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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•3 months agoSomeone was saying they want to rename it to work around the laws preventing drilling in the Gulf. It sounds really stupid, but that is on par for this shit show of an administration.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoSo call Greenland Northwestern US and bingo! you can drill? Is that really a thought process in those heads?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoWhy would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can’t be done there? This is so freaking dumb I can’t even.
Someone was saying they want to rename it to work around the laws preventing drilling in the Gulf. It sounds really stupid, but that is on par for this shit show of an administration.
So call Greenland Northwestern US and bingo! you can drill? Is that really a thought process in those heads?
Call it Alaskb !
Why would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can’t be done there?
This is so freaking dumb I can’t even.