Our planet is mostly ocean, and although we humans like to think we dominate every single known corner just because our portion is above water, there are actually some amazing creatures who live amazing lives underwater.
Sometimes they catch our eye for their peculiarities, like migaloo, the albino humpback who lives off the coast of Australia.
Sometimes they catch our eye for their unbelievable abilities,
And sometimes these amazing creatures, who have no voice up here on land, actually win.
A federal court judge has just ruled that Bush cannot, repeat cannot, exempt the Navy from the court's ruling that sonar may be harming the whales.
Ouch, did that slap hurt much, Bush? I hope it did.
The initial lawsuit was brought because the Navy was doing sonar blasts underwater, but then dead whales would wash up on beaches with blood pouring out of their ears, and it was obvious to anyone who could put two and two together that there just might be a connection. This is the NRCDpiece.
So a suit is brought (thank god for trial lawyers, and I mean that!) asking the Navy to cease and desist, a judge rules in their favor, and lo and behold, Bush tries to issue a signing statement. It's okay if whales die because we're protecting America! WTF'nF??
I quit eating meat when Bush invaded Iraq because I didn't want one single life to die because of me. But I kept eating seafood, for some reason in my mind that didn't count. Now I think it does count. I think our oceans are so polluted you probably shouldn't eat anything out of them, but I also think they are our greatest and probably deepest resource of life-sustainment, despite the horror of what we're doing to them. We have to clean that shit up.
Go whales!