In an act of utter cynicism, continuing with the right wing mandate that has propped up the Bush Regime for the last eight years, the Winged Monkeys of the Bush Inferior Department of the Interior plans to eliminate restrictions on federal agencies carrying out projects that negatively impact endangered species.
Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under a regulation the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.
The rules must be published Friday to take effect before Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. Otherwise, he can undo them with the stroke of a pen.
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Krugman is is on fire today, as he has been for a while, this time talking about the tax cuts.
But, even he makes an essential error that all the democrats seem to be making.
Last Thursday, President George Bush unveiled a new climate change initiative, and this was further elaborated upon in a press conference by Jim
This
is the face the USA presents to the rest of the world:
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So everybody's about to get a pardon...except nature itself.
Yep, those darned animals are always living in the way of progress. What good are they if I can't eat them./TexanDrawl
And, in a fit of historical irony, it was Nixon who signed the act in the first place (along with the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and NEPA). My friend Mike has a conservatives take on it you might actually want to read.
Fortunately, Congress is looking to overturn this atrocity.