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   From: arminius@mail.cybertrails.com   
      
   On 11 Mar 2006 10:11:54 -0800, kinkysr@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >Gale Norton, it seems, never met a national park or environmentally   
   >sensitive piece of land she wouldn't sacrifice if she thought oil   
   >interests or commercialism might be threatened.   
   >   
   >So it's good riddance to her as she (rather abruptly) tenders her   
   >resignation after five LONG years at the helm of the U.S. Interior   
   >Department.  Whether it was granting snowmobilers the OK to rip up   
   >Yellowstone, or pushing for oil drilling anywhere and everywhere -- to   
   >please her petroleum-emperor bosses -- she was never a true friend of   
   >the environment.   
   >   
   >But the Washington Post reports her "Resignation comes as a federal   
   >criminal task force continues to investigate former GOP lobbyist Jack   
   >Abramoff's dealings with her department" on issues involving Abramoff's   
   >tribal clients.   
   >   
   >And although she's quoted as saying she has no immediate plans, don't   
   >be surprised if, VERY SOON, she locks onto a big bucks and stocks job   
   >with a global conglomerate in the energy sector.  This reward will come   
   >as a "Thank-You!" for looking after oil companies' interests -- above   
   >that of U.S. citizens' environmental concerns -- which is her mandate!   
   >   
   >Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) says Norton's aggressive efforts on behalf of   
   >energy developers angered residents of the Western U.S. and harmed the   
   >region's wildlife.   
   >   
   >"The legacy of this administration has been reversing 40 years of   
   >progress on the environment," Udall said, according to the Post.   
      
   Don't be surprised if she becomes an advocate for illegal aliens. It's   
   hard to quit being a hooker cold turkey!   
      
   Will   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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