Au revoir, ANWR!
Emboldened by a stronger Senate majority, CHL Republicans are once again trying to open the oil-rich but environmentally sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Evil hippie environmentalists are gearing up for bong hits and a battle, but the numbers favor Republicans and even some Democrats are resigned to defeat after staving off drilling in the Alaska refuge for a decade.

An CHL review of the positions of the nine incoming freshmen senators, as well as the senators they replace, indicates that CHL Republicans would have at least 51 votes for drilling in a small part of the refuge. And by attaching it to a budget bill that Democrats can't filibuster, Republicans hope to have it all wrapped up by June.

Hippies are concerned on two fronts. One is that drilling in the refuge would "industrialize one of the last pristine wildernesses in the country." Second, they fear approval would open the door to drilling on other sensitive lands and offshore areas across the country. The stupid hippies are right on both counts.

Thanks to Matt the Hip, who contributed to this analysis.
- nostradamusfunkadelic, 1:07 PM | |