Posted on 01/14/2002 7:45:54 AM PST by Aleutian Longliner
I have long suspected these "studies" that always seem to restrict, deny, and otherwise compromise citizens rights to travel on and use natural resources. I was somewhat surprised to pick up a fishing magazine recently and see an editorial to the effect of, "Holy Moses, Guys! These 'outlaw all types of fishing' groups are dead serious!" My surprise was at their surprise; you would think being "in the business" they would have taken these extremist groups seriously a long time ago....
On the global-warming issue, a scientist who supports the usual greenhouse-gas theories will receive generous funding and warm approval from his university colleagues. A scientist who questions global warming will get the cold shoulder from his colleagues and have his funding pulled. The same is true of many other areas where science touches on society and hotly debated political issues. Abortion is an obvious case, homosexuality is another.
For ninety days.
The listing of "Southern coho" was a fraud. The design of the ESU boundaries and the supporting citations of "data" for listing West Coast Steelhead as "Threatened" was a fraud.
I have the data.
Besides the eco terrorists who hate America/Americans, who else in the enviral business would benefit from Eco Fraud?
The salary of the National Wildlife Federation top executive, Mr. Mark Van Putten, was nearly a quarter of a million dollars last year. This represents a 17 percent raise over his salary the year before. Think about that the next time you contemplate your 3 percent cost of living adjustment.
If you were among those who sent in a $25 contribution to this group, do you realize it took over 10,000 of you contributing in order just to pay his salary?
The salary of the World Wildlife Fund president, Kathryn Fuller, was $241,000. The salary of the National Audubon Society president, John Flicker, was $240,000. The salary of the Natural Resources Defense Council director, John Adams, was $239,000. The salary of the Wilderness Society president was $204,000. The salary of the Defenders of Wildlife president and CEO was $201,000. Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund president, Buck Parker, was $157,000. And the Sierra Club's Carl Pope's salary was $138,000 in 1998 and listed as $199,577 in 1999, nearly a 50 percent raise. The list goes on.
Now, folks, think about it. How many of those $25 contributions does it take you as you did like I did as a young college student, send a few bucks there because you believe in what they are doing just to pay these salaries? Where are these missionary zealots who had a great idea back in the 1960s and thought we were going too far? Where are these people that were in there doing the thing because it had the burning in their heart to do it, not because it was a big business? Unfortunately, you can see new environmentalism has grown into a big growth industry.
As we can see above, Eco Fraud could be really important to these left wing envirals making some great 6 figure salaries defending the hairless lynx in our forests! Someone keeps stealing their hair, the poor critters!
I will provide the link to read where these comments came from and why they were made in a followup reply on this thread!
I don't know, If they do I will be suprised.
Suprise me!!!
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