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Another year, another effort to drill ANWR

Alaska Dispatch -- Yet another bill to allow oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is moving through the U.S. House of Representatives, but history would suggest it's doomed to fail.

So why does Alaska's Congressman Don Young keep trying?

"I'm not only eternally optimistic; if you don't keep trying you're never going to get anything done," Young told Alaska Dispatch Wednesday.

His attempts to open ANWR's coastal plain to drilling so far have amounted to nothing.

During his nearly four decades in office, the House has passed 11 of his ANWR drilling bills, Young said. All but one died in the Senate. The only one that made it through Congress died ignominiously on President Bill Clinton's desk.

"Everyone says, 'What do you keep doing this for? The Senate's not going to pass it,'"...

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Submitted Feb 02, 2012 By: EZExit

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luwachris Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,047 Points:217,045 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2012 11:24:40 PM Ignore luwachris Report Abuse yeah, good luck with that!
SavingInNC Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,134 Points:741,030 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 3:07:47 PM Ignore SavingInNC Report Abuse Drill drill drill
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:15,957 Points:1,245,100 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:47:55 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse Pig Oil wants us to believe that we need this oil for lower prices in the US and Canada. Do they love us? You bet... Pig Oil loves the green we shell out for filling our tanks.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:18,205 Points:1,871,360 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 12:07:43 AM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse 99dakota - "Keep trying, we need the oil." No, the oil companies need the oil, so they can sell it to other countries. They'll make more money that way.
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:1,941 Points:326,190 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 7:12:17 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Bye, bye Gas_Buss, off into the ether zone. But keep posting gas prices from out there. The 'Ignore' Button please.
Gas_Buzzer Champion Author South Carolina Posts:12,378 Points:2,268,500 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 8:06:21 AM Ignore Gas_Buzzer Report Abuse And naturally it is opposed by Chu Chu Train and Barry "Big Eras" Hussein Obammie.
99dakota Champion Author Providence Posts:6,241 Points:1,809,125 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 6:51:53 AM Ignore 99dakota Report Abuse Keep trying, we need the oil.
Anddy_viper888 Sophomore Author New York Posts:195 Points:10,545 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 6:22:16 AM Ignore Anddy_viper888 Report Abuse okey, drilling drills
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:26,023 Points:1,981,410 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 4:56:56 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Keep trying, it’s that ‘little engine that could’ thing. But drilling in ANWR will not help gas prices at the pump. Big oil sells fuel and natural gas on the world market for higher prices, there will be NO price reduction for the cost of fuel or natural gas IN the US. Barry will support natural gas and oil production for sale on the world market to pay for his ‘spending gone wild’ addiction. The US ‘oil and natural gas resources’ belong to the citizens of this country and are to be used by those same citizens! Speculators, manipulators and the banks continue to unfairly and unjustly make the driving public pay higher prices at the pump. Produce and ‘drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. As more and more high MPG, EV’s and Inbred vehicles are used, the less oil is needed to make fuel or electricity and NOT electricity produced from coal, oil or natural gas either. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012!
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:1,941 Points:326,190 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 3:54:12 AM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Don and Doc it's the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's a refuge from people like you who are in pockets of Big Oil. It's not for jobs -- it's for campaign contributions.
TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:5,547 Points:1,048,995 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 3:27:18 AM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse Round & Round we go.
REKEY Champion Author South Carolina Posts:6,735 Points:1,337,355 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 2:29:16 AM Ignore REKEY Report Abuse Way to go Don, your people in Alaska need the money!
danreino Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:6,791 Points:1,240,240 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:42:54 AM Ignore danreino Report Abuse You can wish in one hand, crap in the other; and see which get filled first. ... (Burgess claps)...
NO_SWEAT Champion Author Toronto Posts:2,683 Points:746,050 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:32:35 AM Ignore NO_SWEAT Report Abuse Just wait and watch.
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Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:4,152 Points:915,380 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:28:40 AM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Apparently he has a lot of time to waste.
LVNV6ofSpades Veteran Author Las Vegas Posts:460 Points:114,985 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:28:35 AM Ignore LVNV6ofSpades Report Abuse Let them drill the ANWAR. And yes, the caribou will be OK, they will be thankful for all the hot oil's heat permeating thru the pipeline to keep them warm during this brutal Alaskan winter.
Dodge_Me Champion Author Atlanta Posts:1,098 Points:234,560 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:27:25 AM Ignore Dodge_Me Report Abuse Keep it up and keep trying
Prodaddy Champion Author Houston Posts:6,570 Points:1,532,745 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:27:09 AM Ignore Prodaddy Report Abuse Good luck
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nomad228 Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,811 Points:339,425 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:20:11 AM Ignore nomad228 Report Abuse another year another excuse for local politicians to raise taxes to give themselves 3 percent raise on top of the bonuses and perks they already have.
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Number43 Champion Author Lexington Posts:6,838 Points:1,291,935 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:18:47 AM Ignore Number43 Report Abuse No pipeline, no fracking, no coal fired electricity, no nuclear, no refining, no anwar, NO HOPE while hussein is in power. He will go down in history as the first american president to be tried for treason ( and convicted). That's why he doesn't want to keep Guantanimo open.
g747 Champion Author Mobile Posts:2,783 Points:585,210 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:18:39 AM Ignore g747 Report Abuse That's big oil talking & pulling their puppet strings.
LoneGuy Champion Author Lansing Posts:6,656 Points:1,956,840 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:18:00 AM Ignore LoneGuy Report Abuse This opportunity has been ignored for some time. With Obama maybe on the way out it is time to bring it back into the mainsteam.
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:4,060 Points:492,465 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 1:16:57 AM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Do they really want to kill off the wildlife?
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