Ding, dong! The ANWR oil drilling is dead! Ding Dong! The ANWR oil drilling is dead!

[Hawkeye-X]

I think with the indictment, no Republicans are going to touch this with a 20-foot pole. So the pristine wilderness of Alaska will remain safe for a few more years!

:salute: Alaska!

[NightWatcher]

1. even if it were opened, oil companies dont want to touch it. they like 4$ gas

they dont want to drill anymore anywhere, they are enjoying making huge profits

[greenman3610]

6. your statement presumes that the drilling would make gas cheaper

which is incorrect.
Let's not feed the right winger's memes for them.

[central scrutinizer]

10. the export ban on Alaska oil was lifted in 1995

so they could sell the oil to China, Korea, and Japan and not affect domestic supply anyway. They are only patriotic and loyal to their bottom line, not the good of the US or its citizens.

[bdamomma]

2. I hope so.

[Disturbed]

4. There are many other locations in Alaska that are open for

Oil drilling but the Oil Corps. have no interest in those. It's all BS by the Busholini Regime & their Oil Corp. friends.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Actually, the Democrat running against him supports drilling in ANWAR:

http://www.begich.com/content/begich-energy-plan-includes-conservation-opening-anwr

Support for drilling in ANWAR is bipartisan in Alaska.

[Minnesota Raindog]

7. Of course support for drilling is bipartisan in Alaska

They're all whores for those free royalty checks Alaskans have been getting for years.

[Bjorn Against]

9. True, but Stevens was one of the primary proponents of ANWR drilling in the Senate...

And the fact that the oil executives were paying off one of the primary proponents of ANWR drilling is going to make people a bit squeamish. Begich may support drilling as well, but he is not going to be nearly as dangerous as Stevens was.

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. Whomever replaces Stevens will become a primary proponent of ANWR drilling,

along with Lisa Murkowski. It's kind of like being a Senator from Iowa and supporting subsidies for ethanol.

[Bjorn Against]

14. Whoever replaces Stevens won't have the seniority to really push the issue though

[MiniMe]

15. Stevens apparently didn't have the seniority to push it through

He has failed again, and again, and again

[liberal N proud]

5. Now what does it take to protect the beaches?

[nc4bo]

11. Perhaps it's time for citizens to start tossing some of that black crude on

certain people's sidewalks, front lawns, gates, doorknobs, expensive landscaping, spend $140 on a barrel of the stuff and do some pipe repairs like reconnecting the main plumbing to that barrel of oil..........

I've got loads of ideas, lots of dark clothing and some really quiet shoes.

[nam78_two]

8. I hope so-it will be final if they get rid of Murkowski as well

But you geta rec anyway since this makes me so happy :D.

[robinlynne]

12. I don't see why the indictment would stop them. But I certainly hope

you are right for the animals' sakes!
(What I mean, is it is in Bush, Cheney's interest. The indicted one was a bit player.)