Palin: Don't Save the Whales
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/18beluga.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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After reading this I am thoroughly convinced that she IS everything that is currently wrong with the world.
The federal government on Friday placed beluga whales that live in Cook Inlet in Alaska on the endangered species list, rejecting efforts by Gov. Sarah Palin and others against increased protection.
The relatively small, whitish whales, sometimes visible from downtown Anchorage, declined by almost 50 percent in the late 1990s, and federal scientists say they have not rebounded despite a series of protections, including a halt to subsistence hunting by Alaska Natives. About 375 whales have been counted in Cook Inlet each of the last two years, according to scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
The federal government on Friday placed beluga whales that live in Cook Inlet in Alaska on the endangered species list, rejecting efforts by Gov. Sarah Palin and others against increased protection.
The relatively small, whitish whales, sometimes visible from downtown Anchorage, declined by almost 50 percent in the late 1990s, and federal scientists say they have not rebounded despite a series of protections, including a halt to subsistence hunting by Alaska Natives. About 375 whales have been counted in Cook Inlet each of the last two years, according to scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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k8_hj
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Come on Palin, think ahead, what are you going to hunt once everything's extinct?
- 3 years ago
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k8_hj
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islek
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Offshore drilling is SO much more important than whales.
NOT. NOT. NOT! Sarah Palin, I ask you... WTF?
- 3 years ago
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islek
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julesrs007
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EVIL... pure evil.
- 3 years ago
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julesrs007
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Lola444
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That is awful, we are screwed if MCain wins...
- 3 years ago
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Lola444
