[jwalburg]

Wasn't it the liberals, too, who used to complain about paying big agri-businesses to"not grow crops"? That big Ag was cashing in on CRP money, collecting fed funds to not grow stuff. Didn't that used to be a problem? And now, there should have been more CRP wetlands? Maybe someone with a better idea of ag subsidies can help me out here.

[gpapa]

It is time to use some ammunition from the environmentalists against the prognosticators at the NY Slimes.

From the Grinning Planet©, Saving the Planet One Joke at a Time, Copyright 2004 © Mark Jeantheau — All rights reserved

ECO-LOGICAL
NEW ORLEANS--JUST NORTH OF ATLANTIS?
March 09, 2004
The Problem with Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Wetlands

Will New Orleans sink into the sea like the mythical Atlantis? Will mermaids be lifting their shirts to get strings of beads? Not likely, but over the last 50 years, the state of Louisiana has been losing more than 40 square miles of coastal wetlands each year. And since the wetlands act as a storm buffer, their disappearance will leave New Orleans more exposed to the effects of big hurricanes.

[as they say in Bloggersville, read the whole thing}

[Toadman]

ping!