http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3142275maddezmom (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:05 AM
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Bush exempts Navy from environmental law
Source: AP
WASHINGTON - President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.
The White House announced Wednesday that Bush had signed the exemption Tuesday while traveling in the Middle East.
The Navy training exercises, including the use of sonar, "are in the paramount interest of the United States" and its national security, Bush said in a memorandum.
"This exemption will enable the Navy to train effectively and to certify carrier and expeditionary strike groups for deployment in support of worldwide operational and combat activities, which are essential to national security," the memo said.
flvegan (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:07 AM
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1. Refresh my memory...when did Bush get elected to the position of "God"?
Just after losing the election to Gore, he ran for 'God' and won that easily (with the help of Rove, of course).
Tellurian (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:19 AM
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2. More dead marine animals..
What a load of malarky! Bush is using this "new" high frequency sonar for oil exploration in the ocean depths. This higher tech sonar used by the Navy ruptures the ear drums of whales and porpoises not only leaving them deaf but unable to navigate their way through the ocean. Leaving them little choice other than beaching themselves until they die.
GreenPeace...where are you?
Javaman (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:23 AM
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3. he* said this over his* fresh blubber breakfast. nt
They* seem* to* be* overusing* the* asterisk* a* bit* much*, don't* you* th*in*k*?
Lorien (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:24 AM
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4. Asshole. n/t
Mika (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:30 AM
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5. Bush declares war on marine life.
Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:38 AM
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6. So does this apply in his new "marine sanctuary" in Hawai'i?
Was that also just greenwashing?
Greenwashing... is that like environmentally friendly brainwashing or something?
Magleetis (780 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:50 AM
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8. He really likes
to kill things. He is Satan.
rockybelt (891 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:57 AM
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9. It's in the paramount interests of the United States
to impeach this mo%^$r ****er and get him and his boss, cheney out of office and shipped off to The Hague where they belong.
Sorry, not happening.
TellTheTruth82 (21 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 11:05 AM
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10. Oh, come on...
Can't the whales read that the areas are dangerous and that they should stay out?!
TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 11:10 AM
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11. What allows him to sign such an exemption? Was it a bill passed by Congress?
By what fiat can the president tell someone, "The law does not apply to you?" The very same fiat that * has claimed for the last 7 years and which Congress has not had the gonads to challenge?
And he signed the 'fiat' with a Halliburton brand fountain pen in the shape of an oil well and filled with bald eagle blood.
LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 11:16 AM
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12. Words can not describe how much I hate him.
Please, try. We all need a good laugh.
The Stranger (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 11:49 AM
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16. Tell the Nancy Disaster that she is enabling the destruction of wildlife off her state's shores.
What an utter, utter and total fiasco of a speaker.