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Tamales with a toddler, Yes We Can!

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Yesterday I went to my parent’s house to make tamales with my mom. In the morning, I cooked the chicken, which makes chicken stock at the same time, de-boned the chicken, and then made the tamale filling with the shredded chicken. All the while I had a toddler who kept alternating between hanging onto my pant leg, going for the cat food on the floor, and demanding food from the confines of her booster seat. After I finished that task, I put the baby gate up at the front door and made trips from the kitchen to the car. I checked off that I also brought food, formula, diapers, booster seat, and baby gate up to grandma’s house to make tamales. Babies need a lot of shit!

I planned this whole thing relying on Sophia sleeping on the way up to grandma’s house. Though it would be a short nap, at least it would be a nap. My darling daughter stayed awake, quiet, but most assuredly awake through the whole trip until I was literally blocks from grandma’s house. Ok, fine. I’ll stealthily take her out of the car seat, tip-toe up to an empty room and quietly set her down. Nope, she’s awake. Shit.

Sophia stayed awake the WHOLE day. She pointed out exactly where grandma needs to baby proof her house about every five seconds, but she didn’t fuss. While I was assembling tamales, Sophia actually amused herself for half an hour with a small empty plain brown cardboard box. MYGOD she really is my child.

My mom and I experimented with substituting 2/3 of the Crisco we usually use with olive oil. I think it tastes a lot better and I know it’s a lot healthier. After we’ve used up all the Crisco we have left, we’ll probably switch to 100% olive oil.

My dad and I talked about the election. He couldn’t believe how fast it all went. He didn’t expect to know so quickly.

My parents live in a small city in a Hispanic neighborhood. They’re within a mile of a community college and blocks from an elementary school. My dad said after Obama was announced president elect that he stepped outside. The neighborhood was quiet, but in the surrounding area, he could hear shouts and cheers. It’s really amazing. I’ve always thought of picking a president as choosing between the lesser of two evils, not so this time. I really have high hopes for Obama. I know he’s inheriting a huge fuckin’ mess, so it’ll be slow going, but I really think he has our best interests in mind.

My mom commented about Rev. Jesse Jackson crying at Obama’s speech. I joked that of course he cried, he wanted that spot for himself. Jesse could never make it, not in 1984, 1988, not now, nor anytime in the future. His whole platform would be about a black man making it in a white world, which fractures the crowd. That only captures a small percentage of the population because it even alienates other minorities. Obama obviously brought us all together and has the attention of the world. His election is being compared to the fall of the Berlin wall and Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon.

Obama victory sparks cheers around the globe
By JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press Writer
People across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. history being made, while the president of Kenya – where Obama’s father was born – declared a public holiday.

In Indonesia, where Obama lived as child, hundreds of students at his former elementary school erupted in cheers when he was declared winner and poured into the courtyard where they hugged each other, danced in the rain and chanted “Obama! Obama!”

Many expressed amazement and satisfaction that the United States could overcome centuries of racial strife and elect an African-American as president.

“This is the fall of the Berlin Wall times ten,” Rama Yade, France’s black junior minister for human rights, told French radio. “America is rebecoming a New World.

“On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes,” she said.

In Britain, The Sun newspaper borrowed from Neil Armstrong’s 1969 moon landing in describing Obama’s election as “one giant leap for mankind.”

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A word from our sponsor about TV prescription ads

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Obama: Tax Happy Liberal Socialist Muslim Terrorist

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When I hear Obama speak about his tax proposals it’s all pretty clear to me.

Under the Obama Plan:

  • Middle class families will see their taxes cut – and no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase. The typical middle class family will receive well over $1,000 in tax relief under the Obama plan, and will pay tax rates that are 20% lower than they faced under President Reagan. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle class families as the McCain plan.
  • Families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s. Obama will ask the wealthiest 2% of families to give back a portion of the tax cuts they have received over the past eight years to ensure we are restoring fairness and returning to fiscal responsibility. But no family will pay higher tax rates than they would have paid in the 1990s. In fact, dividend rates would be 39 percent lower than what President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut.
  • Obama’s plan will cut taxes overall, reducing revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan (less than 18.2 percent of GDP). The Obama tax plan is a net tax cut – his tax relief for middle class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000. Coupled with his commitment to cut unnecessary spending, Obama will pay for this tax relief while bringing down the budget deficit.

But for some reason McCain/Palin hear three different plans and say that Obama keeps changing his own definition of “middle class” family.

