Dept. of the Interior: Gutting the Endangered Species Act "common sense"

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 11:32 PM PDT

2008/08/24 · 23:32

How this tripe ended up on the front page of Google News, I have no idea. But this letter to the editor from Lyle Laverty, Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior, completely misrepresents what the Bush Administration intends to do with the Endangered Species Act:

We welcome The Post's call for targeted changes to the Endangered Species Act on the grounds that the law is "the wrong tool" for coping with climate change ["Endangered Process; Proposed rule changes to the Endangered Species Act could do lasting harm in the natural world," editorial, Aug. 19].

The rules we recently proposed would achieve that targeted goal. There is no basis for concern that they will "undermine the law's fundamental work."

My response under the fold.

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Wednesday April 02, 2008 · 8:15 PM PDT

2008/04/02 · 20:15

Hi everyone, this is my first time using this service :)

Saw this nonsense in the front page of Google News, an entry in the LA Times:

The nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste is out with its newest Pig Book...

According to the Pig Book ("The Book Washington Does Not Want You to Read"), New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is our new grand national oinker among presidential contenders for most pork barrel spending...

The new national hero, on the other hand, for not inserting one penny of pork barrel spending is the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Wha...? how exactly did the authors of this book define "special spending"? They must have read the same dictionary Bill had when he used the term "is". No mention of the Iraq War or McCain's own shady connections with lobbyists...

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