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To: tejek who wrote (654350)	5/10/2012 8:05:20 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579065

Democrats File Complaint Against Scott Brown Over Half-Court Shot He Sunk (Video) Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 4:02 PM Oh brother. Mass Democrats want to block Senator Scott Brown from using footage of a half-court shot he sunk in front of a group of children. [iframe height=315 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cVIAG7M8e5Q" frameBorder=0 width=420 allowfullscreen][/iframe] The liberals want it off the air. How pathetic. The Politico reported: The Massachusetts Democratic Party has filed an ethics complaint against Scott Brown, alleging that Brown has used official resources for campaign purposes.The complaint focuses on footage of Brown’s half-court shot, which appears in a campaign web video but, per the Boston Globe, was shot by one of Brown’s congressional staffers.“By permitting his official staff to engage in campaign related activity while serving in their official capacity, Senator Brown has failed in his responsibility to ensure that the interests of his campaign ‘do not conflict with or detract from official staff duties’ and acted in violation of federal law,” the complaint says. These people are desperate. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/05/oh-brother-democrats-file-complaint-against-scott-brown-over-half-court-shot-he-sunk-video/ ht tom clarke Letting the public see a Republican sink a half-court shot would call Democrat's coolness into question and would be as dangerous a threat to this country as Hitler. Just ask tejek, SI's most moderate and tolerant liberal. This footage must be erased from history.

To: tejek who wrote (654350)	5/10/2012 8:35:51 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579065

Interior Looks to Expand Permits for Killing Bald Eagles to Accommodate Wind Energy Lachlan Markay May 9, 2012 at 2:24 pm The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a division of the Interior Department, is considering loosening regulations on the killing of bald eagles, the national bird of the United States, to accommodate the development of wind energy sources. A draft regulation first filed in April would allow businesses to apply for 30-year permits allowing them to kill bald eagles in the course of other legal activities. The length of those permits would be a six-fold increase over the five-year window allowed under current law. The USFWS explains at FederalRegister.gov: We have reviewed applications from proponents of renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar power facilities, for programmatic permits to authorize eagle take that may result from both the construction and ongoing operations of renewable energy projects. During our review, it became evident that the 5-year term limit imposed by the 2009 regulations (see 50 CFR 22.26(h)) needed to be extended to better correspond to the timeframe of renewable energy projects. Current law allows permitting for “programmatic” killing of bald eagles, which “is recurring, is not caused solely by indirect effects, and that occurs over the long term or in a location or locations that cannot be specifically identified.” The USFWS notes that permits “may authorize lethal take that is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, such as mortalities caused by collisions with rotating wind turbines.” According to the regulation, measures will be taken to attempt to minimize bald eagle mortalities, and additional actions may be authorized if mortalities exceed “anticipated” levels. USFWS began investigating numerous bald eagle deaths associated with wind turbines in early 2012. Without the proper permit, the killing of a bald eagle is a federal crime. http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/09/interior-looks-to-expand-permits-for-killing-bald-eagles-to-accommodate-wind-energy/ Yes, we need to let corporations kill eagles to save the earth!