McCain Delivers Remarks in Miami, Fla.
CQ Transcripts Wire
Wednesday, October 29, 2008; 11:10 AM
Senator Obama has made a lot of promises. First he said people making less than 250,000 dollars would benefit from his plan, then this weekend he announced in an ad that if you’re a family making less than 200,000 dollars you’ll benefit — but this week, Senator Biden said tax relief should only go to “middle class people — people making under 150,000 dollars a year.” It’s interesting how their definition of rich has a way of creeping down. At this rate, it won’t be long before Senator Obama is right back to his vote that Americans making just 42,000 dollars a year should get a tax increase. We can’t let that happen.

Whatever dumbass. It’s called misspeaking. You know, like when your VP playmate running mate thought she was in the Northwest when she was actually in New Hampshire. The McCain tax policy would be difficult to make a numerical blunder on because he isn’t giving specific numbers. Hell, McCain doesn’t even know if the fundamentals of the economy are strong or in crisis.

FactChecking Debate No. 3
October 16, 2008
Updated: October 17, 2008

McCain was wrong to say Obama’s March 2008 vote for a budget resolution “increases” anything. Budget resolutions set targets for taxes and spending; actually raising or lowering them requires separate legislation.

The $42,000 figure also would only apply to single taxpayers, not to couples or families. As we’ve reported, a single taxpayer making more than $41,500 would have seen a tax increase, but a couple filing jointly would have seen no increase unless they made at least $83,000, and for a couple with two children the cut-off would have been $90,000. Regardless, the increase that Obama once supported as part of a Democratic budget bill is not part of his own current tax plan. And Obama was right when he said “even FOX News disputes” McCain’s $42,000 claim. Chris Wallace of Fox News agreed that it was misleading.

Fact check: Plumber Joe’s taxes
McCain has entrepreneurs spooked about tax hikes, but fewer than 2% of small business owners would pay more under Obama’s plan.
By Stacy Cowley
Last Updated: October 17, 2008: 2:59 PM ET

The bottom line: McCain’s claim only works by using an overly broad definition of what counts as a “small business” – and even with that definition, fewer than 2% of business owners would be hit by Obama’s proposed rate increase. For those who are affected, the increase would be levied only on a part of their earnings, not all of them.

Obama the liberal: Let’s look in our dictionaries for a moment.

lib•er•al – Show Spelled Pronunciation[lib-er-uh l, lib-ruh l]

–adjective

  • favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • (often initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
  • of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
  • favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
  • favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
  • of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
  • free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
  • open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
  • characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
  • given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
  • not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.
  • of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts.
  • of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman.

–noun

  • a person of liberal principles or views, esp. in politics or religion.
  • (often initial capital letter ) a member of a liberal party in politics, esp. of the Liberal party in Great Britain.

Frankly I don’t see how calling Obama a liberal is supposed to be a slam, so let’s move on to Socialist. We seem to hear this mostly when referring to his health plan, which isn’t socialist. He is opening the plan offered to Senators to everyone so that it reduces the cost as an individual. If you’re already insured by your employer and like what they offer then you can keep it. I for one wouldn’t mind if our health care system went through such on overhaul that it was completely socialized. So many think that it can’t work or that the government is so fucked up that it couldn’t possibly duplicate the health systems that EVERY OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATION HAVE EXCEPT THE US! Supposedly, we are the “greatest nation” yet we don’t even provide health care to our own people. I say we take a step back and look at some of our other socialized systems. If something happens to you, do you feel safe calling the police and believe that they will most likely help? You can gripe all you want about speeding tickets or certain unsolved crimes, but for the most part they do their best to make sure they catch the right person, don’t they? Firemen do a great job as well; we have public libraries and public education. If you’re not happy with public education, you can still send your child to private school and that can work for health care as well. There is no such thing as the perfect system that will please everyone all the time, but as someone without any health care at all I view some care as better than none.

Obama the Muslim: I’ll just quote Colin Powel on this one.

CQ Transcript: Colin Powell on NBC’s “Meet the Press”
Oct. 19, 2008 – 2:35 p.m.

I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.”

Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim; he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian.
But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not America.

Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?

Obama the terrifying terrorist who palls around with radical old hippies:

Republicans play up anti-Obama terrorist charge
Sympathizer Claim; ‘Dangerous’ and desperate strategy, Democrats say
Sheldon Alberts, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, October 09, 2008

The two men sat on the boards of two Chicago community organizations and live in the same Hyde Park neighbourhood. Mr. Ayers hosted a political event for Mr. Obama when he first ran for the Illinois senate in 1995.

