Motherfuckers.

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U.S. Lifts Longtime Drilling Ban on Alaskan Wildlife Habitat

"The Department of Interior on Wednesday approved oil and gas drilling on Alaska land considered such sensitive wildlife habitat that it was first protected by former Interior Secretary James G. Watt under President Reagan, and by four Interior secretaries since.

The decision — decried by Native American, hunting and environmental groups — comes just weeks after the U.S. Senate rejected drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, about 200 miles to the east.

Bureau of Land Management staff said the decision was made after three years of study and in response to requests by Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force."

Some of you Bush apologists want to explain how this entire goddamn administration isn't one big pile of scum, again?

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[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Christ on a cracker. Why don't we just strip mine the planet.

[shadowduchess.livejournal.com]

After all of our efforts to preserve the wildlife on this planet, no matter how many petitions you sign, how many marches you attend, and how many donations you make it always seems the insensitive smegma always win their way.
Makes me sick.

[farmleaf.livejournal.com]

And all this surprises any of you????? Face it, Bush has NO CLUE what he's doing. What can we expect from a "C" student, a former (?) coke-head and military drop-out? Not much.

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

Out of about 500,000 acres, total:

"No surface drilling will be allowed on 242,000 acres considered vital for molting geese, or on another 244,000 acres used by caribou. Slant drilling will be allowed under those surfaces from adjoining land. Pipelines must be seven feet high, at least initially, to allow caribou and hunters to pass beneath.

A maximum of 2,100 acres total in seven different zones can be permanently disturbed on the surface, and a three-year study will be conducted of molting geese, BLM staff said."

This is hardly intrusive. Relax.

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words...

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

So here's two.



source (http://www.penguin.net.nz/threats/threats.html)



source (http://www.arcticwildlife.org/spills.htm)

I think Bush and his administration proved that they don't give a flying fuck about what people think when he took this country to war against Iraq.