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50 May 23, 2008 - 12:43pm | Paul_S52

ANWR

Cindy Shogan,
go back to MC KEESPORT, PA, or STAY in WASHINGTON! You are not welcome or desired in Alaska!

49 May 16, 2008 - 12:06pm | mona_papoutsis

Vote Against ANWR

It's embarrassing to think the U.S. Senate is made up of persons with so little knowledge that they would vote against ANWR. You think of this group as the elite and when they vote like this, you realize they're knowledge is about the level of comic book comprehension. If that! Unbelievable.

48 May 14, 2008 - 2:40pm | tincancheif

Hey greenie

Ya wanna save gas? Fart in a jar!

47 May 14, 2008 - 7:59am | rwbelisle

ANWR Drilling

Next time you pull up to the pump be sure to thank a Democrat for not allowing drilling 10 years ago. If you have your check book out might be a good time to wright a big fat one to the DNC.
Fuled on junk science, and political correctness the Great Green Machine chugs along.

46 May 14, 2008 - 6:05am | irisheagle

oil business

it's really sad when you have a president that has family ties in the oil business and yet he can't seem to put a stop to the raising of gas prices. is it me or is that a conflict of interest?

And for the record, i do'nt think an animal refuge is the place for drilling for oil!!!

Check this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

May 14, 2008 - 12:52pm | Northern_light

laughable!

we all know how accurage WIKIPEDIA is don't we???
Well IrishEagle...you don't, so I won't laugh to hard but in the future I wouldn't use Wiki as a reference (c;

45 May 14, 2008 - 4:45am | Thomas_in_Alaska

Selling Alaska oil

overseas has to also stop. I believe we should drill in ANWR, but we need to also stop selling Alaska crude overseas.

Alaska supplied 25 percent of our nation’s oil. However, once the 25 year ban was lifted and the oil companies started selling Alaska crude overseas, we dropped to less than 12 percent going to US markets.

All of Alaska crude needs to go to only the US market!

44 May 14, 2008 - 4:39am | Thomas_in_Alaska

Cindy Shogan

go back to California, you are not welcome in Alaska!

43 May 14, 2008 - 2:00am | ba_non

bleeding US to death

We obviously prefer to bleed the US economy to death and to support terrorist states with our remaining credit.

42 May 14, 2008 - 12:23am | fsrab2

Thank you Preseident Clinton

That's right, thanks to President Clinton we are in the situation we are in now. When Clinton was president we had Bin Ladin in custody and he had him released. When Clinton was president more service men died than since George W has been in office, and we weren't even at war while Clinton was in office. But IF President Clinton had signed the bill to open ANWR we WOULD be pumping oil from there RIGHT NOW. As for the animals in the area that would be drilled if ANWR is open there wouldn't be much if any impact on them.

May 14, 2008 - 6:20am | jefftune

gw, Dick, and Enron

wrote our nations energy policy in closed door meetings with no over site - our nations current energy policy established by crooks and liars are why we are where we are..... what went into our current energy policy???? no one knows because these guys think that info should be private.... the republican back door energy policy is what we are following and it led us to here.....

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41 May 13, 2008 - 11:47pm | dogmusher

THINK about Arctic animal in Wildlife

we dont need other drill more oil. if they want to drill for oil and want go high price in usa . because i am NOT trust them they dont THINK about Arctic animal in Wildlife . native needs animal be in where we hunting. we dont want drill rig in our land where animal are. why not drill rig in texas..

40 May 13, 2008 - 10:58pm | kodiakfly42

Pugs!

US Senate is killing us. You know it doesnt hurt their damn paycheck to pay out for gas, fuel oil and electric. I think its about time for elections! This decade is causing the middle class to become poor and the poor to be homeless. Middle class is not far from that. And lets not forget that the rich are getting richer. Com'on the big oil is pocketing trillions over this. And since our government is bought out by big oil...they stand and do nothing. I hope they can still pledge Allegiance to the flag. And those ungrateful selfesh Saudis after we bailed them out.....pugs!

39 May 13, 2008 - 10:48pm | fsmith

Gloriosky quoting Proverbs agin!

Claims the "D"s are responsible for the increase in the price of oil.

She knows what she knows, unfortunately.