Mr. Obama has repeatedly denounced Mr. Ayers’ activities in the 1960s as “detestable,” says he has had no contact with him since 2005 and accuses the McCain campaign of practising “guilt by association.”

The Obama-Ayers relationship has been the centrepiece of a broader effort by McCain aides to portray the Democratic candidate as too “risky” to be elected president, with Ms. Palin leading the attacks.

They sat on two community boards together and live in the same neighborhood, my god he really is palling around with dirty hippie vegan commie-pinkos. *eye roll*

Obama and ’60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths
By SCOTT SHANE
October 4, 2008

But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called “somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.”

“If Barack Obama says he’s willing to talk to foreign leaders without preconditions,” Mr. Hayden said, “I can imagine he’d be willing to talk to Bill Ayers about schools. But I think that’s about as far as their relationship goes.”

Over Two Dozen Lies Refuted About Ayers And Obama
John K. Wilson
Posted October 6, 2008 | 08:04 AM (EST)

LIE: “They live half a mile from William Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist” and “Just a half a mile from those homes is Louis Farrakhan.”(Hannity’s America, October 5, 2008, “Obama and His Friends: History of Radicalism”)
TRUTH: It’s true, of course, that Obama lives in this same neighborhood, as do tens of thousands of other people who presumably are also guilty by geographical association. The logic of this argument would be, if you live half a mile from a sex offender, then you agree with child molesters.

LIE: Obama and Ayers “appeared together at various public engagements…it would seem that they are more than just a little bit friendly.”(Sean Hannity, Hannity’s America, October 5, 2008, “Obama and His Friends: History of Radicalism”)
TRUTH: Appearing on a speaking panel is not a sign of friendship. There is no evidence that Obama had any role in ever inviting Ayers to speak.

“Go vote now. It will make you feel big and strong.” – Bob Schieffer’s Mother

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Ban on Phthalates in Children’s Toys

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Phthalates are a group of chemicals that mimic the body’s hormones, and may pose long-term risks to the development of the reproductive and endocrine systems that regulate metabolism and hormone functions. Phthalates have been linked to increased instances of early puberty, infertility, and endometriosis.

New safety legislation bans chemical found in soft plastics
November 03, 2008

Beginning on February 10, 2009, the CPSIA permanently bans the use of three phthalates in children’s toys and child care articles: DEHP, DBP, and BBP. Three more phthalates, DINP, DIDP, and DnOP, will also be banned, albeit temporarily, from children’s toys that can be placed in a child’s mouth and from child care articles. “Child care articles” are those products designed or intended to facilitate the sleep or feeding of children age three or younger, or to help such children with sucking or teething.

Phthalates are in everything and are very hard to avoid they are found in adhesives, aftershave lotions, colognes, deodorants, detergents, toys, food packaging, hair gels, hair spray, hoses, lubricants, nail polish, perfumes, raincoats, shampoos, shower curtains, vinyl flooring, and wall coverings. Some tips on how to avoid them and reduce exposure:

How to Avoid Phthalates
2.4.2008 3:14 PM
3 Steps to Help Avoid a Hormone-Mimicking Chemical

  • Read the ingredients. According to the organization Pollution in People, you can identify phthalates in some products by their chemical names, or abbreviations:
  • DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate) and DEP (diethyl phthalate) are often found in personal care products, including nail polishes, deodorants, perfumes and cologne, aftershave lotions, shampoos, hair gels and hand lotions. (BzBP, see below, is also in some personal care products.)
  • DEHP (di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate) is used in PVC plastics, including some medical devices.
  • BzBP (benzylbutyl phthalate) is used in some flooring, car products and personal care products.
  • DMP (dimethyl phthalate) is used in insect repellent and some plastics (as well as rocket propellant).
  • Be wary of the term “fragrance,” which is used to denote a combination of compounds, possibly including phthatates, which are a subject of recent concern because of studies showing they can mimic certain hormones.
  • Choose plastics with the recycling code 1, 2 or 5. Recycling codes 3 and 7 are more likely to contain bisphenol A or phthalates.

