After listening all the problems currently facing the country - mortgage meltdown, a health care system that burns 16% of GDP, Medicare liability, Bush admin/GOP has run up $7.7 trillion in national debt, US burning $10 billion a month in Iraq - Sen. Whitehouse asked the experts whether anyone thought drilling was the "number one issue" right now. Almost nine seconds went by with complete silence... Well, it doesn't seen so. |
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At thinkprogress.org
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.