The Sierra Club is appalled at the Pombo bill, which will allow oil drilling in both the Arctic and the Florida coast, and which will likely pass. The time is now to contact your representatives and sign the petition.
If the Republican leadership is so eager to please an oil industry that is squeezing Americans dry at the gas pump, we wondered what else we might find in the Budget Reconciliation Bill besides the keys to our most treasured natural areas. We wonder if any of these other favors for oil companies might be hidden in the bill:
1. Free massages and mud masks at the Congressional spa.
2. Golf trip to Scotland with Tom DeLay.
3. Year’s supply of caribou jerky.
4. Open contract with Haliburton for dry cleaning services.
5. Stock tips from Senator Bill Frist.
6. Whale watching junket with Richard Pombo.
7. Limited-edition red, white and blue Hummers.
8. Coupons for a free “5 Wing Flappertizer” at Hooters.
9. Friendship bracelets for oil and gas lobbyists, hand woven by Vice President Cheney.
10. Naming rights for future hurricanes.
