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To: American Spirit who wrote (7144)	2/21/2004 2:05:24 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

So why did Kerry tell Hoffa he wants the pipeline? HOFFA: Well, we talked about that. He says, look, I am against ANWR, but I am going to put that pipeline in and we‘re going to drill like never before. . . . MATTHEWS: But he is against drilling up there. What are they going to run through the pipeline? HOFFA: Well, they are going to drill all over, according to him. And he says, we‘re going to be drilling all over the United States. And he says that is going to create more jobs. . . . MATTHEWS: It just seems amazing that he has turned around on NAFTA, turned around on WTO, turned around on ANWR, anything to get the Teamsters. HOFFA: Oh.

To: American Spirit who wrote (7144)	2/22/2004 12:37:07 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 20773

Re: Only difference is it's a longer drive. Without Kerry, the Halliburtons of the world would already be at work ruining the American Serengeti ROTFL! That was a good one. Heehee. American Serengeti? Tell me A.S., how close to the Porcupine Delta have you gotten? How many thousands of miles? Now I haven't been to ANWR. But I lived in Alaska for four years and I know people who spent a lot of time up on the North Slope. ANWR is no paradise. It is a mosquito-infested swampland in the short summer, and a frozen wasteland for most of the winter. I consider myself to be a rather strong enviromental champion and advocate for saving important landscapes and ecosystems for future generations. For the life of me I cannot understand how romanticized a vision of Porky-Pine Flats enviro-whackos have come to accept. The sugar-plum version of ANWR does a real disservice to the cause of environmentalism in general because people who might otherwise be feeling inclined toward the environmental movement see a lunacy in the deification the Porcupine Caribou herd and the relative handful of avian species who rely on the area for a summer breeding ground. *** Re: Drilling in ANWAR is like drilling in Yellowstone. Man, oh man. Now that is just silly.