[Diana in Wisconsin]

This guy is great at multi-tasking, isn't he? He can simultaneously destroy the economy AND destroy The Great Lakes while protecting his Chi-Town cronies!

We're so screwed.

[Leaning Right]

it is my understanding that Obama will issue amnesty to all Asian carp already in the United States.

Action will be taken only against those carp entering the country after the new year.

[JoeFromSidney]

But isn't evolution "survival of the fittest?" The takeover by the Asian carp is simply "evolution in action." Why are the Greens upset about it? Doesn't Mother Nature know best? Why should we interfere with her?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Obama is so full of carp that this doesn’t bother him.

[rfp1234]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

For the Midwest Ping List?

[I_Like_Spam]

The key to dealing with the Asian Carp is to get McDonalds’ chefs to come up with a McCarp sandwich or McCarp nuggets.

Before you know it, environmentalists will be screaming to save the carp and we’ll be raising Asian carp on farms.

[DTogo]

Screwed? If these carp are the same kind they deep fry (whole, but gutted) and eat in certain Asian countries... YUM!!

[cripplecreek]

As it is he’s appointed two czars to deal with this issue alone. The man is an idiot.

[Spok]

“Obama releases Asian carp battle plan”

Finally a war Dear Leader can sink his teeth in to.

[Bringbackthedraft]

These carp are those fun carp, that leap out of the water when you approach with a boat. They jump into the boat, and cause injuries. But they are also a tourist draw. They may be good eating too if marketed. I would also guess they are a food staple in China. The great lakes have enough problems with lampreys, now they want to add more?

[Tagurit]

I assumed Carp would be one of his favorite meals.

[skeeter]

Rename em American Carp and Obama will call out the navy to stop em.

[SteamShovel]

The Obama...2011 battle plan...to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes...

...a plan that calls for no waterway closures in the Chicago area.

Not surprising.

The invasive species doesn't see an invasive species as a problem.

Obama is NOT an American in more ways than one. He simply does not care about what the average American cares about.

[boomop1]

Less crap is surely what we need, neeeeever mind!!!!

[Leo Carpathian]

"The Obama administration has taken an aggressive, unprecedented approach to protect our Great Lakes and the communities and economies that depend on them from the Asian carp," John Goss, Asian carp director for the Whitehouse Council on Environmental Quality, said in a news release.

More Ooooblaaablaaa "solutions". Now it is all fixed.
Next.

[Chode]

can't they simply shock the lock every time some thing goes through it and pick them up as they float to the top of the lock???

the DEC shocks trout here in the trout streams every spring at the ladders when they do the count, samey/same

[traditional1]

One of the Carp from Chicago made it all the way to the White House.

[cripplecreek]

Amazing how much control Chicago has over the great lakes when they have the smallest stake of anyone.



They can use the term "Shipping canal" all they want but the fact remains that its value as a trade route is minimal at best. The reality is that it was created to prevent Chicago's own sewage from washing up on their shoreline.

Its greatest value is probably in moving pleasure boats back and forth but that could be dealt with by the free market. (boat elevator)

[Western Phil]

They forgot to tell who “Goss” is: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/john-goss-asian-carp-federal-czar-oversee-obama-20100909

[ZOOKER]

Wait a minute - don't the CARP have any rights?

They should swim to the Klamath basin, where fish are appreciated...