Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Republicans to "solve" power outage problem by drilling in Alaska wilderness
You heard it right... Juliet Elperin of WaPo writes:
Gotta keep those (now tax-deductible!) Hummers humming!
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) said Republicans will have a hard time arguing that new drilling would do anything to address problems linked to the massive blackout that started Aug. 14. "The Republicans are saying to find the answer to the electricity crisis by going to the Arctic," Markey said. "The Democrats are saying to find the answer to the electricity crisis, go to Cleveland," near the spot where the problems began. "It's very difficult to argue it's related to the electricity crisis, because we don't use oil to generate electricity."
Gotta keep those (now tax-deductible!) Hummers humming!
