Hey, I've got a great Idea: Let's just drill up some Arctic oil

[Jeffersons Ghost]

John Kerry, however, has some other ideas:

It didn't take long. Despite the stunning defeat we dealt them just a few months ago, proponents of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are at it again.

Because when they can't win the game they just change the rules, now they've inserted language in the Senate budget bill to hand over this precious natural treasure to big oil companies -- even though they know full well that it won't make a dime's worth of difference in making America more energy independent.

Tell your Senators to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and take real action toward achieving energy independence.

As we did last year, Senator Maria Cantwell and I are offering an amendment on the Senate floor to strike the proposal to drill in the Arctic Refuge. The vote could come within the next 24 to 48 hours. So please act now.

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/call/senate/index.html

Look how drab this is without oil rigs... I mean, the terrain is pristine and totally devoid of progress... You're not calling the Senate again are you?

[roguevalley]

1. I shudder to think. Consider the spill at Prudhoe. The picture it here.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. a "picture is worth 1,000 words

[leesa]

2. Is it the DINO Dems that drag this out so they have an excuse not to deal

with real issues? How many times does ANWR need to pass?

[karynnj]

4. The Democrats don't dig it out, the Republicans do

THe ANWR bill (or amendment to a bill) is FOR drilling in the preserve. Ted Stevens, in particular, is adamant this pass and he has put it on the budget bill and the defense bill. Cantwell and Kerry have fought this each time - look at the first line of Kerry's email - he shares your annoyance with this bad idea constantly returning.

By the way, he is not a DINO. He's been in public office since 1984 - there's a record there.

[Mass]

5. Stevens is a dino? I was not aware of that?

(except if you mean dinosaur of course).

The GOP is trying once again to put ANWR drilling in the budget as the budget cannot be filibustered.

You may not care, I do, and many others do as well.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. I don't mind showing ignorance here

What is a DINO? I thought it was a Flintstone cartoon.

[Mass]

7. Democrat in Name Only

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. thanks

there's too many of them in DC, Russ just proved it!