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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 10:49 AM Original message |
What In The Fuck Is It About ANWAR? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. There are billions of dollars worth of oil there |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. More of interest to oil drilling SUPPLY companies, such as--wait for it... |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Someone was promised it. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. I used to think there was more to it than oil... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. You got it!!! |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I believe there is more to it as well |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I think you're right. |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. We *will* wear you down until you submit to *anything* we want... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I have seen that mentioned befor. Do You have more information? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't have link handy, I saw several pieces on it after |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Despite the cold and vast empty spaces, Alaska has a huge |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. it's 83% of Alaska's Economy |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Senator Cantwell laid it out pretty clearly. nt |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. yes she did! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. i dont know about that, tourism and fishing is pretty big too |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. With Anwar it becomes like a ME country |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. The wildlife up there works for al-Qaeda, don't you know |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's the legalizing of land theft/rape |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. North Slope oil doesn't keep the pipeline in business. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's like abortion--a high profile distraction that Dems are allowed to |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. This isn't a distraction |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. the part you mentioned about alternatives never gets play which makes this |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. It keeps the liberals/activists distracted while they push the rest of the |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And that is the correct answer, blm |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think the foot in the door rationale is the real one as another |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. There are many reasons that they want it |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Isn't that oil going to Asia? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Good point. Find out where our domestic oil is going first. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. I guess it'd be |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. It is a core issue with Democrats |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. Repub strategy: attack your enemy's strength. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think it's the only source left that's on US territory. |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-19-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. As I said elsewhere |
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