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They say insanity is defined as doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. It's long been obvious petroleum is running out and there's no future in it. Yet the Bush administration repeated refuses to pay anything but lip service for research into alternative fuel development, something we ought to have been investing deeply long ago. We need to get on the ball and develop and convert to new eco-friendly fuels, not desperately chasing after dwindling supplies of an old one.

Captain Jim, that was great. I love it LOL
And yes, we can coexist with the wildlife.
go for it!!! Hey, if they want to put an oil well in my back yard, have at it. I'll live around it.

Ive read they are on the threated species list, because of a prediction. The prediction is arctic ice is supposed to decrease by mid century.

Hunting by the Inuit and exploration in northern Canada hasn't had a significant effect on their numbers. But I guess real world numbers aren't as important as predictions.

According to the Orlando Sentinel on 6/15/08 the sale of the leases to the oil companies occurred before the bear was classified as threatened in May. The same article said, “According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, there is no evidence of a polar bear being killed by oil and gas activities in Alaska since 1993 . . . . . And since 1960, when the hunt for oil and gas began in Alaska, only two fatalities of polar bears have been linked to oil and gas activities in the state, the service said.

We need more oil exploration and drilling in the US if Americans wish to survive. If we become completely dependent on oil from other countries then we will become a second or third world nation. If the farmers wish to make more money they will convert all the food crops to corn so they can sell it for ethanol, where will we get our food from then? We do need to develop alternative fuel but not at the expense of food shortages and being under control by another nation. You say it won’t happen, if we continue the way we are now it will. May not be tomorrow but it will happen.

The whole article this is based on is from the AP. Typical liberal clap trap. Only 2 deaths of polar bear have been attributed to oil/gas exploration since 1960. I guess since there are so many more now than then (20,000 more than in 1972) it 'could' happen. Unless people really think they can ride their dream catchers to work, we need to drill drill drill while focusing our country's efforts on alternative fuel sources much like we did the space program in the 60s. We have enough brain power in this country to do it. Let's get going.

I just knew there was a reason, there is always a reason behind everything and they are very good about making it look all innocent! I don't trust none of them! You know even if they do find anything and start drilling, it will not lower the price of gas!

Besides President Bush has “authorized” drilling and exploration in the past and congress has blocked it every time why would I think they would give up on their 8 year plan now ? All we will ever be able to do is wonder what impact 5 million barrels a day oil production in Florida would have been having right now ..IF the Kennedy's had not used a judge to block it 6 years ago.....

Side note: People complained that the current oil pipelines (before they were built) would interfere with the caribou population in Alaska. They were right, but not in the way they expected. Turns out the caribou enjoyed the warmth the pipes provided, and made them a little more "frisky" than usual. The population of the caribou went up. A lot.

Good point JD I had forgotten that we are now having to feed and “cull” the caribou population around the pipeline....far be it for tree hugger to look aback on the reality of a situation !
As far as a lot of people wanting things the way they are , you know what is really up as well as I do ...if the democrats get what they want in November then they will let go and somehow not notice as the drilling starts in Alaska and Florida ...and by “not notice” I mean stop using tricks to stop the development of US oil (in 2001 as a minority in the house and senate they used filibusters to stall for time and HURT us all , now as a majority Nancy simply “tables” any bill/discussion until after November)

..retired , fired from a cannon , feed them to hungry bears ...something like that would be a good place for those two to wind up ! Or we could send them back where they came from outer space and Cuba !

I would pay to see that Deb ! ...Live on Fox Obama greats grateful bears after trading millions of American jobs for a fictional idea of saving them from a fairy tail !

What is funny is that Obama is strongly against drilling for oil in ANWAR but he has not commented on the drilling for Natural Gas in the same location that IS moving forward ...is this another Reverend Wright thing where he just did not notice ?
And yes I saw McCain is half/right in his position on this one as of today ...he is for drilling in the gulf and off shore (east shore of Florida that is) but against drilling in Alaska ...come on guys fact is drilling in this country is so clean we can put up wild life refuges on pump cites and never have a problem ! We really can have oil and bears to.

Did you even bother reading the rest of my response? Seriously, some people just take jokes too literally.