Hilarious Polar Bear News!
Posted by feww on August 6, 2008
Why Aren’t the Bears Laughing?
The state of Alaska is suing the federal government because it says listing polar bears as a threatened species is hurting Alaskan oil and gas exploration and development, commercial fisheries, transportation and tourism. In other words, the polar bears had no right to be there!
“We believe that … decision to list the polar bear was not based on the best scientific and commercial data available,” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said.
“Additional regulation of the species and its habitat under the Endangered Species Act will deter activities such as commercial fisheries, oil and gas exploration and development, transportation and tourism within and off-shore of Alaska,” the lawsuit said.
Mooning The Unashamed Corporate Shills
Polar bear at the Detroit Zoo. Credit: Maia C; via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons terms: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported.
A spokesperson for one of the environmental groups opposed to the dumbfounding action said:
“The state’s lawsuit isn’t about the science of global warming and polar bears … It is merely doing the bidding of oil companies that want to drill for oil in sensitive polar bear habitat, without any concern for how that oil will impact the climate when it’s burned.”
The lawsuit is also about the inalienable corporate rights [sic.] See The right to disturb wildlife!!
“Listing Sarah Palin as Gov. of Alaska hurts the true interests of all polar bears, Alaskans, Americans and all other animal species on the planet!” ~ An angry polar bear
Gov. Sarah Palin – 11th Governor of Alaska meeting Alaska Congressman Don Young
Palin was born as Sarah Louise Heath in Sandpoint, Idaho. Mother of five, she eats moose burgers and rides snowmobiles. She admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in the Alaska, but says that she did not [inhale?] like it.
Palin holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Idaho. She briefly worked in the media and utility industries.
Palin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Her husband, Todd, works for BP at an oil field on the North Slope and is a commercial fisherman.
A leopard cannot change its spots
“She [then-Mayor Palin] inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers
involved!” An excerpt from: A Letter About Sarah Palin from Anne Kilkenny
In June 2007, Palin signed into law the largest operating budget in Alaska’s history: $6.6 billion! (Source: Wikipedia)
Palin Saga Update >> Click Here: It’s All About Big Oil, Stupid!
Related Links:
- Look me straight in the eye & tell me you can’t …
- Arctic ice cover second-lowest on record
- The real games are in Alaska
- 3 million acres of spruce killed in Alaska in 15 years
scienceguy288 said
I hope they pull it off. Polar bears, like the wolves who recently got their federal protection back, need our help, especially now with rapid global warming.
Sharon Wall said
Gov. Palin’s point is that the Polar Bear is already protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The Polar Bear population in Alaska has dramatically increased over the last 30 years because of this Act. The Polar Bear numbers are not declining and haven’t at all since this act was put into law. It’s not like we are eating Polar Bear burgers in Anchorage. Hunting them has been illegal for 35 years and is punishable by very harsh penalties.
What this comes down to is that this ESA listing is just a tool for your movement to tie up not only the oil industry in Alaska in endless litigation because you’d like to put them out of business, but because you will litigate that ALL industry in the country contributes to global warming thus violates the Endangered species act which “protects” the Polar Bear. This is all about your global warming religion, and this is the first time a hotly disputed ‘theory’ has ended up being the basis for protecting a species that is showing no decline.
Your motives have nothing to do with “protecting” the Polar Bear, because listing it will not save one Polar bear. So how about cutting the smarmy remarks about people who know your true motives and are not buying into it.
feww said
You have difficulty understanding Climate Change and are observationally challenged!
Alright! How about pollution? Familiar with that concept? Heard of Exxon Valdez?
Ted said
[Political rhetoric. Edited by Moderator: FEWW]
feww said
Ted – your friend has every right to say on his blog how he feels about Gov Palin and Sens. Obama and Mccain, but we don’t have to publish his comments here.
There are three very readable posts about the two Senators and Alaska Sen Stevens at:
http://rtsf.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/another-apple-from-the-rotten-barrel/
http://rtsf.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/p2-time-we-elected-an-independent-candidate-for-president/
http://rtsf.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/time-we-elected-an-independent-candidate-as-president/
Enjoy!
Arctic ice cover second-lowest on record « Fire Earth said
[...] Mountain Top Removal – Powerful Earthquake Strikes Honshu – Japan – Philippines Taal Volcano Could Erupt Anytime! Hilarious Polar Bear News!The Floating Toxic Garbage Island – Oceans, Where Life Started, Are Dying – Part IV – Volcanoes, [...]
mixxtaped said
wow
McCain & Palin - “Everywhere like such as…The Iraq…Maps” « Ready and Reach - Paddling According to the Mind of Scott said
[...] elected, God forbid anything happen to the geezer. If he kicks the bucket we are going to have a Polar Bear-hating former beauty queen Vice President. Hopefully, she doesn’t speak like another former [...]
It’s All About Big Oil, Stupid! « PRO said
[...] Hilarious Polar Bear News! [...]
Palin’s Polar Bears Love Their Cubs, Too! « Fire Earth said
[...] All About Big… on Arctic Marine Mammals on Thin…It’s All About Big… on Hilarious Polar Bear News…It’s All About Big… on Arctic ice cover [...]
Julie Ledger said
The more I hear about the Alaskan governor, the less I like her. What a strange choice. They get the conservative base but erase any promise of having an environmental platform to run on. She opposed protecting the Polar Bear, because its protection threatens the less-endangered oil and gas industry. What is it about evangelicals that are pro-life and anti-environment?
Leave it to Gary Busey to find a loophole around the Endangered Species act.
feww said
Hey Julie – You hit the proverbial nail right on the crown.
How could anyone claim to be pro-life, yet destroy the very environment the life depends on?
Please see:
Offshore Drilling: Things can only get better!
http://msrb.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/offshore-drilling-things-can-only-get-better/
AND
It’s All About Big Oil, Stupid!
http://msrb.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/it-s-all-about-big-oil-stupid/
Alaska « PRO said
[...] Hilarious Polar Bear News! [...]
Offshore Drilling: Things can only get better! « PRO said
[...] Hilarious Polar Bear News! [...]
The Polar Bear Predicament - Is it Real? | Rolling on the Tundra: A Polar Bear Adventure said
[...] of oil influences the information and policies about polar bears in that state. There is even a website that parodies this possible [...]
Palin Told to Quit! « Fire Earth said
[...] Hilarious Polar Bear News! [...]
Google’s Top 10 List of ‘Holy Cows’ « Fire Earth said
[...] When Google “disliked” Sarah Palin, Hilarious Polar Bear News! received about 550 hits per [...]