wow...sometimes congress does the right thing

[fluffhead]

Though the president used the middle east situation as a reason we surely needed to drill in Alaska, the senate voted no! I'm so impressed.
Let's hear it for the Republicans who broke rank: (hip hip....woohoo!)
The eight Republicans who voted against oil development were Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine; Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island; Gordon Smith of Oregon; Mike DeWine of Ohio; Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois; John McCain of Arizona, and Norm Coleman of Minnesota.

And a big fat raspberry for ted stevens and pete domenici
pftftftft!

[DCJenn]

Wow- I'm actually stunned!

That's excellent news. I guess the fact that it would take 10 years to get up and running sort of negated the whole urgency issue!

Jenn

[houseelf]

I, for one, will do my part and by a hybrid gas/electric car next time, even if it will cost us an extra six grand. Although this won't be happening any time soon since we just paid my car off, I'm definitely committed to recovering from this oil addiction. The ramifications of this country's addiction to oil are proving to be lethal.

Kelly

[Rapunzel]

Has anyone heard about the funding that President Bush was giving towards alternative fuel sources? Or has that not been approved by Congress yet? I'm also all for switching from oil as a primary fuel to something cleaner, cheaper, and preferably not benefitting some cruel foreign dictator.

[PrincessFiona]

wow

Amazing, isn't it? I'm so glad that the drilling was voted down....one step towards a little environmental sanity!!!! The cynic in me though wonders what they'll try and pass through now instead offering the failure to drill in Alaska as a concession

Kris