LOS ANGELES - "Conservationists on Wednesday blasted President Bush's decision to exempt the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using high-power sonar in its training off Southern California - a practice they say harms whales and other marine mammals.
The president's action by itself won't allow the anti-submarine warfare training to go forward because an injunction is in place, but the Navy believes it will significantly strengthen its argument in court. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is expected to make a determination on the future of the Navy exercises on Friday.
The White House announced Bush signed the exemption Tuesday while traveling in the Middle East. In his memorandum, Bush said the Navy training exercises "are in the paramount interest of the United States" and its national security.
Peter Douglas, the executive director of the California Coastal Commission, which joined in the lawsuit to provide the mammals greater protections from sonar, called the exemption unprecedented in California.
"I'm not surprised at all," he said. "It's typical for this Republican administration to ignore environmental protections under the banner of fear."
Bet your ass. The President you see is afraid that...and I'll type slowly so that even liberals can understand...enemies of the country won't pay much attention to such a stupid ass law and use it to harm America.
Liberals, as we all know, do so love instituting bans. Someone MIGHT be hurt by this, that, or the other thing, so better to be safe than sorry because people are after all incompetent and incapable of doing anything right. But fer chrissake...the frickin whales again?
I just went and signed a petition that'll end the controversy post haste.
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