Well, I wonder if this is what the greenies really wanted to "gain" from the low commodities prices and high dollar?:
(We know his "green connection" is why Ron wants a low price of gold)
<<Yahoo! NewsScience Headlines Monday March 15 12:51 AM ET
Iceland Parliament Votes To Resume Whaling
By Jonathan Lynn
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament has voted to end a 10-year ban on whaling and asked the government to prepare for a resumption by next year, a senior official said Friday.
The parliamentary resolution, passed Wednesday, is certain to outrage environmentalists, but underlines the fiercely independent North Atlantic island's determination to fish the seas as it sees fit.
''Parliament gave the green light for the resumption of whaling in Iceland,'' the government official, who asked not to be named, said by telephone from Reykjavik.
The resolution urges a resumption of whaling as soon as possible, upholds Iceland's sovereign right to harvest its resources, calls on the government to implement the decision, and assumes whaling will start no later than 2000.(cont.)>>
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