April 1 Pootie PANDA-monium

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Thursday April 01, 2010 · 12:18 PM PDT

2010/04/01 · 12:18

April Fool's Day is a good day to do panda stories.

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Pandas or Pie

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Pandas or Pie

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Bush's 11th Hour Gutting of the Endangered Species Act

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Monday August 11, 2008 · 3:12 PM PDT

2008/08/11 · 15:12

This is another quickie diary, but the AP is reporting that the Department of Interior is drafting new regulations that would essentially gut the centerpiece of the Endangered Species Act. Pombo tried this and was run out of town. So, rather than actually propose legislation that our elected representatives would, you know, vote on, the Bush "administration" will simply gut the ESA's implementing regulations for formal consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service. That way, developers will not have to think about harming endangered species. They will do it carefree and there will be nothing the wildlife agencies will be able to do about it.

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 5:02 PM PDT

2008/07/25 · 17:02

This is just a quickie diary to spread the good news. Today, California became the first state in the nation to outlaw trans fats from restaurants and food facilities. Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill completely banning the artery-clogging oils and shortenings.

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Monday June 23, 2008 · 1:26 PM PDT

2008/06/23 · 13:26

This morning's San Francisco Chronicle has an article entitled "Oil Drilling Question Looms as Election Issue" with predictable GOP talking points:

"Between now and election day, you're going to see Republicans on Capitol Hill pushing Democrats to have votes in the House and Senate on having more American-made energy," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said last week. "Let's let the American people see who's for more American-made energy and who isn't."

Reading this, I smugly thought to myself: "Ha! A Democratic Congress will never pass drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in an election year."

And then I remembered FISA.

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Post FISA, do you worry that Arctic and offshore drilling are

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Post FISA, do you worry that Arctic and offshore drilling are

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Where are the pootie pictures?

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McCain Scores a ZERO on the Environment

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 1:27 PM PST

2008/02/21 · 13:27

John McCain has several lines in his stump speech where he waxes poetic on the importance of curbing global climate change. His rhetoric soars with a line something like: "If we work to slow greenhouse gas emissions, and stop warming, our grandchildren will thank us for our foresight... But even if we are ultimately wrong about warming, they will still thank us for protecting our environment. So, when I am President I will institute meaningful measures to protect our earth." Or some such bleck.

Well, it should come as no surprise that Mr. McCain is, in fact, no friend of the environment. The Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters just released Mr. McCain's environmental scorecard. Wait for it: ZERO, ZIP, NADA points for protecting the environment.

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Wednesday December 12, 2007 · 10:10 AM PST

2007/12/12 · 10:10

Ok, so it's a bit early for pondering the various choices for cabinet posts in the upcoming, goes without saying, Democratic adminstration. However, I cannot be the only one around here whose grown bored with playing My Candidate Is Better Than Yours, and its sister sport, Your Candidate Sucks.

So join me in a first round of Pick the Cabinet. It is fun, competitive and can be played virtually anywhere. In this first set, the idea is to start floating plausible names that will likely rise to the top no matter who becomes the nominee (unless you're a Gravel Gal). Once we pick a nominee, I will deal another hand of Pick the Cabinet, and then more rounds as election and inauguration days near. Last round, I will award prizes to those who come closest to correctly filling all 16 slots. Team work is encouraged. Here we go...

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April 1 Pootie PANDA-monium

Bush's 11th Hour Gutting of the Endangered Species Act

State of CA Bans Trans fats

The Arctic Wildlife Refuge Post FISA w/poll

McCain Scores a ZERO on the Environment

Let's play: Pick the Cabinet, 08 Ed.