U.S. names Asian carp czar

Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/8/10 | Joel Hood

[lado]

The White House has tapped a former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Wildlife Federation as the Asian carp czar to oversee the federal response to keeping the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.

On a conference call today with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and other congressional leaders, President Obama's Council on Environmental Quality announced the selection of John Goss to lead the near $80 million, multi-pronged federal attack against Asian carp.

"This is a serious challenge, a serious threat," Durbin said. "When it comes to the Asian carp threat, we are not in denial. We are not in a go-slow mode. We are in a full attack, full-speed ahead mode. We want to stop this carp from advancing."

[ridesthemiles]

Put a $50 bounty on each carp & let those going after them use any possible means to get the fish. ANY WEAPON is allowed.

Bet they spend far less than $80 million.

They can also brag about new jobs.

[Pilsner]

Is there a beer czar?

[JoeFromSidney]

Gee a non-native species gets loose and starts to multiply geometrically. Who would have thunk it? /sarc

Think of it as evolution in action (h/t to Jerry Pournelle)

[Nickname]

Unnnngh. *shudder* Yeah! A Flying Roach Czar, too.

And as long as he’s in job-creation mode, a kudzu czar!

[Dick Bachert]

I thought I’d read that we now had a new CRAP CZAR,

Then I remembered that we have one. His name is Obozo.

[HollyB]

This is ridiculous. Isn’t there someone within one of the Admin’s (ie, EPA, NPWS, Dept of Ag) who can handle over looking the carp? Does he really need to hire and pay a czar for just this?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Wasn’t a carp air brushed on Al Gore’s crotch on a Rolling Stone cover?"

I think that was a cod-piece ;-)

[Constitution Day]

Heh.

[stefanbatory]

that’s funny, they’ve basically been ignoring the problem and even refusing to take basic measures to keep the carp out of Lake Michigan by closing the Chicago crap canal...now they are “not in denial” and “not in a go-slow mode” what have they been doing for the past year and a half????

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Who is the bears crap in the woods czar?

[TexasCajun]

Carp are our friends & aren’t the problem, what we need is a Snake-Head Czar!

[Grampa Dave]

Our river fishing has been so poor in Californicator land, some of us would like to see an invasion of the Asia Carp. Then we can go out and shoot them with shotguns in air or the good shots with bows like my son, his daughter and son can use their bows and arrows for some fantastic action.

Go to this site for some incredible action shooting with bows. The night time shots with the luminestic arrows is incredible. If I went, I would want one of the new pro baseball umpire helmets, pads and arm pads!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPaxIpoyM0

[jonascord]

We don't need a bounty. Asian carp are actually a cash crop. The Chinese actually prefer the taste of our carp, since we don't, as a rule, use our rivers as open sewers.

There is, or was, a pilot company on the Illinois River to harvest the fish, where they were to be flash frozen and shipped overseas as gourmet dining.

That the WH would appoint some worthless federal functionary to "oversee" the problem is the most egregious example of federal featherbedding yet.

[Gabrial]

What side of a Carp has the most scales?

Wait for it....

The outside.

[Gabrial]

What scoots around the bottom of a like on three wheels?

A motorpike with a sidecarp.

[Gabrial]

What has a huge mouth, is slimy and stinks, and is unwelcome in its environment because it is dangerous to others of its kind?

Obama.

[folkquest]

I was not interested in this story, I just read it for the Halibut :-)

[BigEdLB]

CARP CZAR
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...

[FourPeas]

This is really starting to sound like a Monty Python skit.

You mean it isn't? Surely you jest.

[Gabrial]

Please, enough with the Hillary pictures already.