No offshore drilling please!!

This is the main headline on MSN today: White House: Bush To Lift Offshore Drilling Ban

Bush is trying to lift the offshore drilling ban that his own father instated.

In layman's terms: Bush is trying to save face before he leaves office by trying to appease some hicks who think that we will have enough oil in the ocean that we can drive our SUV's (or John Deere tractors) for billions of years. This is all despite the fact that we will be disrupting and killing vital ocean wildlife, underwater habitats, and potentially killing off tons of underwater species (including the narwhal, which is a badass creature!!).

Fortunately(?) the only way this will happen is if the Congress approves offshore drilling, which means there is still a glimmer of hope (I think)! This requires you to stop reading any online comics and searching for cute purses for about 3 minutes so you can write your congressperson and urge them to vote no on offshore drilling. Just look at the happy fish picture. Would you want to hurt a fish this happy? I think not.

Below is a letter that I wrote to my congressperson. Feel free to copy it and send it to yours.

Here is the address to write your congressperson:
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

You will need your 9 digit (not 4) zip code. Don't know it? Don't be ashamed, I didn't! Just go here:
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Many thanks and besos,
Katie




Good morning Congressman Bilbray,

I'm writing this morning to urge you to vote against the offshore drilling plan that President Bush has suggested.

Offshore drilling is only a temporary solution to a larger issue that won't go away. We will run out of oil. Destroying ocean wildlife may help our cars run longer on oil, but in the long run will not help us solve this issue. Funding resources for alternative energies that will help us sustain life and conserve our environment are key.

Please vote no on this issue, it is vital for us to preserve what untouched parts of the earth that we have.

Respectfully yours,
Katie Bee