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| Bangor security plan opponents knitting sweaters for Navy dolphins |
| 2007-03-02 |
| Opponents of a Navy plan to use dolphins from San Diego to guard a submarine base in chilly Washington are knitting hats, mittens and sweaters for the dolphins. The informal group of knitters hopes to persuade the Navy not to use the animals from the 60-degree waters of San Diego in 46-degree Hood Canal. The Navy announced a plan February 12th to use the dolphins and California sea lions to watch for terrorist swimmers at the Trident submarine base. Opponents plan to show up with their knitting at public meetings March 27 in Keyport and March 28 in Seattle. The Navy says the dolphins would only patrol in Hood Canal for two hours before returning to heated enclosures. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #13 Bang! Bang! Bangity Bang! Sorry, nothing personal Parabellum. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-02 20:32 |
| #12 Sweaters for dolphins? What's the porpoise? |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2007-03-02 18:20 |
| #11 I know knitters are ... um ... different (my wife's one and her mother is a serious knitter), but even they're not this |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-03-02 16:40 |
| #10 Is this the same group that is donating armored diapers for Cindy Sheebat's freedom fighters? |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-02 14:43 |
| #9 Knitting for Dolphins. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-02 14:23 |
| #8 Silly! Dolphins don't wear sweaters. Didn't you ever see Day of the Dolphin? |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-03-02 13:35 |
| #7 Yeah? Where were they when the hunter/killer dolphins needed them while they prowled the streets of New Orleans in Katrina's aftermath? Phony bastards! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-02 10:57 |
| #6 Our Brave Dolphins are being deployed without adequate body armor! Most of them are using Vietnam-era protection. This is an injustice to our brave men... er... mammals in our armed forces. |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2007-03-02 10:37 |
| #5 Wet sweaters do NOT insulate. No. But they do impede maneuverability and speed. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-03-02 10:27 |
| #4 Surpassing the already high mark for incredible cluelessness. "60 degree water" in San Diego? WTF? Dolphins go to considerable depths to fish, and the waters off San Diego, or in the Bay where they house the critters, are almost always colder and often much colder than that. Aside from the fact that marine mammals, uh, don't get "cold" the way we do. Sheesh. And what are the mittens for? |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-03-02 10:15 |
| #3 IDIOTS Wet sweaters do NOT insulate. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-03-02 06:49 |
| #2 Just public cover for the 132nd Orca Battalion and Swim Team. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-02 01:17 |
| #1 FLIPPER the Dolphin isn't gonna like it - AM News says Flippy is John McCain??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-02 01:04 |