Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
I don't think the environmentalists could have that big of a voice in the matter.
then you don't realize the power of one of america's most influential special interest groups. just look around, green is the new buzz word and to gainsay the tree-huggers' network is to put your political career in dire peril. the media has wholeheartedly embraced the cause and it is used to sell everything from diapers to cars. after all, who can deny the importance of our environment? only the sort of pains we are going through now could ever get any but the most suicidal of these political animals to even suggest drilling in the holy shrines of nature. for decades the needs of the people have placed a poor second to the desires of environmentalists to leave nature undisturbed. should the fanatics of peta get their way, we'll be coming in third behind roaches and house flies.

Quote Originally Posted by justanotherbozo
mind your own business, as a foreigner, your opinion is of no consequence.
gol dang it!
aw, come on. if it weren't for the relatively uninformed and lunatics like me, this place would be a ghost town.