New proposed ANWR drilling legislation by Murkowski and Stevens

Yep.  Once again, our trusty senators, STILL under a suspiciously stalled or ‘long term’ FBI investigation for corruption (ok, it’s the current senator Murkowski’s dad and Stevens, but are we gonna spit hairs here?), are seeking to introduce new legislation to once again try to give away a National Wildlife Refuge.  The Anchorage Daily News reported that the two senators introduced a bill that would permit drilling when the price of oil hits $125 a barrel.  Stevens, who’s wasted countless state and federal dollars trying to pry ANWR from the hands of conservation for much of his career, is pushing too hard once again to aid the oil industry.  This joke of a proposal would dare, and even hope, for the country and state to slide into further economic hard times.  Such a reckless, ill-thought out plan screams of suspicious connections to the industry and seeks to not only encourage, and probably trigger, an economic struggle, but also desperately seeks to pry state land from protection.

The public opposition, both in-state and nationally, has long been an overwhelming majority to ANWR drilling, but that seems to matter little.  Our trusty state newspapers strangely stopped covering Stevens’ FBI investigation some time ago and instead are back to printing front page headlines for any words the geriatric utters….There’s still house cleaning to be done and now it seems another Murkowski should be investigated too…

~ by Matt on March 14, 2008.