TL, I agree about the pork added to the spending Bill.
Now on to the Oil drilling:
Here's the problem I have with the eviromentalists It all or nothing with them there can be no compromise at all. they seem to define compromise as giving in 100% to them. They also are extrme alarmists (SP?) Witness this statement from the site you linked in your answer to MagiK "Crucial wildlife habitat will be forever destroyed" Forever destroyed, Forever destroyed give me a break. Anwar is what a couple of 1,000,000 square acres. tell me how some 20ft wide roads and and oil pumps (that take up space measured in SQUARE FEET) are going to destroy 1,000,000's of acres? Oh I could buy that agrument if the intent was to dump the oil allover the ground but it is not the intent. No oil company ever is going to spill the oil for fun, that is how they make their money. Remember that is ALL BIG OIL is after is money (according to the enviromenalists) So if BIG OIL is only after money, and that is all they are after then it is 100% against their #1 interest to spill even 1 drop of oil. 1 drop of oil costs them money remember? I know you are going to argue what about accidents? Well what about them? they can happen, life is tough. But remember the BIG OIL only wants money, THE foundation of your arguement. When ever there is an accident IT is in BIG OIL's best interest to fix it ASAP because each drop of oil spilt is less money for them. Since greed is their primary focus in life then their greed will make them that much more effective in fixxing the promblem. Remember BIG OIL=greedy, takeover kind of people, not sit arround and talk about it kind of people. SO if there is a problem they'll be fixxing it before the sit arround and talk about it's get off their behinds.
TL next time you are on a trip flying across this country sit in a window seat and look out from 30,000+ feet. Notice the great expances of wildnerness, open land, compared to the small size of the roads, and houses. And try and justify how those small roads, seldom used are going to kill off all the wildlife. Then ask hunters who spend time in the open spaces if the roads have killed off all the wildlife?
When you travel arround the suburds at night have you ever seen a deer in the suburds, a fox rabbits, coyote, raccoon or any other wild animal? of course you have they are all over the suburbs. I have.
EDIT: I forgot heres a good one for you. I beleive you've spent time in Vermont, as have I. How much of Vermont's forests fit into the enviromentailist diffintion of virgin forests? All? 75%? 50%? 25%? try less then 5% In the late 1800's and early 1900's Vermont was 95%+ Deforested! ( I really want to say less then 1%, but at my age the grey matter hard drive drops useless info
) From my daughter's 2nd grade school books, and other museums, exhibits arround the State. So by diffintion it is ok to completely cut down almost every tree in Vermont.
[ 03-01-2003, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: John D Harris ]