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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawdog who wrote (49494)	10/19/2000 10:41:13 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Thursday October 19 4:25 AM ET Majority Opposes Drilling in Arctic Refuge - Poll WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty-six percent of Americans say the environmental risks of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) outweigh the benefits to the nation's oil supply, according to a new poll released on Thursday by two environmental groups. The question of whether to open the 19.5 million-acre (7.9 million-hectare) wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska to oil drilling and exploration has surfaced during the 2000 presidential election. Republican nominee George W. Bush (news - web sites) supports drilling in part of the refuge. Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) is opposed. Of the 1,000 likely voters questioned, 29 percent said it was worth the risks to open ANWR to drilling, the poll by The Wilderness Society and the Alaska Wilderness League found. The groups cited government studies indicating that the amount of oil that could be economically pumped from ANWR might be enough to provide the country with only an 180-day supply at current consumption rates. They said 55 percent of those surveyed would support President Clinton (news - web sites) if he decided to declare the coastal portion of the refuge a national monument, effectively barring oil exploration and drilling there. Less than a quarter of those polled said they would strongly oppose such a move by the president, the groups said. ``This poll demonstrates that the more people learn about the Arctic Refuge ... the stronger their support is for protecting the Arctic Refuge from oil exploration and drilling and for designating it a national monument,'' said Mark Mellman, president of the Mellman Group which conducted the survey.

To: lawdog who wrote (49494)	10/19/2000 11:28:02 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769667

You had me wait to download THAT? Gimme a break. And, by the way, why should rap singers have an exclusive on the introduction of new words to the English vocabulary? They get the attention of millions, get paid millions, and nobody asks them squat. If I were Bush, I'd invent a word a day, copyright it, and charge royalties. He's really underestimating his own IP potential. But, then again, since he's running for public office, maybe his new words will just have to enter the public domain without his getting personally enriched.