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Brokaw explores the vanishing Chilean sea bass (Al Gore Feasts on Vanishing Species!)
PMSNBC ^ | 24 May 2006 | Tom Brokaw

Posted on 07/15/2007 6:32:51 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat

From time to time, Tom Brokaw, former anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News,” is going to stop by and bring us a story that captures his attention. This time, he has a fish tale that will likely hit you right where your taste buds are, and might have you looking twice at the menu. For his report for “Today,” Tom talks to G. Bruce Knecht author of “Hooked: A True Story of Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish,” about how this popular fish has been so overfished that it is now disappearing from the world’s oceans.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: algore; aljazeeragore; bass; chileanbass; environmentalism; fisheries; food; gore; jazeeraalgore; tombrokaw
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To: Trajan88

I’ll bet dessert was Chinese Gooseberries, right?


21 posted on 07/15/2007 7:42:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Recovering_Democrat
There are different standards for the aristocrats and the peasants.

The American dream is that of "a shining city on a hill." The liberals lust for a mansion on a hill supported by serfs in the field. They get the Chilean Sea Bass we get the fish sticks: If we behave ourselves.

Al Gore: World's biggest windbag and phony.

22 posted on 07/15/2007 8:10:26 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

What’s the problem here? Chilean Sea Bass (also known by the name Dissostichus eleginoides or Patagonian Toothfish is a legal fish species, though regulated.

Ducks are regulated too - so does that mean if he eats duck for dinner we should beat him down?

I do wonder how many of his Carbon Credits he burned up to have that meal, though.


23 posted on 07/15/2007 8:36:17 PM PDT by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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To: Reaganesque
Were they ill-tempered sea-bass?

Those laser beams can sure make a nice warm meal.

24 posted on 07/15/2007 8:39:21 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Revelation 911
>>>someone should have substituted escolar<<<

Escolar is fantanstic. However its hard to find in Seattle. Evidently a bunch of fish markets including Whole Foods won't carry it because its rumored to cause the "runs" in some people. I'm evidently not one of them.

Have you ever heard that? Personally, picking between Escolar and Chilean Sea Bass would be a tough choice.

25 posted on 07/15/2007 9:21:07 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out of Qurans)
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To: HardStarboard

Im familiar with the rumors - a local columnist had experience with it

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=2184&go=4


26 posted on 07/16/2007 5:35:09 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: HardStarboard

forgot to mention that grouper is my personal favorite - followed by mahi mahi, and of course a nice haddock fish fry


27 posted on 07/16/2007 5:38:33 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: indcons; Rb ver. 2.0

And then there’s the story of how 1 chef, and 1 recipe, almost wiped out another species - redfish.


28 posted on 07/16/2007 6:07:16 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Very true. But it’s made a tasty comeback!


29 posted on 07/16/2007 6:13:32 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (eHarmony reject)
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To: Ready4Freddy

I have no idea about the redfish. Can you point me to any sources where I can read more?

I tried a Google search but didn’t get many relevant results.


30 posted on 07/16/2007 6:14:41 AM PDT by indcons (Please contribute to FreeRepublic; what would we do without this forum?)
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To: RC2
I live in Chile and can perhaps shed a truer perspective on this - the problem with the Chilean sea bass, call corvina is a combination of very high demand in Chile and the rest of the world, overexploitation by local fishermen, and the devastating effect of Russian, Japanese, Chinese "fish factory" fishing vessels.

these factory ships lay out nets that leave a path of destruction on the seabed, slurping up all the fish, and everything on a wide swath, leaving an underwater desert... these ships IMHO are one the most significant causes in the species decline

31 posted on 07/16/2007 6:28:34 AM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: hometoroost

And credits on Harpy daughters


32 posted on 07/17/2007 5:56:39 PM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple
ALBATROSS !!!


33 posted on 07/17/2007 7:10:27 PM PDT by Hoodat ( ETERNITY - Smoking, or Non-smoking?)
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To: HardStarboard

“Escolar is fantanstic. However its hard to find in Seattle. Evidently a bunch of fish markets including Whole Foods won’t carry it because its rumored to cause the “runs” in some people.”

