Posted on 08/19/2009 8:32:47 PM PDT by GlobalCooler
Environmentalists, or opportunists, depending on your viewpoint, had been forcing the Bush administration to list the fuzzy white polar bears on the Endangered Species List. This would have allowed the environmentalists to force the United States to adopt a Kyoto type carbon emissions program without ever having a vote in Congress. They were using the bears to push their agenda. The discussions were covered under many venues so there should be no doubt that this was at least one of the objectives. The logic goes that the IPCC says mans CO2 is warming the world so Arctic ice will melt and the bears will be unable to ruthlessly annihilate cute baby seals in a cruel bloody massacre. It seems environmentalists wanted to save the white harp seals but black, brown or gray seals can be brutally murdered.
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