Posted on 09/08/2007 3:11:34 PM PDT by rellimpank
Chicago - Perhaps the best hope for finding the billions of dollars experts say it will take to restore and preserve the deep blue waters of the Great Lakes is the fact that they are surrounded by purple states.
the presidential election less than 14 months away, Great Lakes advocates should capitalize on the fact that five of the eight states bordering the world's largest freshwater system are designated as key battlegrounds, a media consultant told a group of about 250 conservationists, scientists and business leaders that gathered in Chicago this week for the third annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference
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The quickest way to pick up Republican electoral votes using the Great Lakes - ‘If you elect me, I’ll pump water from the Great Lakes to California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Utah. ‘
Drill for oil and the $20b will be pocket change.
How about this one to get votes —
“Vote for us, and we’ll make sure that you have a climate that promotes manufacturing jobs.” Give Michigan the same unemployment rate as the rest of the country, and we’ll be eating out of your hands.
Bflo is counting on global warming to improve its climate.
Illinois is purple? LOL
For that matter, I see no reason why I should be taxed to rebuild New Orleans.
Lots of natural gas under lake erie. I’d sure like to see wells cropping up.
Damn straight. So's that country just across the Niagara River -- sorry, name escapes me right at the moment.
You’re thinking of Grand Island. Beautiful country........
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