She ignores this: Gas when Bush invaded Iraq: $1.27
Gas today $4.00+

Here's a Biblical quote for her:
Proverbs 17:28 "Even a fool, when she holdeth her peace, is counted wise: and she that shutteth her lips is esteemed a woman of understanding."

May 14, 2008 - 4:18am | Glassflats

The "D's" are responsible

The "D's" are responsible for a substantial part of the increase in oil prices...If we want to increase the supply and lower prices then we must...DRILL...IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...DRILL IN ANWAR...DRILL...DRILL...DRILL... It is supply and demand, the increased prices will reduce demand, but we have control of a huge supply, but "D's" let the LEFT "inclining" greens dictate our energy policy. It's all about money and power, and the "D's" and the greens have their own self-serving agendas. Well, the "D's" and others on the LEFT are "fools," and if you want a "Biblical quote," here's a good one for you: "The heart of the WISE inclines to the RIGHT, but the heart of the FOOL to the LEFT." (Ecclesiastes 10:2)

P.S. President Bush didn't invade Iraq...America did!! And, God Bless America!!

38 May 13, 2008 - 9:59pm | rmp

oil renewal

oil does renew itself. what is going on in washington is high treason

May 13, 2008 - 10:53pm | badgerer

Amen and Amen

Don’t blame Bush for high gas prices. Democrats have successfully halted domestic oil production now for 30 years and now it is all coming home to roost. Liberals got is so wrong. Exxon and BP are not big oil, Hugo Chavez and Mahmud Ahmadinejad are and we are helping finance their attack on us.
Treason is a good word. Democrats are treasonous!

37 May 13, 2008 - 8:20pm | wildvisions

Stevens talks about being inconsistent

There is nothing more inconsistent than asking Congress to approve drilling for more oil, while at the same time having your hand out for money to help Alaska villages who are suffering as a result of global warming.

Unbelievable Stevens!

36 May 13, 2008 - 8:04pm | smarty

Message to lamblj

Stop whining and being a wimp!

35 May 13, 2008 - 8:02pm | smarty

Wake up, people

This obviously is an alien pre-invasion plan to weaken our economy, drain our precious bodily fluids, and then swoop in for the kill. Wake up, people, your next . . . YOUR NEXT!

34 May 13, 2008 - 8:01pm | lamblj

GLOBAL OIL VS AMERICAN OIL

WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD IS BUSY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN OIL/GAS RESOURCES... AMERICA LEGISLATES SENDING SOLDIERS DO DIE AND KILL... HOW SELFISH CAN WE BE???

33 May 13, 2008 - 7:58pm | alaskasuzi77

12 billion in 50 years?

And how will we supply oil for 12 billion people in 50 years? We need to lower our numbers to simply live!!!!!!

32 May 13, 2008 - 7:22pm | BengalTiger

Oh well!

Oil is nothing more than fossilized fuel and once it's gone it's gone forever!

We need to find alternative forms to oil now!

31 May 13, 2008 - 7:18pm | klstoltz

Yet another short sighted response

I cannot believe the short sightedness that Congress has shown in regards to oil shortages and other energy problems that we are facing today. If Clinton hadn't vetoed the bill which would have allowed drilling in ANWAR in the 1990

30 May 13, 2008 - 7:00pm | ebaumgartner

Look what we have become

"The specter of a president of the United States going hat-in-hand to Saudi Arabia to plead for more (and more expensive) oil from the dictatorship that underwrites an extreme form of Islam that is out to kill us is obscene. President Bush ought to be rallying Americans, not embracing people who don't allow women to drive cars."

I read that in another article today, and it speaks directly to this situation. Why are we continuing to purchase from others, that which we can produce ourselves? I'll bet the ANWR drill rig operation would be ten times as environmentally friendly as anything they have going in Saudi Arabia. If we didn't, the watchdogs would crucify "big oil" in the media.

Drill it. Use it. While you use it, come up with an alternative for the day we run out. And abandon the corn / ethanol plan. Using food for fuel has been a disaster. It'll only get worse.

May 13, 2008 - 7:07pm | memoose

Very good ...

...I was going to say the same thing but you beat me to it....

