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2007-01-10 Home Front Economy

Bush lifts ban on oil drilling in Alaska fishery

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's big news in AK. Has the support of most of the commercial fisherman and local tribal councils along Bristol Bay.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-01-10 01:04|| 2007-01-10 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 HOOORAY!

Posted by newc">newc 2007-01-10 01:53|| 2007-01-10 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The real war on terror.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-10 01:54|| 2007-01-10 01:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Getting the petrodollars out of the hands of terrorists states! Hope it's not too late.

Posted by gorb 2007-01-10 04:30|| 2007-01-10 04:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Now all we need is to do the same off southern California and on George's Bank off New England and we'll have access to enough oil to at least partially tell the ME to go to hell.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-01-10 06:16|| 2007-01-10 06:16|| Front Page Top

#6 "It's incredibly reckless to risk such an outstanding natural resource just to satisfy Big Oil."

Yes, but it helps the other 300 million of us by helping to keep prices down, reduce the need for foreign wars and help get the troops out of the middle east, and will reduce funding to terrorists and other petro-crazies. At that rate, it's a bargain.

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-10 07:05|| 2007-01-10 07:05|| Front Page Top

#7 of course all of us ~~think~~ know for certain that this is a win win and better late than never. Hell the tecnology is orders of magnitude better including saftey. Inspite of all that if there is a spill then new clean up tec and fines mitigate them.

Posted by RD 2007-01-10 07:27|| 2007-01-10 07:27|| Front Page Top

#8 I've actually read studies where fish LOVE the offshore platforms. There long enough, they develop their own coral systems (if planted) and the fish can hide from predators there. Of course, on a commercial fishing scale, I doubt it'll make much difference. But, let's just let the enviros nit-pick their way to funding jihadi terror, why don't we?

Posted by BA 2007-01-10 10:41|| 2007-01-10 10:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe it's just my paranoia, but I think we're in the middle of a Cold OIL war and it may turn HOT very soon.

Especially with the idea that Iran may *try* to control the Straits in the gulf militarily, this seems like an insurance policy against another war in the Mideast soon.

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Posted by Anon4021 2007-01-10 13:21|| 2007-01-10 13:21|| Front Page Top

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