Sarah Palin wants polar bears off threatened species list

[The Night Owl]

Oil Group Joins Alaska in Suing To Overturn Polar Bear Protection
By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 31, 2008; Page A04

CHICAGO -- The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration in trying to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species.

On Aug. 4, the state of Alaska filed a lawsuit opposing the polar bear's listing, arguing that populations as a whole are stable and that melting sea ice does not pose an imminent threat to their survival. The suit says polar bears have survived warming periods in the past. The federal government has 60 days from the filing date to respond.

One of the plaintiff in Thursday's lawsuit, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), lauded the choice of Palin as the Republican vice presidential nominee for reasons including her advocacy of Alaskan oil and gas exploration, which many fear could be affected by the bear's protected status.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083001538.html?hpid=sec-nation

Meanwhile...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3456251&mesg_id=3460074

I am really starting to despise Sarah Palin.

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Some environmental group should do an ad.

Show little cute baby polar bears with a female voice-over saying John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin wants to hunt and kill polar bears., etc.

[Phred42]

2. You can't hunt them if they're on the list

[True_Blue]

3. My thoughts exactly!