From my buddy JK

[Texsox]

Add Your Name to the Citizens' Roll Call

 

Dear James,

 

We have only 24 to 48 hours to try and save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

The Republicans are trying to sneak legislation through the Senate approving oil drilling and they are incredibly close to winning. We have to stop them.

 

I am joining with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) in offering a critical amendment to stop this sneak attack on our environment. We will fight on the floor of the Senate, but we need you by our side.

 

There are seven key Republican Senators whose votes will decide the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Before they vote, we need to make sure they know that their constituents are watching, and that they will not be able to support drilling without anybody noticing.

 

Here are two critical steps we can take together to support our amendment to protect this National Wildlife Refuge:

1. Join the Citizens' Roll Call

 

First of all, take part in a massive fast-moving display of citizen support for the Arctic Refuge. Sign our Cantwell-Kerry Citizens' Roll Call now.

 

http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall

 

To make our Citizens' Roll Call impossible to ignore, we have alerted the media, environmental advocates and my fellow Senators to a scrolling display of the names and home towns of the roll call signers. It is posted on our johnkerry.com website, where we hope to soon add your name and a running tally of the number of citizens on our Citizens' Roll Call.

2. Bring the fight to the home states of the seven senators

 

We need to launch emergency online advertising campaigns in the home states of those seven critical senators: Senator Coleman (MN), Senator Smith (OR), Senator Specter (PA), Senator Martinez (FL), Senator Lugar (IN), and Senators Gregg and Sununu (NH).

 

We need your help to bring our Save the Arctic Refuge message home in these six states. Help us fund an emergency ad campaign to make sure they know how strongly the people they represent feel about protecting the Arctic. Please make an emergency donation right now.

 

http://contribute.johnkerry.com/

 

When Senator Cantwell, myself and other Senators stand up in support of the Cantwell-Kerry Amendment, we will have powerful arguments on our side. (I have recapped some of those arguments at the end of this email message)

 

But, to win, we need to be able to report directly to our Senate colleagues that massive numbers of citizens around the country - and in their own states - are rising up to demand that the Senate protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

That's why your immediate signature is so critical.

 

http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall

 

The Bush Administration and its oil industry allies want to send a message that they can drill for oil wherever and whenever they want to - even if it means targeting a place as striking, pristine and irreplaceable as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

They don't care about putting America on a genuine path to energy independence. If they did, they'd support efforts to increase energy conservation and to create clean, renewable sources of energy that no terrorist can sabotage and no foreign government can seize.

 

Let me be very direct with you. It is going to take an immediate and impossible-to-ignore display of grassroots support to stop them. That's why your decision to sign our Cantwell-Kerry Amendment Citizens' Roll Call is so crucial.

 

Thank you for acting quickly on this vital request.

 

John Kerry

 

P.S. Senator Cantwell, who comes from a state in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, has - at considerable political risk - courageously stepped forward to join me in leading this fight. We need you to help us win it.

 

http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall

HERE ARE YOUR SAVE THE ARCTIC REFUGE TALKING POINTS

 

* The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 19 million acres comprise one of the last places on earth where an intact expanse of arctic and sub arctic lands remains protected.

* Drilling in the Arctic Refuge can't make even a small dent in meeting America's energy needs. U.S. Geological Survey scientists estimate that there is very likely only enough oil to supply America's needs for six months. And oil companies admit that, even that, won't be available for at least 10 years.

* An irreplaceable natural treasure, the Arctic Refuge is home to caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, golden eagles, snow geese and more. Millions of other birds use the Arctic Refuge to nest and as a critical staging area on their migratory journeys.

* Of course, the Arctic Refuge supports more than wildlife. For a thousand generations, the Gwich'in people of Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada have depended on it and lived in harmony with it. To them, the Arctic Coastal Plain is sacred ground.

[mreye]

Thank you. Now I know who to call to have them support ANWAR drilling.

[YASNY]

Let's get the oil into the pipeline. We can use it.

[Texsox]

You don't want that inferior northern oil, get the best, buy Texas Oil!

[southsider2k5]

Thank you. Now I know who to call to have them support ANWAR drilling.

 

Yeah, who do we call to start drilling? $55 a barrel for oil? Geesh.

[YASNY]

You don't want that inferior northern oil, get the best, buy Texas Oil!