29 May 13, 2008 - 6:50pm | kjwells

two things we could do

that might help the national perception of ANWR
1) As a state we should facilitate tourist travel to ANWR so they can see first hand and form their own opinions. I think a lot of tourists would be interested in going there, they would spend money in our state to visit ANWR, and we could educate them at the same time. The problem now is that the average American citzen knows nothing about ANWR except the biased mis-information the enviromentalists and liberal political media have put out there.
2) The second thing is that our neighbors in the state of Washington are instrumental in harming our interests. Their politicians are at the fore front. They are having a serious impact on our future and our economy. I suggest that we return the favor to get our point across. Ship our goods across a port that is more neighborly such as Vancouver, Prince Rupert, or Portland. Seattle and the state of Washington have long benefited by being a gateway to Alaska. We do have some influence down there if we want to use it.

28 May 13, 2008 - 6:35pm | ak_powder_monkey

Supply isn't the problem

Inflation is causing speculators to invest in oil futures because it's seen as a safe investment which is driving oil prices up.

Supply isn't the problem. That and ANWR has very little supply to begin with, hence the oil companies don't really want to drill there... Anyone who thinks ANWR drilling will change the global oil equation is an idiot.

May 13, 2008 - 7:08pm | wutskaan

Hey your ruining the argument with logic!

So if we develop alternate energy sources that will give the predators, I mean Investors something else to take their eye off the black gold. Forcing the price down. Their money would give the necessary backing to properly develop the new energy futures. hmmm?

The stump humpers will get their hemp powered weed mobile. The Dark Sith and the Evil Empire will have affordable petrol to power the Death Star.

Shit Monkey Man I think your on to something.

May 13, 2008 - 6:45pm | surrealbluesy

Where's your proof?

What oil company doesn't want to drill in ANWR? You better do some more research on your facts. Otherwise, you're the idiot.

27 May 13, 2008 - 6:11pm | Glory_to_God

10 cents/day increase.

The fuel prices have increased from $2.40/gallon to $3.75/gallon since the Democrats took control of the House and the Senate. Guess who I am voting for in '08? Reference: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. (Matthew 23:4)

May 14, 2008 - 6:25am | jefftune

bush has vetoed

every attempt by the Dems to correct his energy policy that was written by ENRON in private no oversite meetings has been vetoed..... the republicans are forcing this on us they do not care that we are paying so much they want more and they are willing to screw us for it..... glad when this administration will be gone - i think the republicans will have no control over anything, house senate presidency..... then watch gas prices fall fall fall.......

May 14, 2008 - 12:04am | SuesAiden

Wrong use of Scripture

You are using a verse concerning religious legalism for something that is totally different. You do have a point, but your use of this scripture is not good. See 2 Peter 3:16.

May 13, 2008 - 6:44pm | wutskaan

ooh, ooh I'll guess, you'll vote for......Herbert Hoover?

Reference: The wisdom of the prudent it to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit. (Proverbs 14:7) Hey this easier than it looks.

May 13, 2008 - 8:55pm | Glory_to_God

Good try, but you are off by one verse.

Otherwise, you might not be too bad of person after all. Reference: Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. (Proverbs 14:7)

26 May 13, 2008 - 6:07pm | surrealbluesy

Humane drilling!

The oil companies are bending over backwards to prove to the environmentalists, indeed, the whole world, that the environment and the entire ecosystem can co-exist with drilling for oil in ANWR! Every precaution and every concern, from whaling to proctecting the environment is being considered in a constructive and positive way. There's no reason why a decent compromise, one that's beneficial to all concerned, can't be reached. The enviromentalists drive gasoline powered cars! It's ironic that they're so adamantly against drilling in ANWR! Future petroleum reserves that'll help us in the long term can be drilled in a humanely way. But all parties involved are not being humane in their stubbornness to reach a workable soultion!

25 May 13, 2008 - 6:00pm | wolervine32

GET OFF OUR LAND

Don't need another drilling. They need to fix the prices all villages. THINK about their Alaskan peoples can't afford it!!!

May 13, 2008 - 7:03pm | memoose

Hey Wolverine!!!

Guess what...THE OIL COMPANIES DON'T SET THE PRICE FOR A BARREL OF OIL OR THE GAS PRICE DOWN THE STREET. Come on folks, get informed first before expressing an opinion.

