Senator Inouye on floor now

[realFedUp]

He said he's gotten a lot of calls
and e-mails on the drilling in the Alaskan
Refuge....he says not first time he's not
been on the Dem side...

[realFedUp]

1. bet he'd fight if there was oil drilling offshore of Hawaiian beaches..n/t

[Rockholm]

11. That is what I asked him in my email!!!!!

[democrat_patriot]

13. Me too!

[realFedUp]

2. why is he so supportive of this drilling?

[KamaAina]

10. Because Ted Stevens told him to be

For years the two of them have been allies. Our guys vote for what Stevens wants, and he and Murkowski (are supposed to) vote for our bills, like the "Akaka bill" for Federal recognition of the Hawaiian people. I trust the caribou will understand. </sarcasm>

It doesn't help that we (obviously) have no oil underneath these volcanic rocks, either.

[realFedUp]

3. The Senator doesn't seem to know that drilling in Alaska

produces a tarlike crude, hard to process,
and wouldn't produce results for 6-8 years,
destroying the refuge, exporting it like
other crude to Japan et al and wouldn't affect
any of our gas prices right now.

Move off oil. Fund other ways.

[realFedUp]

4. Fighting for the "tribes"

No more Hawaiian imports for me.

[flpoljunkie]

5. ANWR could perhaps reduce our importants from 68% to 65%--a lousy 3%!

And that is not until 2025! Shame on Senator Inouye for buying the Rethugs arguments.

[bowens43]

6. That's assuming that

the oil will be for domestic consumption. Don't bet on it.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Great point! They have not ruled out exporting it elsewhere in the bill.

[otohara]

8. Love How They Ignore Calls/E-mails & Letters

constiuents, fuck em!

[maxsolomon]

9. you ain't hawaiian, you ain't a constituent

the tottering grandees of the house of l... i mean senate know what is best for the proles.

[loritooker]

12. If its any comfort I don't think the oil companies care to drill there.

It's too expensive.

[realFedUp]

14. and all they have is coconut oil

some days ya just feel like giving up.