- We should treat the earth as a Garden not an un-touchable wildlife preserve.
All the oil in Alaska will someday burn. We can either burn it in our cars, or it will burn when the Sun engulfs the inner planets of our solar system, as it becomes a red-giant, before it burns out. Nothing we do to be nice to the planet matters in the long run. The sun will consume the Earth and everything on it. Sure. We should recycle, buy Prius cars, build green buildings, smart grids, and stop pollution. We need to save the Brazilian rain forest, and stop pollution. But there is absolutely nothing worth saving in ANWR, and nothing bad that could happen from extracting it's oil. It is a big frozen tundra, with miserable caribou that would lean against the pipeline for warmth in the depth of winter.
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Obama is wrong to appose oil extraction from ANWR
Reasons to agree:
Obama is wrong to oppose the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada
Reasons to agree:
- We have to put spent nuclear material somewhere, and the scientist said Yucca Mountain is the best place. This decision shouldn't be made by politicians, like Obama, but by scientist.
Obama is wrong to support the $0.54-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol
Reasons to agree:
- We won't be able to get countries to buy from us, if we tariff their products.
- If we don't tariff middle east oil, we sure as hell should not be tariffing brazilian ethanol.
Obama is wrong to cosponsor the bill that would overturn the National Labor Relations Board's "Kentucky River" 532 U.S. 706 (2001) decision.
Reasons to agree:
- The bill redefined many employees lacking the authority to hire, fire, or discipline, as "supervisors" who are not protected by federal labor laws. If you don't have the authority to hire, fire, or discipline, that means you are not a "supervisor".
Obama is wrong to circumvent the secret ballot requirement to organize a union
Reasons to agree
- Union leaders (often the mob), or coworkers would intimidate you into doing what they want.
- Unions already have too much power.
- The secret ballot is American. Taking away the secret ballot is un-American.
Obama was wrong on the surge
Reasons to agree
- The surge worked.
- Obama is using a surge in Afganistan, though he is too proud to admit it. You know he said he was all about change, but this is one of those stupid lame things that shows he is just like all the other politicians.
Interest of those who agree (that Obama is wrong):
- Promoting the Republican Party by attacking a democrat, Obama.
- Racism (criticizing a minority, Obama, because he is a minority).
- Defending Bush, because people became deranged, and tried blaming him for everything.
Interest of those who disagree (that Obama is wrong):
- Promoting the Democratic Party by defending a democrat, Obama.
- Liberal guilt (defending a minority, Obama, because he is a minority).
- Attacking Bush because he is a republican.
- Attacking Bush because he is Rich.
- Attacking Bush because he was privilaged.
- Attaching Bush because is a Jock.
Obama is right to simplify filing of income tax returns by pre-filling wage and bank information already collected by the IRS.
Reasons to agree
- Companies that make tax preperation software try and stop this, but that is stupid. Some businesses should go out of business, and serve no purpose. Filling out your taxes should be easy, and the government should make it so easy that the tax preperation software people go out of business. I'm sorry.
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