May 13, 2008 - 6:07pm | magneto

Fix the prices all villages

Think about their Alaskan peoples can't afford it. What a moron.

24 May 13, 2008 - 5:55pm | CowboyWacker

Our survival is at risk and

a sea change is needed in the way we develop and use energy. Check out this article.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051308F.shtml

Cheney has said that if a terrorist threat has a 1% chance of coming true then we need to respond 100% to prevent it. The threat of global warming is threatening to erase our world as we know it. Shouldn't we be mobilizing our response fully instead of arguing for more fossil fuel to burn?

23 May 13, 2008 - 5:54pm | carpen1l

people don't support drilling

because it is not the right answer.
Lie after lie after lie. We have been lied to enough to know and remember the last lies. Maybe you forgot the lies you already told.Maybe you remember the lies you already told and plan to try to manipulate people anyway. Remember,
if japan offered .02 cents more a gallon
it would all go overseas. If you used every last drop, how would you then negotiate for oil.That would leave America in an ongoing crisis.
If you stay in Iraq the price of gas will get to 10.00 a gallon. Leave Iraq and gas will drop in half immediately due to trading oil on the market. I am always amazed at people that keep pushing the lie right over the edge in the name of incompetence. Thanks for identifying yourselves to others.

22 May 13, 2008 - 5:45pm | hockey_mom

Senate...

I'm sure they will love to pay atleast $5.00 a gallon for gas...shows what kind of idiots we have in Juneau. Hey I know...why don't we have them buy every Alaskan gas for the next year.

May 13, 2008 - 6:20pm | jkasper

ignorant

This is a federal issue and has nothing to do with Juneau. Maybe you should have paid attention in civics class, Hockeymom.

21 May 13, 2008 - 5:28pm | Frozentech

2 philosophies

R - Increase supply to meet demand.

D - Increase price to reduce demand.

Take your pick.

As for the "ANWR won't help for the next 10 years" argument... I believed that one... 10 years ago. I call BS on it now, when even the mention of a possibility of perhaps one OPEC nation maybe reducing production spikes oil prices by almost $3 per barrel.

Ahmadinejad must have almost busted a gut laughing at us today. "flinch! muahahah!" Wait till he really does close the spigot.

20 May 13, 2008 - 5:04pm | andyl

ANWR-not in the next 8 years!

With antics like Don waving oosiks around and telling fellow lawmakers to "go f**** themselves--is there any surprise that we are having trouble finding a majority to support our issues?
Both Don and Ted have outlived their usefulness--thank-you--but it is time for a change.

19 May 13, 2008 - 5:03pm | loopsak

Dear Congress

I fully intend to figure out a way to waist just as much of your time and as you have of mine.

Love Life

18 May 13, 2008 - 4:49pm | peetie

ANWR

The big honcho for Shell Oil was on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and she asked him what he thought about drilling in Anwr and he said frankly he didn't think there was that much oil there . (and he ought to know) He was more optimistic with the prospects along the continental shelf. I don't hear any big oil company making a big deal out of drilling there Just our senators and I'm not surprized as most of our revenues for this state comes from Natural Resources the biggest cash cow we have is the permanent fund and it was funded with oil money . If left up to the politicians they'd have gladly given it to their cronies sure some times it actually has been good for Alaska but it has been even better for the few large developers who have reaped rewards from the military housing projects and helping Ted out by letting him invest in some project of theirs I'm surprized that although he (Ted eventually did put his envestments in a blind trust it was done well after he reaped the benefit of this investment and other than a news article which was actually written by an outside newspaper and eventually copied by the ADN nothing has been done about it His son was put in control of some fisheries board and money was funneled into a fisheries in Adak which he had his hands in I wonder if he Ben that is , I wonder if he is still trying to claim his ownership of that Fish Processing company or whatever it was that recieved the beneficial hand of Ted . If it looks like a duck walks like a duck , squawks like a duck and eats duck food I gotta believe it's a duck.
We need some honest politicians If there is such a thing.

May 13, 2008 - 6:12pm | Nailem

peetie

I think you have just written the world's longest sentence..

17 May 13, 2008 - 4:48pm | kodiakfly42

okay...

I hope the US has to pay 10 bucks a gallon for gas...ANWAR needs to be opened.

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