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Halloween Devil Lobster

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Sophia took a late nap on Halloween, so she was still sleeping when Kurtie came home early. She woke up at four and we promptly fed and changed her and placed her in the Lobster costume. Not fully awake yet we took her to the neighbor’s house to show off her costume. She got a box of animal crackers. Then we took her to my pregnant friend’s house. She wasn’t home. I dumped more baby stuff off on her hubby. Sophia was still either in a sleepy like daze or she just woke up on the wrong side of the crib because when we arrived at our final kiddie trick-or-treat party she was not happy. Though we don’t visit often she had been to this friends’ house before, so the faces were familiar though some of them were wearing a lot more hair than usual (think 60’s hippy costume with a fro-wig on a normally follicly challenged though not totally bald person). Sophia clung to me for about an hour, crying every time I tried to put her down, until I finally removed the baby growth from my hip by putting her in her alternate Little Devil costume (red toddler sweat suit with attached horns and tail) and played with her in their toy area. She played with our friends’ four year-old son and cheered right up in the quieter area without the creepy adults. She also showed our hostess how well she can toddle across a room now.

Around seven we went trick-or-treating in the cul-de-sac and then piled into our own cars with all the proper car seats to a very little kid-friendly Halloween enthusiastic neighborhood. These people really go all out. Many had their garage doors open with a huge Halloween set up or sat on their porch or steps to hand out candy. Cop cars rolled through with their lights on handing out glowing bracelets and treats. After a couple houses, Sophia seemed to get the idea and would point to the porch of the next house as we approached. She never did take her own candy out of the bowls but she seemed to like this game.

We didn’t get any pictures that night so we took these on Sunday:
tag mom, your it
little devil hornslittle devil holding Lansinoh for her diaper rashNO! Not in the pot!Don't eat me, don't eat me!

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Lansinoh from breastfeeding to diaper rash

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Most women have probably heard that if you want to breastfeed that you shouldn’t wash your nipples for the last few weeks of pregnancy, but many probably don’t know why. I always thought it was because soap might clog the pours, but it’s actually because of the drying effects of soap. You might notice little pimple-like bumps around the areola, the dark area around the nipple; those bumps secrete oil that helps lubricate the area. It also fights bacteria and adjusts the ph balance. Yes, it really does fight bacteria all on it’s own and all natural like. No soap needed.

Personally, I found it difficult to take a shower and not get some soap on that area, so what I did was use a little dab of Lansinoh after most showers. Consider it pre-treating the area. I’ve run into several sites that answer a question I never thought to ask, “Should I try to toughen up my nipples for breastfeeding?” For the love of perky nipples, mygod, oh hell no! Your nipples are going to be thoroughly abused by your bouncing baby toothless nipple gnasher. Breastfeeding really shouldn’t hurt, if it does, it’s most likely because the baby isn’t positioned correctly or doesn’t have a proper latch. After a few days of breastfeeding, your nipples will be sore just from the shear attention they’re getting. The tenderness will likely last several weeks. Cracked bleeding nipples don’t sound like fun applying Lansinoh after each feeding helps keep nipples from drying out.

Lansinoh means lan (lanolin) sin (without) oh (alcohol). Lansinoh is pure medical grade lanolin. Nothing is added, no preservatives or anything, and it is refined to the point that even people with wool/lanolin allergies should be able to use Lansinoh. If you have had a reaction to other wool or lanolin products, no need to make your boobs break out in a rash making you look like you have nipples all over, put a dab of Lansinoh on your forearm and cover with a band aid for 24 hours.

You can request a free sample of Lansinoh by emailing customerservice at lansinoh dot com.

From the Lansinoh UK site:

LANSINOH does not have to be removed prior to breastfeeding thus eliminating further handling of already damaged tissue. LANSINOH is completely natural, non-toxic and contains no preservatives, BHT (Butyl Hydroxy Toulene), fragrance, or additives of any kind.

LANSINOH is hypoallergenic and will not irritate even sensitive skin. It has only one
ingredient – ultra purified lanolin.

LANSINOH is not chemically bleached, unlike paler lanolin’s and products which contain white beeswax and white paraffin.

LANSINOH does not alter the pH balance of the skin, thus preserving nature’s own protective acid mantle.

LANSINOH has little taste or odor to bother the baby. However, many other products used on nipples do have an offensive taste, smell or aftertaste and you can test for this by rubbing the product into the back of your hand and licking it off.

LANSINOH is the only medical grade lanolin formulated specifically for use on damaged nipples and backed by extensive clinical and laboratory testing. No other lanolin’s for nipple care have
this backing.

LANSINOH is bacteriostatic. LANSINOH was independently tested on a 30 and a 60 day USP Challenge for bacterial growth. Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Escherichia coli were deliberately introduced to LANSINOH and in each case the bacteria failed to multiply. Unbroken skin is the best barrier to infection. Because LANSINOH promotes faster healing, it may prevent some secondary infections.

