Alaskan drilling

Did you miss it? We're killing animals today in congress through something I like to call greed. The scariest sentence (this from AP): "The House bill also would shield the makers of MTBE, a gasoline additive that has prompted dozens of lawsuits over drinking water contamination, from defective product liability claims." It all comes down to DeLay, who insisted the protection be added but is in a bit of polluted hot water himself. Now on to the senate, where Democrats are threatening filibuster, but is it any surprise that Republicans are trying to take it away (at least from judicial nominations). Seems awfully convenient. Something tells me that if the situation were reversed, it'd be Democrats trying to remove their filibuster right and Republicans crying foul. Which to me is a sure sign that something should stay: because it's part of the checks and balances that help make each party a little more equal.