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Porpoises die along coast; sonar suspected

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Posted by Dar 2003-05-13 10:25 am|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Do you suppose the left will pin this on the President? Oh, yeah, no doubt about it.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-13 10:50:15|| 2003-05-13 10:50:15|| Front Page Top

#2 and my post about the Chesapeake bay was off-topic?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-13 11:18:50|| 2003-05-13 11:18:50|| Front Page Top

#3 No one will notice. The lethal effects of the newer SONAR systems was reported a few years ago and no one noticed then either.

It's unfortunate and sad. Who doesn't like dolphins?

If they do notice, the granola-eating, tree-hugging hippie solution will be useless. A practical, responsible solution is to increase funding for newer systems which work better and have less effect on the environment. At any rate, a system that scrambles dolphin brains from a distance isn't going to be particularly effective for anything requiring stealth. I'm sure we can do better.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-13 11:21:47|| 2003-05-13 11:21:47|| Front Page Top

#4 no tis all the lefts fault - the porpoises wouldnt even have been near the coasts if they hadnt assumed that Evil Trial lawyers (TM) would have helped them sue if anything happened - and they should have been out working for a living - perhaps high marginal tax rates were at fault? or the miniumum wage? Its all Daschles, fault, and evil Hillary(TM). And Monica - oh, yeah, Monica.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-13 11:22:22|| 2003-05-13 11:22:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Um, having a bad day, LH? Guess I shouldn't have posted such a politically-charged topic! :-)

Posted by Dar 2003-05-13 12:04:21|| 2003-05-13 12:04:21|| Front Page Top

#6 CC--This issue has gone back several years, so it's not something either party can blame on the other--if either party had anything to do with it in the first place. The British, in any case, have started deploying a system that is supposedly friendlier to the animals, according to this article.

Posted by Dar 2003-05-13 12:15:36|| 2003-05-13 12:15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 If it comes down to putting a destroyer on the rocks or porpoise survival, well....sorry, Flipper.

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-13 12:25:56|| 2003-05-13 12:25:56|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm with LH. Those damn Dolphins need to get a job, instead playing aroung in the Ocean all day. I'm sure the Navy has a use for them. (Other than killing them with sonar)Some goood old-fashioned military discipline is just what these hooligans need.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-05-13 12:49:46|| 2003-05-13 12:49:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Can you hear sonar out of the water? Seems like an odd report from the whale watchers.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-13 12:52:28|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-13 12:52:28|| Front Page Top

#10 I just hate it when animals die without a reason ... without a porpoise.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-13 17:00:16|| 2003-05-13 17:00:16|| Front Page Top

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