 

 

At $55 a barrel, Texas is probably thinking about drilling again.

[Texsox]

At $55 a barrel, Texas is probably thinking about drilling again.

 

Hell, we got awhl rigs from the Galveston to Odessa . . . Everyone has got one in their backyard, that's why we don't have a state income tax

[mreye]

Hell, we got awhl rigs from the Galveston to Odessa . . . Everyone has got one in their backyard, that's why we don't have a state income tax

Yee Haw!

[YASNY]

Hell, we got awhl rigs from the Galveston to Odessa . . . Everyone has got one in their backyard, that's why we don't have a state income tax

 

 

Well hell ... when y'all gonna git 'em pumpin'?

[TheBigHurt35]

that's why we don't have a state income tax

 

I'm moving to Texas next month and my bank account is definitely looking forward to it.

[Texsox]

Well hell ... when y'all gonna git 'em pumpin'?

March 15, 2005

 

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[FlaSoxxJim]

Thanks Tex - people need to sign onto as many of these as they can, make some calls (not you, Mr. Eye!! ) and keep this from getting slipped through.

[mreye]

Thanks Tex - people need to sign onto as many of these as they can, make some calls (not you, Mr. Eye!! ) and keep this from getting slipped through.

[southsider2k5]

I'm moving to Texas next month and my bank account is definitely looking forward to it.

 

From what I understand, wait until you get your property tax bill.

[TheBigHurt35]

From what I understand, wait until you get your property tax bill.

 

That's OK. I rent.

[Soxy]

Thanks Tex - people need to sign onto as many of these as they can, make some calls (not you, Mr. Eye!! ) and keep this from getting slipped through.

Indeed--I e-mailed it and the webpage of Senators Contact Info to everyone I know. And I e-mailed senators of all 3 states that I have an "address". Bwahahaha.

 

The enviroment is one of the very few (and I do mean few) things that made my conservative dad vote democrat. But now it means I can call HIM a pinko-commie-liberal...

Edited March 15, 2005 by ChiSoxyGirl

[Texsox]

Thanks Tex - people need to sign onto as many of these as they can, make some calls (not you, Mr. Eye!! ) and keep this from getting slipped through.

We do need to keep a (Mr.) eye out . . .

 

What a shocker, both of my Senators support drilling

Edited March 15, 2005 by Texsox

[Soxy]

From Norm Coleman--one of my least favorite Senators (although, he just gained some favor):

 

Dear Ms. Soxy :

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to contact me concerning Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) provisions being included as part of the fiscal year 2006 Congressional Budget Resolution.

 

 

 

During consideration of the fiscal year 2004 Budget Resolution, I voted in support of the Boxer amendment to strip out a provision concerning ANWR drilling because I believe that the ANWR debate is a detour from the road we ought to be traveling if we want to maximize environmental protection, energy independence, and economic development dividends. I strongly believe the road to these dividends is renewable energy, including ethanol, biodiesel , wind, and even livestock waste.

 

 

 

In the 108 th Congress I cosponsored legislation that would require an increasing portion of our U.S. energy supply to be met by renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel . One study suggests that this legislation would displace more than 1.6 million barrels of oil at a crucial time when foreign oil imports account for 56 percent of domestic oil consumption a figure expected to climb to a staggering 70 percent in the future unless things change. The same study indicates that this legislation would also reduce the nation's trade deficit by more than $34 billion, increase our gross domestic product by $156 billion, create more than 214,000 new jobs, expand household income by an additional $51.7 billion, and increase net farm income by $6 billion annually. With fourteen ethanol plants already having more than a half billion dollars in positive economic impact on Minnesota , imagine the impact on our State alone under this legislation.

 

In short, renewable fuels offer a lot of promise a promise I want to help become a reality. I understand that those who support oil exploration in ANWR see it as an opportunity for economic development and energy independence, while those who oppose oil exploration in ANWR see it as important to environmental protection. Yet, while I support the important objectives of both sides, I happen to see renewable fuels and renewable energy as the optimal and most relevant way to advance all three.

 

 

Please know that, as you request, I will keep your concerns in mind when ANWR issues come before the full Senate for a vote and that I value your advice.

 

Thank you once again for taking the time to contact me. If I can be of further assistance to you in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

Norm Coleman

United States Senate