The Urban Species Renewal Act

Fearless-flyers.com ^ | August 1, 2003 | Matthew B. Rogers

[daviddennis]

Nicely put, but there's a problem.

Despite all our efforts to eradicate giant cockroaches and rats, they are still with us.

So they are not "endangered" in any sense of the word.

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thought provoking PING

Fearless Flyers : Great essay! Thank You for caring about America.

[stand watie]

GOOD ARTICLE!

free dixie,sw

[freedumb2003]

This is a series problem. It might even be hugh.

[Ben Bolt]

Citizens are sometimes temperate antoganist , sometimes fire and brimestone preacher's . But make no mistake we have an agenda , to awaken the people to their own strengths
as guaranteed them by our Constitution for the United States .

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Thanks for the ping Tonk...... FF, great idea, good essay....... although, living near Philadelphia, I think a huge cage around the city to keep the animals IN might be a good start.........;^)

[razorback-bert]

I am for alley gators in the sewers!

[Petruchio]

I LOVE IT!!!

[dr_who_2]

Man! For a minute there, I thought this was some sort of "stranger than fiction" entry in the Congressional Record or somewhere.

[Saturnalia]

When will they address the ruling parties of squirrels on our fair campuses?

[dr_who_2]

Of course, the police in the cities already do a bad enough job of controlling the predators. So there isn't any danger of them becoming endangered, especially since non-predators aren't allowed to carry guns.

Might be a good idea for a horror flick though. "Attack of the Killer Mountain Lions Part 3: Cats in the 'Hood".

[gitmo]

Rats, pigeons, cockroaches, flies, ... what other species would be protected?

[dr_who_2]

It's fun to try and bulls-eye the thing from 20 paces using small pebbles. When you're accurate, they can jump several feet in the air.

[Saturnalia]

Until the Squirrel Police arrest you and ship you to their
peanut gulags. I think not sir, I will not risk my future
in such a manner!

[TastyManatees]

I can't agree enough. Endangered species protection has been taken to absurd lengths. A closely related piece is the "MOVE Initiative" posted on Free Republic. and on Tasty Manatees.

[Argh]

Great, I always wanted to get bubonic plague, so I can spend the rest of my short life amusing my pinheaded self by popping my buboes all day.

[Bahbah]

Thanks for the ping. This is thoughtful and well written. Also quite amusing.

[Fearless Flyers]

Hey Ben,

Where've you been? Hope all is well.

[T'wit]

May we please keep the mountain lions in such strongholds of progressive thinking as Marin County, Santa Monica, Berkeley, UC-Davis, etc.? Or would the poor beasts get sick and die from eating diseased left-wing brains?