Beanied Congressman Don Young Addresses Interior Secretary Salazar

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Run time: 05:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvAPX51Jdw   Posted on YouTube: November 16, 2011 By YouTube Member: RepDonYoung Views on YouTube: 2232   Posted on DU: November 19, 2011 By DU Member: Submariner Views on DU: 656

 
From MUDFLATS:

Young arguing that 1 million signatures to designate wilderness status along the ANWR coastal plain circumvents the people who live in Alaska (0.7 million, or ~ 1/500th of nation's population).

Dear Rest of Nation,

You may have many things – cheap airline tickets, world-class museums and symphonies, outlet stores, the vineyards and orchards, good public transportation, five star restaurants, and fabulous architecture. But we have things too, like the best salmon in the world, soaring mountain vistas, drive up coffee stands, downtown moose… And, I feel confident in saying that you do not have a Congressman who wears a propeller beanie while questioning the Secretary of the Interior.

And we do.

Here is Don Young, “Congressman for All Alaska,” at a Natural Resources hearing in our nation’s capital. He addresses Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar regarding how the energy plan affects Alaska, and about opening up the coastal plain of Alaska (i.e. the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) for oil exploration, a position with which most Alaskans agree.

If the meaning of the propeller hat is lost on you, here is the Congressman’s explanation:

“My hat that I’m wearing, my support of the Obama energy program, it’s called a propeller because there is no energy program.”

I trust that the symbolism is now crystal clear.

Don Young – the cross we must bear because we keep voting for him. Carry on.

http://www.themudflats.net/2011/11/19/beanied-congressman-don-young-addresses-interior-secretery-salazar/





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We may have to occupy ANWR some day to stop big oil.