Oops! I Misplaced 19,000,000 Acres.
The original map of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has disappeared. So the Senate had a new one drawn, in which ANWR is now arranged to more easily carve out large oil drilling plots. The intrigue begins:
Mr. Vandegraft said he had folded the map in half, cushioned within its foam-board backing, and put it behind the filing cabinet in the locked room for safekeeping. He said he was distraught when he learned of the loss. In its place in the original nook, he said, he found a new, folded piece of foam board similar to the old one – but with no map attached.
Some people have no shame.
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November 10th, 2005 at 4:45 pm
[...] Remember those dirty deals to get ANWR on the chopping block? From this morning’s marketwatch: House Republican leaders jettisoned a proposal to open Alaska’s Arctic wildlife refuge to oil and gas exploration in hopes that the move will ensure passage Thursday of a plan to trim spending on a range of federal benefits programs by $54 billion over five years. [...]