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Long live Hissyfit
BT Rep: +1
I'll take your word for it, Clocker. Those Badgers know their dairy.Originally Posted by clocker
Sorry, inferior mouthfeel.
Best ice cream ever is from the University of Wisconsin's Agriculture School (Dairy division), sold in the student union hall in Madison.
Supposedly, the U. of Pennsylvania's is equally as good but I can't confirm this.
If I lived in Madison I'd be a bleedin blimp in no time.
Fact.
-bd
Shovel Ready
Except we've designated it as a Federal Wildlife Preserve, which is a bit different.
Putting an oil derrick in your front yard isn't all that intrusive "considering it as an industrial site".
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Long live Hissyfit
BT Rep: +1
What about "dumping" 700k people in an area a quarter of that size? It's my understanding - that they (the people) will be heavily packed; into a much smaller area.Never mind "dumping" a fraction of those people into a wildlife refuge - dump twice that many, and they'd still be lost in an area that size.
700K divided by 3K = 230-odd people per acre.
Not many at all, considering it as an industrial site.
-bd
en(un)lightened
Who's this "we"?Except we've designated it as a Federal Wildlife Preserve, which is a bit different.
Putting an oil derrick in your front yard isn't all that intrusive "considering it as an industrial site".
What about the citizens of Alaska?
If they don't mind oil derricks why should you or anyone else?
Can you see Alaska from your place?
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
en(un)lightened
I don't follow, BD.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
Shovel Ready
"We" would be the entirety of the US population.
ANWR is FEDERAL property, not state controlled.
Sarah Palin's opinion about it's use carries no more weight than mine (at least in theory).
On June 9th the BLM auctioned off 55,000 acres of the Roan Plateau in Colorado to oil/gas producers despite significant public opposition.
Since "Drill, Baby, Drill" is the new Republican mantra, presumably that deed is ok, huh?
State's rights are fine as long as they don't get in the way of energy producers?
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
en(un)lightened
[QUOTE=clocker;2961692]Then your use of the term "we" must be considered theoretical as well; I have no memory of being consulted on the matter of land use in Alaska, and I'm pretty sure you don't, either.
How does that apply, especially since there was public opposition?
BTW-
Colorado has just over 93 million acres, and you are griping over 55,000.
ANWR (once again) is, by itself, 19 million acres, and approximately 3,000 would be subject to development.
Perhaps if the Roan Plateau weren't Federal land, this deal you object to wouldn't even have taken place.
Seems to me you've forgotten that the central player in all this is supposed to be the people, not the state; after all, we are not Communists.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
Shovel Ready
Well, too bad the point is moot...McCain opposes drilling in ANWR.
Oh wait, does he?
I guess we'll have to see what Sarah tells him to do.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
en(un)lightened
That was my thought, too.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
Shovel Ready
It's interesting, McCain seems almost irrelevant to his own campaign.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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