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28 Nov 2013, 11:10 pm

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news ... -2013.html
Another good reason to dislike them.


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29 Nov 2013, 9:37 pm

I wish the tea baggers were on the endangered species list.


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29 Nov 2013, 9:53 pm

^^ :D I wish they were extinct.There sure are a lot of Republicans getting money from fracking.
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/ ... g-industry


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29 Nov 2013, 9:54 pm

Tea Party = Gun nuts = If it moves shoot it...

No surprises here...



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29 Nov 2013, 10:15 pm

Tea party is just a controlled opposition to keep the masses content



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30 Nov 2013, 11:25 am

So if this succeeds, we can eat Kentucky Fried Bald Eagle with no problems?


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30 Nov 2013, 1:01 pm

Unless the survival of a species proves essential to human health, welfare or survival the government has no business proectcing such species.

Example of species that need protection: bats and birds. Without bats and birds our crops would be devoured by bugs and we would starve. Likewise bees. Without bees to pollinate our crops we would starve.

Snail darters? Who cares?

The burden of proof in deciding whether the government should protect a species should be on the government.

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30 Nov 2013, 1:22 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Unless the survival of a species proves essential to human health, welfare or survival the government has no business proectcing such species.

Example of species that need protection: bats and birds. Without bats and birds our crops would be devoured by bugs and we would starve. Likewise bees. Without bees to pollinate our crops we would starve.

Snail darters? Who cares?

The burden of proof in deciding whether the government should protect a species should be on the government.

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Don't you think we ought to take responsibility for our planet, especially if it's through human actions that are causing a species to face extinction?
Besides, this anti-conservationist movement among conservatives has it's roots in the far right Dominionist movement of Christianity, which argues we have been given dominion over God's creation to do with what we want (that she-cretin, Palin, is tied to them). Are you telling me you're siding with right wing Christians?!?!?!


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30 Nov 2013, 3:16 pm

Species belong to the global commons; all species are rightfully the inheritance of all of humanity. Therefore, by driving a species extinct, you are depriving people of their rightful property.

Burn as many books as you like, but leave one copy alone so that the story may not perish.



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30 Nov 2013, 3:28 pm

Jeez. Rightists in American, and in the rest of the West it seems, are taking one big step backwards.

I'm seriously pretty worried about this. This is just like those anti-LGBT groups that are starting to get together in Florida to go after LGBT (specifically trans) people and people with mental illness.


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30 Nov 2013, 4:20 pm

beneficii wrote:
Jeez. Rightists in American, and in the rest of the West it seems, are taking one big step backwards.

I'm seriously pretty worried about this. This is just like those anti-LGBT groups that are starting to get together in Florida to go after LGBT (specifically trans) people and people with mental illness.


They're actually going after people with mental illness, now?!?!?!?!


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30 Nov 2013, 4:33 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
beneficii wrote:
Jeez. Rightists in American, and in the rest of the West it seems, are taking one big step backwards.

I'm seriously pretty worried about this. This is just like those anti-LGBT groups that are starting to get together in Florida to go after LGBT (specifically trans) people and people with mental illness.


They're actually going after people with mental illness, now?!?!?!?!


Yep. It's buried, but it's there:

http://www.transadvocate.com/eavesdrop- ... d-lies.htm

This is the phrasing: "...society has to be protected from people have mental health problems,..."


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30 Nov 2013, 5:28 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
this anti-conservationist movement among conservatives

Love it. :wink:

But definitely, let's protect biodiversity.


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30 Nov 2013, 6:25 pm

Anyone have a link to the actual bill? I found that press release a tad too histrionic to take at face value.


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30 Nov 2013, 6:36 pm

Dox47 wrote:
Anyone have a link to the actual bill? I found that press release a tad too histrionic to take at face value.

http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th/sen ... /1731/text



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30 Nov 2013, 7:11 pm

the tea party is the controlled opposition used to discredit anyone thats anti government, they want to keep people distracted from the real issues like Afghanistan and the secret prisons