Relentless Inquiry

Or fax, or letter, or whatnot.

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94089-1859

Dear Senators Boxer and Feinstein,

I am sure you are equally appalled (yet somehow unsurprised) at the Senator Stevens' underhanded slip-in of yet *another* Arctic Wildlife Refuge Drilling proposal into the defense appropriations bill.

I know it's a tough time to be seen as anti-defense, but I know you are NOT anti-defense– supporting our troops has nothing to do with drilling in the caribou refuge!

Please use all your Senatorial wiles, up to and including filibuster (I could volunteer some constituent purple prose!) to keep this narrowminded, short-sighted idiocy out of the appropriations process. Maybe a reference to ding-ding boy as “Senator Bridge, err, Ted, Stevens” would get a laugh on the Senate floor. Enough Alaskan bacon has gone into the 2005 legislative process; we don't need to start making it from the caribou as well.

Maybe I should fax a letter to Senator Stevens' office as well. Would be great if the AP could pick up a story about “Stevens says 'Santa Should Outsource Reindeer, Drilling Takes Priority'. Would love to see them spin that one to Alaska's kiddies. OK, different species, but anyway.

Have a wonderful holiday season! That goes for you too, o nameless interns & aides, who toil mightily so that we the people may be heard on the Hill. 🙂

sincerely,
Strata Chalup

Sunnyvale Resident
Small Business Owner
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