Wanna bet Dubya will uses Katrina catastrophe to lobby for ANWR drilling?

[flpoljunkie]

Does anyone doubt it? It was already at the top of his "to do" when Congress returns next week, and no doubt, the Congress critters, will fold and approve ANWR drilling.

ANWR drillling has been taken out of the energy bill and is now filibuster proof--even if the Dems had the guts to stop it.

[bunkerbuster1]

1. It's always their first answer to energy independence

Now, more than ever.

Of course the pink-tutu Dems will roll over and not even ask for lube.

[Tesla]

2. That's exactly what I thought, he will MAKE SURE they are taken care

of. NO can fend for themselves. This man needs to give HELP to these people!!!

[timber84]

3. A republican I work with

said the same thing to me yesterday.He actually said that if we had been drilling there before now we would not be in this predicament. How do you talk to people who truly believe this bullshit?

[flpoljunkie]

4. ANWR would take 10 yrs. to develop, and be a drop in the bucket for U.S.

ANWR reserves estimated to provide only 6 months of our gas guzzling energy needs in the United States.

[timber84]

6. This idiot told me

that "there is more oil there than Saudi Arabia has ever had". Where do they get this stuff from? They haven't even done exploratory drilling, have they?

[losdiablosgato]

9. I saw a bumpersticker on my way to work, "Like $3 a gallon gas, thank....

an enviromentalist."

[nickinSTL]

5. he hasn't yet?

that is almost surprising

[wakeme2008]

7. NO but drilling off Florida which Jeb and he said they would not allow

and off the coast of NC etc.

:grr:

Did anybody notice what Jeb was talking about yesterday. Mmmmm

[quisp]

8. It's already happening...

I heard Lush Limpballs 2 days ago spewing about having to increase drilling and refining capacity away from the Gulf coast.

But why be surprised, this administration always uses human tragedy to their political advantage.

[cally]

10. They will push drilling and refineries in Cali

It has been the oil companies goal for decades. They will use this disaster to start drilling and put up some more refineries in California. I bet the rhetoric is that all have to do their part during a national crisis.