO's OF THE COMPANY! SHE WORKED WITH THE RUSSIANS IN TEXACO's HEADQAUARTERS. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED ON THE R&D PIECES FOR REFINERIES! DO NOT LECTURE! FLIPPIN JERK!
Some of you instant gratification business consultants that cannot manage a lemonade stand need to get out of the classroom or decide to read trade journals, the Wall Street Journal and figure out how to run a business.
That is if you can read. And have an IQ above room temperature in an igloo in the Arctic.
I guess Zogby has decided to completely chunk his credibility, because there is NO way, and I do mean NO WAY, that a majority of Americans actually oppose drilling the ANWR, which would bring down fuel prices and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I repeat: NO WAY. And BTW, I've been known to blast folks who disbelieve polls simply because they don't turn out the way they'd like. My disbelief has nothing to do with my (admitted) desire for such drilling, but because this is a purely hard-left issue, and I suspect the number who'd really oppose it is somewhere closer to the 30% mark.
SHEESH.
MM
Of couse Alaskans want ANWR and want it now. But, you miss the point. The question is what do people in the lower 48 want for Alaskans? You see most people there view Alaska as their own private park and don't want Alaskans determining what is in their best interest or the best interest of America in this case. And now the ignorance of the manipulated masses in the lower 48 only want what is best for the caribou in a place they will never see or if they did would never go back.
Too bad your wife can't write your posts for you, because you are going in circles with the ones you've managed thus far.
I think we both agree that drilling should begin as soon as possible. How you gleaned that I somehow demand instant gratification is a product of your fevered imagination.
Put some ice on it.
Overall, 65 percent agreed and 27 percent disagreed, with 9 percent unsure.
LOL!!!! Oh, my gosh!!! Can they try ANY harder to lead the person being questioned? LOL!!!
How about "Congress is killing babies, old people, minorities, and women in order to spend too much time trying to open (ANWR) to oil drilling as a payback to the oil companies. Do you think it is good of congress to do this? (HINT - The answer begins with "Y.")
How can any respectable "journalist" not die laughing at polls like this. Instead they publish it as "news."
National Polls Find Majority of Americans Support ANWR Production
Results refute recent biased poll sponsored by activist group
"Two separate national polls released this week show a majority of Americans believe Congress should open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil production. These findings come in direct contrast to a Zogby poll released last week funded by the Wilderness Society and other environmental special interest groups."
See http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/Press/releases/2005/0202anwrpolls.htm
And what do Alaskans think?
Poll: Eskimos Back ANWR Drilling
"The last time they were surveyed, Americans most directly affected by a Bush administration proposal to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge overwhelmingly backed the plan. Seventy-five percent of Alaskans told a February 2000 Dittman research survey that they wanted to open up the refuge for drilling, with only 23 percent opposed."
See http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/14/110729.shtml
Welcome to reality, Mr. Zogby.
When Bush starting "selling" his side of the Iraq war his poll numbers turned around. Same would be true if we "marketing" why we should drill in ANWR and show REAL pictures of the area which looks more like a frozen wasteland than a pristine animal refuge.
Not that it matters but is Zogby a Palestinian. I remember hearing that once and thought it was a good explanation for why his polls always reflect the leftist ideology.
Zogby could get whatever answer he wants based on the way he asks the question. How about: Would you want the US to drill and destroy the gorgeous beauty of the arctic refuge?
"Welcome to reality, Mr. Zogby."
Zogby does not live in the real world. It saddens me that America has become a society driven by polls. Polls are run by emotions rather than facts. When people think of drilling in Alaska, they think of the cute little animals losing their homes. What they fail to realize is that ANWR is a desolate place that is barren.
I like to tell people to take the front page of a newspaper and look at it like it is ANWR. Then look at one of the letters on that page. That letter represents the total area that we want to explore for oil. We won't be disturbing nothing while aiding the economy of Alaska as well as beginning to end our dependence on foreign dictators.
But then again, I'm not emotional on this issue.
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