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Success! The Arctic is open for drilling! [View all] Luminous Animal May 2012 OP
Well that's going to be a fucking disaster Autumn May 2012 #1
How very sad sellitman May 2012 #2
Wow. Black Polar bears. lonestarnot May 2012 #3
You mean...DEAD black Polar Bears. I cry thinking about it. Auntie Bush May 2012 #35
What could go wrong? Luminous Animal May 2012 #4
Now we can all enjoy lower gas prices! Blecht May 2012 #5
Insanity. Prepare for the end. nt patrice May 2012 #6
Now, now, now, let's not get our undies in a bunch. progressoid May 2012 #7
Pony! obxhead May 2012 #9
Post removed Post removed May 2012 #13
I was hoping that SOMEBODY would show up to defend this. (n/m) Luminous Animal May 2012 #34
heh. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #57
they won't bother paulk May 2012 #67
DU Rec woo me with science May 2012 #8
Decades of fending off the barbarians and one of our own just hands it over TheKentuckian May 2012 #10
I'm not convinced Obama is one of our own lark May 2012 #20
Du rec. Nt xchrom May 2012 #11
It's rope-a-dope! OnyxCollie May 2012 #12
The paint chips must be old to be effective, I suggest from the peak or dormers of an old Dragonfli May 2012 #28
Self-administrered trepanning with a hammer and punch. OnyxCollie May 2012 #29
Bend over, chervilant May 2012 #14
I did that after all the bad news about Fukishima this month. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #18
Investors cheer! raouldukelives May 2012 #15
Our environment is for sale to the highest bidder. eom tawadi May 2012 #16
I am so effing tired of this canard. sofa king May 2012 #17
I've been wondering the same thing! WHY don't we save our oil for when there is no Auntie Bush May 2012 #40
That would mean using less bhikkhu May 2012 #53
I don't think domestic production influences prices at all. sofa king May 2012 #64
Lead time between "discovering" the oil and seeing it at the pump is about 10 years bhikkhu May 2012 #68
When will they kill social security? awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #19
SS won't be killed...just wounded to die a very slow death. It will be called "reform to save it." KoKo May 2012 #21
+1 Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #26
Agreed. They will "Strengthen it". nt stillwaiting May 2012 #46
Sometimes it seems that right-wing insanity is designed to make... polichick May 2012 #22
*********FINALLY THE ANSWER*********** woo me with science May 2012 #45
Agree with both of you. It's a shame that we have so many Americans that are motivated by hate... stillwaiting May 2012 #47
Yes, the Republican party has been brilliant at playing on... polichick May 2012 #52
After decades of activism... polichick May 2012 #51
Many, many people here have been trying and will continue to try to stop this. Blue_In_AK May 2012 #23
I found this petition.... Luminous Animal May 2012 #25
thank you dana_b May 2012 #36
Several of the Native villages and organizations up there are opposed. Blue_In_AK May 2012 #38
Thanks so much! Luminous Animal May 2012 #39
Yes...we try ...we've been trying and I have some faint hope that "The People" will succeed. KoKo May 2012 #44
Clearly the oil rigs are just the right height.. n/t Fumesucker May 2012 #24
LOL n/t Auntie Bush May 2012 #42
Insanity. Odin2005 May 2012 #27
Sickening. n/t DLevine May 2012 #30
so when the inevitable huge oil spill happens (and it will) quinnox May 2012 #31
and it will stuntcat May 2012 #41
I've had that thought too. One of the only things that makes me glad to be old is Auntie Bush May 2012 #43
I wonder how Obama looks at his daughters and then justifies doing something like this? SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #58
Make no mistake about it, the few environmental protections, restrictions and trade-offs Uncle Joe May 2012 #32
... Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #33
and with the methane seeping out, it sets up an dana_b May 2012 #37
Hurrah! The system works! Earth first! Zorra May 2012 #48
I can't think of a more stupid idea than opening drilling in Alaska! n/t teddy51 May 2012 #49
Why can't there be a green initiative felix_numinous May 2012 #50
Drilling in the Arctic is fine with me. But I would suggest a policy that for every well Egalitariat May 2012 #54
where are they drilling at exactly Meiko May 2012 #55
Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea about 100 miles from the Canadian border... Luminous Animal May 2012 #61
Thank you so much Meiko May 2012 #63
K&R DeSwiss May 2012 #56
Money talks....bullshit walks. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #59
''Home, home on the range, DeSwiss May 2012 #60
Another campaign promise kept. joshcryer May 2012 #62
Don't worry. If there's a disaster, the president go can on TV to pray for it to come to an end. Karmadillo May 2012 #65
Now, if we can just get Pebble Mine approval, we can run the table! hatrack May 2012 #66
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