Cape Karen
A deadly new Arctic Oil Rush is underway and lethal oil spills are sure to follow, killing the polar bears and any other wildlife that might get in the way.
Last month, in the biggest oil and gas sale in Alaska's history, the Bush Administration sold a vast expanse of the Chukchi Sea - home to half our nation's polar bears - to Shell Oil and other oil giants.
Even the Bush scientists have warned that there is more than a 50 percent chance that a large oil spill will occur. When the polar bears try to lick spilled oil off of their coats, they will be poisoned and will die a terrible death. Yet, the Administration is still dragging its feet on protecting polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. Coincidence? Not even! It's part of a relentless drive by Big Oil and the Bush Administration to quickly push through drilling in both of Alaska's Polar Bear Seas - the Chukchi and the Beaufort - with total disregard for the entire species.
But what the heck - what's a few polar bears, compared to Shell Oil profits and the Bush and Cheney stock dividends?
I don't know how much more damage this rouge President can inflict upon our country before he leaves office, but he sure is wrapping up this term in 'true-to-greed, and to-hell -with-everything-and-everybody' style. Why we haven't impeached both of them, for their crimes against America and the planet, is beyond me?
We've given them free rein for eight relentless years - and now, we're just starting to see some of the consequences.
History will surely look back on this Administration with utter disbelief at what they were able to get away with - with so little outrage by the people of this country, and no real efforts to stop them.
Stay tuned... there's a lot more devastation yet to come.
The polar bears aren't the only threatened species - we humans might just find ourselves near extinction... if this kind of behavior continues in D.C. with the next Administration.