Battle Over Oil Drilling Turns to 2nd Alaska Site

Los Angeles Times ^ | 4/21/02 | Kim Murphy

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks very much for the news! I sure hope there's more oil there then they think.

[Lady In Blue]

Some very good news,for a change!

[freepersup]

this is all your doing Wphile, he he he lol

[Lady In Blue]

HAHAHAHAHA! Now that you've mentioned it,I have to agree with you!

[montag813]

good. go ahead and drill for oil in this area. i don't care what the left says. they just don't want anyone to have land, they want it instead.

The environmental wackos don't want the land instead. They are happy in their Chelsea and SoHo condos. There are three offices of these commie freaks within blocks of me.

[ClancyJ]

i wonder if this was a trick by george bush to make democrats look like idiots

Me to!

Ok, they have their pristine preserve. They still don't want us drilling for oil so what is their next move? If they complain about this move, they will show that the real reason for the ANWR blockage is to prevent the U.S. from being more independent of Mideast oil. If they complain about the environment and the harm to the animals, we say "Ok, just how many states do the animals get?" The environs then reveal their real strategy of controlling Americas lands and how we, the people, use them - not the concern about the environment at all?

Very slick move by the Bush Administration.

[RightWhale]

the enviros are funded by the OPEC people

After Alaska was purchased as a territory, coal was found. Eastern coal interests had the Alaska coal fields put off-limits. This was before 1900. A freeze on development, still in force.

[freepersup]

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[freepersup]

thanks for the tip off, on this story

[freepersup]

Wphile, forgot to mention...look under the box where a post is created...under HTML Help...the third line down has the code arranged the way it is supposed to be placed, in order to create a hot link

[Wphile]

yeah, yeah, yeah....I know that now. Gosh, don't knock a girl for trying will ya? LOL!

[okie01]

"[The NPRA] has not galvanized opponents the way the proposal to open up 2,000 acres in ANWR has because it is not a designated wildlife refuge and because its wide sweep of tundra can potentially accommodate wildlife and oil wells more easily than the narrow ribbon of coast in the Arctic refuge."

A sentence that could have been written only by a.) a willing propagandist or b.) an ignorant dupe.

Given that it's the LATimes, the odds are 50:50.

[freepersup]

lol, glad to see that you have retained a wonderful sense of humor, I am about as html illiterate as the next freeper, speaking of freeper...during the presidential campaign there were some outrageous and hilarious pictures/graphics that were constantly appearing on this great website, I mean it, they were tremendously uplifting

[Wild Irish Rogue]

Another aspect of this new area-is it's title-it isn't condensed like ANWAR,it's more of a mouthful and has the word Petroleum in it, which gives an idea of what it's purpose is. The WH has been behind the ball, in the area of audio visual presentations of what these areas look like. They have got to do a better job of getting their pictures of the sites on tv ,as opposed to the enviros showing us Mama caribous and their calves frolicking amongst the flowers,by the babbling brooks!!

[Wphile]

No kidding. The Dept of Interior produced a video of the actual ANWR site but they were only allowed to show it once because someone balked. Claimed it was propaganda on the part of the administration to further legislation. Naw...we can't have THAT! What a joke. And just what is all that Sierra Club garbage about ANWR if not but propaganda? Errrrr.

There was a young girl - probably 16 - outside our grocery store today collecting money for the Sierra Club to "save our wilderness." I was glad to see only one person signing up. It's quite telling when they can't have adults do their work but have to rely on school children!

[blackie]

"Some very good news,for a change!"

Yes it is, get those drill rigs going, now !!

[Lady In Blue]

I wonder how many jobs this will create? Would it be the same as in ANWR or maybe more,since this area is larger? Anybody know? thanks.

[blackie]

More jobs...Bump!!