Purchasing the fillets from a source which does the following will probably remove the “runs” problem:
1. Provide American style toilets.
2. Stock the toilet room with toilet paper.
3. Install, and maintain, sinks (with soap, even!).
4. Insist that the employees be taught how to use them.

In the American food industry, cleanliness IS godliness.


34 posted on 07/18/2007 3:39:50 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: GladesGuru
Look at the fun they're having with my comment on this story at Daily Kos. The body of my post there was:

by JBG

Wed Jul 18, 2007 at 06:29:21 PM PDT At a reception that was decidedly upscale and beyond the reach of the average Democratic voter, Al Gore's daughter got married at a lavish Beverly Hills ceremony. On the menu at the "rehearsal dinner" was the endangered chilean sea bass (link to article about wedding and about fish's endangered status), for 75 people. It seems that the same people who preach self-abnegation for the average person, e.g. Al Gore in the US, and David Suzuki in Canada, have problems foregoing such luxuries as private jets, SUV's, tour buses and limousines. Big houses full of creature comforts are for them; "green" living is for the hoi-poloi. Though I am a liberal Democrat, I am ashamed that we share the hypocrisy of the right, and are equally out of touch with ordinary people. What can ordinary, hard working people who may be asked to pay a "carbon tax" be thinking?

If anyone thinks that Al Gore would provide leadership that any sane person could respect, think again.

Al Gore's Daughter Sarah Gets Married (link to article)

People Magazine (online)

SATURDAY JULY 14, 2007 11:30 PM EDT

By Ulrica Wihlborg The youngest of Al Gore's three daughters, Sarah Gore, 28, married businessman Bill Lee in Beverly Hills on Saturday, family spokesperson Kalee Kreider confirms to PEOPLE.

The bride, who is taking her husband's last name, wore a gown by Monique Lhuillier at the wedding, which took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Willie Nelson performed at the reception, according to a family friend who was there and described it as "a great party."

****

"As one person joked during the wedding toasts, global warming helped bring Sarah and Bill together," the family friend tells PEOPLE.

The Gore family hosted a rehearsal dinner for 75 family and friends the previous evening at Beverly Hills' Crustacean restaurant, a longtime favorite of the Gores.

Executive chef Helene An created a six-course tasting menu that included Chilean sea bass and roasted crab.

****


35 posted on 07/18/2007 7:49:33 PM PDT by JBGUSA (If it's us or them, I choose us.)
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To: JBGUSA
To further show the hypocrisy, this post was deleted once:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2007/7/18/21153/2254/?pid=101#c126 (let's see how long it lasts). Copy of post:

Your troll diary is BS. Just like your only other diary - JBG is a troll.

My other diary was about Thomas Eagleton's effort to better himself and function normally in the face of bi-polar disorder. The self-expressed ideology of that era was expressed in this Laura Nyro song, popularized on "Hair", (link to lyrics)

Song: Easy to Be Hard Lyrics

How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people be so heartless
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to give in
Easy to help out

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no


Apparently, that compassion didn't extend very far, and the openness to debate doesn't either.
36 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:39 PM PDT by JBGUSA (If it's us or them, I choose us.)
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To: JBGUSA

They ARE card carrying Libroids.

;-(


37 posted on 07/19/2007 8:16:42 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Executive chef Helene An created a six-course tasting menu that included Chilean sea bass and roasted crab.

The guy has to keep his strength up somehow. Pontificating about poverty is hard work. The poor guy is wasting away.

38 posted on 07/19/2007 8:22:05 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Revelation 911
forgot to mention that grouper is my personal favorite - followed by mahi mahi, and of course a nice haddock fish fry

I like any fish, as long as it's deep-fried.

39 posted on 07/19/2007 8:25:28 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Aquinasfan
I like any fish, as long as it's deep-fried.

well - if we're going to add the "fry" food group - lets not forget catfish and hushpuppies

40 posted on 07/19/2007 9:52:30 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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