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2007-06-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kremlin lays claim to huge chunk of oil-rich North Pole

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Posted by Steve White 2007-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 We can't allow them to drill there! What about the polar bears? Doesn't anyone care about the baby seals (the ones that don't get eaten by the polar bears, of course).

Beside, burning oil is bad for global warming. We should be sequestering carbon in places where I own property, or buying carbon credits from one of my green companies.

Save the Planet™

Posted by Al Gore 2007-06-28 07:36|| 2007-06-28 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 The shelf was 200 metres deep and oil and gas would be easy to extract, especially with ice melting because of global warming, he said.

Ah, The Guardian.

Posted by Bobby 2007-06-28 07:39|| 2007-06-28 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, Vlad, where's my fucking Super Bowl ring?

Posted by Robert Kraft 2007-06-28 09:26|| 2007-06-28 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching...land, land, Land. See Snatch."

-- Hedley Lamarr, 'Blazing Saddles'

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-28 10:08|| 2007-06-28 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Then it's a bag of coal for you this Christmas, ya commie bastid!

Posted by Santa Claus 2007-06-28 10:54|| 2007-06-28 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Better dead than red. No, wait...

Posted by Rudolph 2007-06-28 16:33|| 2007-06-28 16:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Putin, you dork! Bugs Bunny beat you to it long ago. Or was it that little Martian dude?

Posted by gorb 2007-06-28 17:30|| 2007-06-28 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Old Vlad's going to have a he$$ of a surprise when the next Ice Age hits, say around 2040 or so, and 3/4 of the Arctic and half of Russia start having year-round snow-cover. Of course, it'll take 2500 years for the glaciers to form, but none of the land uncovered by water being retained in the glaciers will be along usable Russian coastline. Drill to your heart's content, Vlad - our directional drilling can steal your oil from central Oklahoma.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-06-28 21:29|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-06-28 21:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Mr. BURNS vs SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY, while the Chinese are also being busy down south in SHELBYVILLE. * FREEREPUBLIC > CHAVEZ wants RUSSIA to rebel against US world domination/order, by mil force iff need be.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-06-28 23:14|| 2007-06-28 23:14|| Front Page Top

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