Cutting Our Own Throat

“I often wonder at the motivations of those who oppose exploiting the oil resources of arctic Alaska. The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve is a frozen wilderness most of the year, and a swamp for the brief summer. The breathtaking pictures used to sell the public on the idea that this is a pristine wilderness, sacred (or at least scenic) land like the Yosemite Valley are propaganda. No endangered species are threatened there.

Opponents of drilling in Prudhoe Bay predicted disaster for the moose and elk which never developed. Yet, the credibility of drilling opponents in ANWR remains high in the media, and consequently among the general public which doesn't take the time to get more information than what is spoon-fed to them in misleading pictures.”

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Personally, I don’t give a hot damn about caribou. Perhaps if I were stranded in ANWAR and there was no protein to kill… then I might care. But that’s about as likely as being carried by an eagle who drops me on Battle Creek, Michigan. Ain’t gonna happen.
So let’s cut the BS and drill for oil anywhere it may lie in the United States. While we’re at it, let’s build a huge wind farm that obstructs the view that Ted “Swimmer” Kennedy likes.