Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:29:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jerry and Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: Arctic Victory MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Strange things can happen after we think we've won. Anybody remember the Tennessee Valley Authority and the dam that was stopped by a snail darter? We won that won only to have somebody sneak a rider onto some bill a couple years later to allow the dam to go on. Defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: Franz Hespenheide To: Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Arctic Victory > I'm not sure the ANWR is safe yet. I think I heard > that the House approved a bill to allow drilling in > the refuge. If true, then I think there is a conference > committee of the House and Senate which could end up > allowing drilling. I hope I'm wrong on this, but the > way things work in DC, I wouldn't be surprised to see > this victory end in defeat ... > > > Franz Hespenheide > Gaithersburg, MD > hespen@erols.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================