Will you take a moment on Monday April 14, to remember Rachel Carson, and reflect on the possible extinction of Monarch butterflies and oher pollinators an think about what we might to to save them?

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	Yes
38%	8 votes
	Yes, and my familiy and I will walk and nature and talk about it together.
9%	2 votes
	Yes, and I will write to a political leader an express support for a preservation corridor.
0%	0 votes
	Yes, I am sending a donation to my favorite environmental or wildlife group.
4%	1 votes
	Yes, I'm going to spray extra Round-Up on my flowers so they look pretty and attract butterflies.
0%	0 votes
	No, but I think we should preserve some of their DNA so scientists can revive some in zoos so future generations of children, (or clones) can know what nature used to look like.
0%	0 votes
	No
4%	1 votes
	No, haven't the Taiwanese perfected synthethic Monarch butterflies that do not die?
4%	1 votes
	No, butterflies are clogging up the intake jets of low flying drones making low altitude surveillence difficult for the NSA.
9%	2 votes
	Don't Know.
0%	0 votes
	Oh damn, thanks for reminding me, I forgot to put the Round-Up Two in One Application on the Lawn this month
14%	3 votes
	Pie
0%	0 votes
	We making Pie in the shape of Butterflies
0%	0 votes
	Other
4%	1 votes
	Are you environmentalists still carping about pesticides? Get over it!
9%	2 votes

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