Environmentalists, already peeved with the administrations handling of the Gulf oil spill, are accusing President Obama of breaking his campaign pledge to end the slaughter of whales.
The Obama administration is leading an effort within the International Whaling Commission to lift a 24-year international ban on commercial whaling for Japan, Norway and Iceland, the remaining three countries in the 88-member commission that still hunt whales.
The administration argues that the new deal will save thousands of whales over the next decade by stopping the three countries from illegally exploiting loopholes in the moratorium.
But environmentalists aren't buying it.
"That moratorium on commercial whaling was the greatest conservation victory of the 20th century. And in 2010 to be waving the white flag or bowing to the stubbornness of the last three countries engaged in the practice is a mind-numbingly dumb idea," Patrick Ramage, the whaling director at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, told FoxNews.com.
Several environmental groups have joined forces to pressure Obama to withdraw his support for the deal before the whaling commission votes June 20 in Morocco on whether to lift the ban that was championed by President Reagan.
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Petroleum products made the commercial whaling possible in the first place. Maybe Chairman Zero is planning to ban oil drilling once and for all?
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I couldn't care less about the whales, but it's always nice when the other side kicks an own goal that's embarrassing without actually damaging any real American interests.
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Big Hupavick is me. I'm having cookie trouble. I wasn't sure where to put this, I ment no disrespect Canukistan Sniper.
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I believe 'Save the Whales' is the new narrative to preserve (D-NV) Harry Reid's job.
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If the GOP panders properly, towards LEGAL immigrants I think they would do well. Make that a hard and fine distinction. These people jump in line and cause all sorts of problems and then some folks try to blur the distinction which is unjust. If they pander towards fixing complicated immigration laws (and while removing anchor babies) and fixing the worker Visa laws so that those here simply to work don't have to come across the desert and can't simply stay under the radar, and kill any thought of amnesty.
If they did all of that they'd change the debate and force the Democrats into agreeing, or coming out against minimum wage laws and workplace safety laws based on ethnic background which is the nut of the pro-illegal position.
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Sounds great, rj, and that's what needs to be done, but unfortunately, the current crop of GOP leaders would rather take the easy route and do the "god's children" route, pretend to be against "discrimination" etc and try to snare a few diasffected hispanic votes-- all while doing nothing to solve the problem. This is what W did and what Rove, Steve Schmidt, Mike Murphy and the rest of the western GOP strategists advise. They all think supporting enforcement/opposing amnesty is a third rail and the GOP is better off not even touching the issue.
We really need a new political class in this country.
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"We really need a new political class in this country."
Truer words have never been spoken but unfortunately anyone outsider of the normal Republicrat/Democran parties is greeted with scorn in large parts of the country :(
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