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U.S. names Asian carp czar
Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/8/10 | Joel Hood

Posted on 09/08/2010 10:46:30 AM PDT by 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagobreakingnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: asian; carp; czar; invasivespecies; obama
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To: lado

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.


61 posted on 09/08/2010 11:28:16 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: lado

Is there a beer czar?


62 posted on 09/08/2010 11:28:16 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: DemforBush
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)

63 posted on 09/08/2010 11:29:23 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( New book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. More @ www.book-resistancetotyranny.com)
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To: driftdiver

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

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


64 posted on 09/08/2010 11:29:51 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: lado

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

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


65 posted on 09/08/2010 11:31:09 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (The upcoming election is the most important in our lifetimes!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!)
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To: lado

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?


66 posted on 09/08/2010 11:33:47 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Gadsden1st
"Wasn’t a carp air brushed on Al Gore’s crotch on a Rolling Stone cover?"

I think that was a cod-piece ;-)

67 posted on 09/08/2010 11:34:36 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Heh.


68 posted on 09/08/2010 11:35:09 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Moonman62

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????


69 posted on 09/08/2010 11:40:14 AM PDT by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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To: lado

Who is the bears crap in the woods czar?


70 posted on 09/08/2010 11:46:11 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: lado

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


71 posted on 09/08/2010 11:55:29 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: lado

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


72 posted on 09/08/2010 11:59:58 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: ridesthemiles
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.

73 posted on 09/08/2010 12:02:08 PM PDT by jonascord (We've got the Constitution to protect us. Why should we worry?)
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To: lado

What side of a Carp has the most scales?

Wait for it....

The outside.


74 posted on 09/08/2010 12:03:16 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: Nickname
What scoots around the bottom of a like on three wheels?

A motorpike with a sidecarp.

75 posted on 09/08/2010 12:05:16 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: Nickname
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.

76 posted on 09/08/2010 12:08:06 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: lado

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


77 posted on 09/08/2010 12:08:49 PM PDT by folkquest
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CARP CZAR
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
78 posted on 09/08/2010 12:08:57 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: lado
This is really starting to sound like a Monty Python skit.

You mean it isn't? Surely you jest.

79 posted on 09/08/2010 12:10:18 PM PDT by FourPeas (Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
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To: BigEdLB
Please, enough with the Hillary pictures already.
80 posted on 09/08/2010 12:12:53 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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