>did you hear congress passed a bill to allow oil drilling in a nat'l wildlife >refuge in Alaska "to make money to reduce the deficit" ha. and i have a >bridge to sell you. Goodbye caribou ( the drilling site is at the caribou's >breeding site, to which they migrate every year) Caribou are indigenous to all of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and I believe most of northern Russia. ALL of these caribou go to this one location in Alaska to make whoopee? I think not. (Oh, how cruel, heartless, etc.)
>funny enough, the Alaska senator is now saying they don't want to share the >oil taxes 50 50 with the feds, but 90 10. ...and they then return a lot of it to the citizens of Alaska. Kudos!
>so for those who say, well you drive, don't bitch, I say, you can't really >believe that these companies are acting in anyone's interest but their own >pockets. Why, that's horrifying!!! How DARE they look out for themselves??? They should GLADLY accept decisions that go against business interests, and set them at a disadvantage to other companies who are trying to compete them right into the ground!
>What wrong with holding them to standards that are in the public's >interest? See above. Do you think oil companies going out of business, are in "the public's interest"? I can't believe people still fall for this tunnel- vision-oriented poppycock.
>Caribou are important too. I'll support my family before I support caribou... and, right now, I can't do both. Maybe I could if half my income wasn't going for income taxes, sales taxes, etc. etc. Sorry, caribou-- that's what you get for being the wrong species in a world of Human Chauvinist Sapiens.
>They don't drive cars. Too much time resting after long treks for making whoopee. :^) <now taking this offline, while changing into asbestos underwear yet again> Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '71 VW Transporter, great for making whoopee '80 V6anagon, jury's still out
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