A new rumor is circulating: Jenna Bush and Henry Hager won’t enjoy an exotic tropical honeymoon after all, but will enjoy the fleeting beauty of ANWR, the Alaska National Wildlife Preserve. How has this totally unfounded rumor spread? You’re reading it, aren’t you?
May is a bit early to enjoy the awsome beauty of Alaskan nature; the photogenic migrations of black flies and mosquitoes won’t commence until later. Jenna may insist on going there, though; as a child, she was lulled to sleep by her father’s fairytales about the mystical land of ANWR, and Henry does work for an energy company. And there are some awsome sights in wild Arctic wonderland:
Awsome, huh? Just look at the size of that derrick. Then there are natural wonders,too:
Haw! Dick Cheney always thinks of a fairground shooting gallery when he sees this one!
And how about:
Beauties, huh? Look at those racks! Hang all your Stetsons on those, I bet.
But what’s more romantic than a pipeline at sunset? Aw, I bet honeymooners will think of something . . . .
Photos from Arctic Power by way of ANWAR.org (the drilling lobby); map from the Google Earth Case Study.
May 12, 2008 at 2:10 pm
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