Alaska Oil Drilling to Begin

Congress failed to grant authority for Bush and his cronies to drill in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, so above-the-law Bush decides to go drill elsewhere in Alaska where drilling has also been considered off-base.

The Interior Department yesterday agreed to open about 400,000 acres on Alaska's North Slope for exploratory oil drilling, an area that previously had been off limits because of concerns about the impact on wildlife.

Officials said they would lease acreage in the northeastern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil companies to provide access to domestic oil supplies.

All of which reminds me of something. Alito has said no one, including the President is above the law. In fact, however, even the President isn't claiming this. What he is claiming is that he is the law and, hence, cannot break it. As Nixon once said, "If the president does it, it is not illegal." [or words to that effect]