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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (456433)2/13/2009 11:55:07 PM
From: SilentZ2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575178
 
>There is a badly needed highway in south Orange County that is being blocked because among other things it would ruin the habitat of the California pocket mouse.

>Not to mention that Oregon farms could not get enough water one year because federal laws protected an endangered "sucker fish."

>Have you seen the Simpsons episode about the endangered screaming worm?

These are extreme examples.

>I hear a plane just crashed in Buffalo. Let's avoid disasters like that by banning planes. Side benefits include less air pollution, less global warming, and less reliance on oil.

Thank you, o king of false comparisons...

-Z