Trevor Zion Bauknight wrote:
> stephenj wrote:
>
>> the 9th circuit court of appeals upheld a federal judge's ban on the
>> navy's use of intensive sonar in areas populated by endangered whales.
>>
>> Joel reynolds, representative of a conservation group that sued the
>> navy, said:
>>
>> "The court found that the Navy must be environmentally responsible
>> when training with high intensity sonar, and that doing so won't
>> interfere with military readiness," he said.
>>
>> The Navy has argued that additional restrictions would hamper its
>> ability to train effectively."
>>
>>
>> Yeah ... like the judges on the 9th circuit know better than naval
>> officials about what will interfere with their military readiness.
>> sheesh!
>
>
> Why do you hate endangered whales? Because they're smarter than you?
among other things. but on the plus side, none of them owe me $25.
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"when i visited Aden before collectivization,
all the markets were full of fish product. After
collectivization, the fish immediately disappeared."
- Aleksandr Vassiliev, Soviet KGB official