LANSINOH does not clog pores or milk ducts nor does it interfere with lactation in any way. Unlike products which contain oils and paraffin derivatives, LANSINOH is a natural ester, like our own skin sebum, and it is completely absorbed within minutes of application.

LANSINOH has a complete Certificate of Analysis available for every batch of LANSINOH.

LANSINOH provides a semi-occlusive moisture barrier that slows the evaporation of the body’s internal moisture while allowing oxygen transfer to occur. When the proper moisture balance has been regained, the fissure will resolve because the delicate tissue has been rehydrated from within. This is nature’s moisturizing process.

Other uses for Lansinoh:

  1. Use it as lip balm.
  2. Help heal minor cuts, burns and skin abrasions including dry winter cuticles and chapped cheeks.
  3. It’s a little expensive as a lotion but you can use it to moisturize dry and itchy skin on elbows, knees and heels.
  4. Soothe itchy stretch marks.
  5. Prevent and treat diaper rash. They have a special product for preventing and treating diaper rash, but I used their original plain lanolin on Sophia and it works well for her.
  6. Replenish the lanolin in wool diaper covers and wool nursing pads.

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Easy seasonal apple topped pork steak with stuffing and squash

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Recently I discovered that Costco sells Foster Farms chicken in their usual huge packs, but within that pack are individually sealed two-person portions. We’ve been eating a TON of chicken. And Kurt and I are both a little chickened out, cheesy pun intended.

I hope G-man from Mr. Knowitall doesn’t mind that I totally stole his all-in-one-dish pork steak with apples, stuffing, and squash recipe. Actually, I made some changes of my own, of course. It came out AWESOME! First thing Kurt said was, “keep this one on the list!” Because I like to keep things as close to original natural not-from-a-box form as possible I made G-man’s very simple recipe a tad more complex.

Ingredients:

  • One bag (15oz) of stuffing bread cubes
  • One celery rib
  • Half of a small onion
  • One small apple
  • One can of chicken broth or less
  • One or two can(s) of apple pie filling with NO ADDED SUGAR
  • Two or four pork steaks
  • One spaghetti squash (You can use any kind of squash)
  • Salt and pepper

Directions:
Dump your bread cubs in a mixing dish. Add to your mixing dish chopped up celery, onion, apple, and mix in chicken broth. I used a whole can of chicken broth and with the juices from everything else in the baking dish, the stuffing lost its cubed bread form, so a whole can isn’t necessary. Salt, pepper and otherwise season to taste; I usually use fresh thyme in my dressing/stuffing.

I used an enamel coated cast iron pot, but you can use any oven safe deep dish with a cover or with tin foil. This recipe ain’t rocket science. Dump one or two cans of apple pie filling in your baking dish then cover the apple pie filling with seasoned (salt and pepper or whatever to your taste) pork steaks. Then add the stuffing from the mixing bowl. Cut the squash in half or quarters and set on top of the dressing with the skins side up.

Cover and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour and half to two hours. I served the pork steaks with the apple filling on top, but the filling can also top the squash for a sweetener instead of using brown sugar.

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55 Flash Fiction Friday: Devilish Crib Party

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Wednesday morning I awoke to the sounds of hand clapping, babbling, happy shrikes, and little pajama traction feet rubbing and stomping against the wall.  It lasted from two in the morning until four.  I was not amused.  Hopefully she’ll sleep in.  Not a chance!  Maybe she’ll take a long nap.  DENIED!  Oh, you little shit.

I guess it was retaliation for dressing her funny

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55 Flash Fiction Friday: Energy Independence

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McCain voted 20 times against funding alternative energy sources. Drill baby drill they say. Yet no one mentions that it would take six to ten years of infrastructure building before a single drop is produced. They also neglect to say that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil isn’t enough to bring independence from foreign oil.

Study: ANWR oil would have little impact
Heavy reliance on foreign imports would continue, agency finds
updated 6:45 p.m. PT, Tues., March. 16, 2004

The report, issued by the Energy Information Administration, or EIA, said that if Congress gave the go-ahead to pump oil from Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the crude could begin flowing by 2013 and reach a peak of 876,000 barrels a day by 2025.

But even at peak production, the EIA analysis said, the United States would still have to import two-thirds of its oil, as opposed to an expected 70 percent if the refuge’s oil remained off the market.

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