Any Nitwit Will Rant - At Tactics?

It seems the head- in- the- oil- rich- sand Senante envirocrats found cover this time around in the fact that authorization to conduct oil operations in ANWR was tied to passage of the defense bill.

DiFi, expressing uncharacteristically strong support for the war effort, said, "Holding funding for our troops and relief for Hurricane Katrina victims hostage in this manner is just plain wrong and a violation of at least two Senate rules."

Sounding like a high school assistant principal, Joe Lieberman added, "If we yield to this tactic on ANWR, next year it will be someone else's pet project attached to the defense spending bill." (source)

So, here's the glorious and illustrious senate of the US reduced to "If I let you do it, I'll have to let everyone do it." As if every Senator diving under this cover hadn't employed the same strategy with their pet projects.

OK, if that's the way they want it, the next step should be a straight-up bill authorizing exploration on no more than 2,000 acres of ANWR, with strict environmental controls, and a caveat that all oil produced must be used domestically.

No games, no tricks up our sleeves.

Let's see who falls on the side of progressives (that's us, don't be fooled) and who votes primitivist.