ghostrunner wrote:I don't understand the problem with drilling in ANWR. There's no reason it can't be allowed with governmental restrictions in place. There's no reason caribou have to be moved anywhere.
You get one chance, and it's changed forever if you mess up. And the oil industry has a long and storied past of screwing up. You know they STILL haven't resolved the Valdez crisis.
Wouldn't this be true anywhere? We drill in the ocean, in Texas, and I'm guessing other parts of Alaska now. The only thing different about this is that it's a designated sanctuary ad of now. I don't see what's going to go so horribly wrong here that wouldn't happen anywhere else. People have had these disastrous images about nuclear power for years and the result is we're way behind on it. I think you can protect wildlife and drill.
Radbird wrote:Does Palin pass the "ready to be prez" test? She was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska and has been governor since 2006.
Takes away the "not ready to lead" argument from the Republicans, IMO. Especially when the heartbeat away is the 72-year old McCain's.
Maybe it is shrewd, but I could see it backfiring.
I guess. But it can't backfire anymore than Barry's charge of change...and then picking a guy like Biden that is part of the Washington establishment that he criticizes his opponent for being a part of, too.
