Here is another nicely written article regarding North Atlantic Right whales and the Bush administrations determination to let them struggle. Oh, yes, and it’s also another slice right out of this government’s modus operandi, which is, let industry regulate itself, because it always does the right thing. Mwa, haha. Oh, and it’s also more feedback on the Bushies attempting to rewrite, ignore and/or suppress science. I don’t know why any self-respecting scientist would work for this administration, except maybe to valiantly shine a light into the dark, dark caves of double-speak and propaganda these sychophants-to-industry have erected all over our federal government. Anyway, these poor whales were nearly hunted to extinction and they haven’t bounced back yet. Most scientists agree that it is very important to minimize collisions between ships and whales, and one way to minimize this is to have the ships obey slower “speed limits” in certain areas off the east coast. Industry has not obeyed “voluntary” speed limits and is resisting the limits becoming law. They say, in fact, that the boats should go faster through the whale habitats, so they have less chance of hitting them. Hah! So, as the article mentions, we all need to start speeding through school zones so we have less of a chance to hit any children that might be straggling around out there. So, funny. Not really.
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