the Arctic Refuge wins!!!!!!!!

[montana500]

In a huge shocker the House GOP has abandoned the Arctic Drilling measure at least for now. It seems Bush's extreme anti-conservation policy is no longer good for Republican elections. Another huge loss for Bush.

www.wilderness-sportsman.com


"WASHINGTON - House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, fearing it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget bill Thursday.

They also dropped from the budget document plans to allow states to authorize oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts — regions currently under a drilling moratorium.

The actions were a stunning setback for those who have tried for years to open a coastal strip of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, to oil development, and a victory for environmentalists, who have lobbied hard against the drilling provisions. President Bush has made drilling in the Alaska refuge his top energy priorities."

[radwriter0555]

1. The irony is that being broke helped the side of the good.....

But polar bears rule, so yeee hah!

[texpatriot2004]

2. How about that Montana...Woo Hooo! Thank God for miracles.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[montana500]

16. yeah I couldn't believe it when I read it!

nm

[Lex]

3. I must be dreaming.

Someone pinch me to wake me up.

[blitzen]

4. Wow...I hope this is for real!!!!

It's hard to believe that the House would come through where the Senate didn't. Great news!

[Skink]

6. OK guys you can keep the bridge.

:hurts:

[Broken_Hero]

11. thanks!

The bridge issue dealt with my hometown, i never thought Ketchikan would make freaking news...i'm glad they decided not to go through with it.

[okasha]

7. The Reps

all have to run next year. Only a third of the Senate is on the line.

[montana500]

9. exactly my thoughts. But they did, for now.

nm

[niyad]

5. this is for real? the house actually grew spines? this is wonderful!!

now if only they would present the articles of impeachment.

[LittleClarkie]

10. No, the Republicans actually lost theirs first

Which is what needed to happen.

Hoody hoo!

[montana500]

24. amazing. Hopefully it lasts.

nm

[Cleita]

8. That is good news!

As a wilderness loving person, I really hate any modification of wild places, even roads. But I am an extremist about those things. If it were up to me I would return the whole country to the wild, with pods of habitation for people to live in without leaving many footprints in the wild.

[fooj]

12. Wow. This is great news...

Woo hoo! :woohoo:

Peace.

[me b zola]

13. sanity is making a comeback!

:woohoo:

[Wilms]

14. .

[ClayZ]

21. Yay!

:woohoo:

[incapsulated]

15. Man, it's been a good couple of weeks, eh?

:woohoo:

[Swamp Rat]

17. Yaay!!!

:woohoo:

[WiseButAngrySara]

18. Unbelievable! This is so Great. The tide is turning and Truth will

prevail!

K & R!

[amitten]

19. This really made my week.

I loves me some untouched all-natural wilderness! :bounce:

[meow2u3]

20. Wildlife 1, Oilmen 0

That about sums it up.

[bigtree]

22. toying with nature

[roguevalley]

23. that place is awesome. its a trust for us all. I AM DELIGHTED!

[stevedeshazer]

25. Ted Stevens must be livid!

Oh, wait. Ted Stevens is ALWAYS livid.

[DanCa]

26. Thank you Jesus my prayers are answered. Hey were winning.

It feels great for a change dont it? Seriously imagine the effect on global warming if the bastards got thier way.

[dusty64]

27. Can't let our guard

down. These corrupt assholes will find another sneaky underhanded and undemocratic way of slipping their putrid agenda through against the will of the People. They never give up and they never seem to go away!

[Jim__]

28. The House dropped it; but the Senate didn't.

So, whether or not it remains dropped depends on what happens in conference. GOP leaders are pushing for inclusion.

[TayTay]

29. Sen. Steven will never give up on this.

I think he would even make a deal about pitching those 'bridges to nowhere' and taking the cash to grease some deals in order to keep drilling in ANWR. (I think he falls asleep nights thinking about drilling in ANWR and it gives him a big happy.)

This ain't over yet. I fully anticipate that ANWR drilling will be in the final reconciliation package. Rethugs don't give up. They simply find a way to label a vote to allow drilling as the 'Vote to Preserve Wilderness' Act. Bastards. I don't trust them at all.

[marions ghost]

30. and the moratorium stands

on Atlantic and Pacific coastal drilling

:applause:

[mzmolly]

31. YAY!! Now let's hope the Senate follows suit.

:hi:

32. Yey, we love you nature n/t