[coconutt2000]

Are the Puritan Tiger Beetles religious?

If you can convince the ACLU that the beetles are Christian, I'm sure you can argue that Federal protection of a religious species would be a violation of the so-called Separation between Church and State.... /humor

[MonroeDNA]

SSS.

When you have a property anywhere near some "ecosystem," you have to keep your mouth shut. And spray, spray, spray.

Bugs, plants, everything.

Just don't talk about it.

[csvset]

That's the bug. I'd squish if it landed on me.

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[DTogo]

Diazanon!

[Caipirabob]

STOMP! SHOVEL. SHUT-UP!

[kb2614]

I wonder if this beetle would make good bait?? You could sell it to fishermen.

[backhoe]

We've heard a lot of support for the puritan tiger beetle...

You could not make stuff this kooky up...

[freepatriot32]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
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[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Couldn't the beetles be aborted to use their tissue for stem cell research? [irony, sarcasm, dark black humor]

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

[goldstategop]

Its insane that a little insect could hold up keep a housing from falling in the Chesaspeake Bay, isn't it? But we have learned there are no private property rights in this country. The ESA is only part of a philosophy that keeps people from making common-sense improvements where they live and it has nothing whatsoever to do with protecting the environment.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[brityank]

... congressional Republicans to push for overhauling the Endangered Species Act.

The misguided Republicans and Nixon are the ones who instituted the damned ESA -- you really expect them to fix it? Be serious!

When they took the fifth amendment,
I was quiet because I didn't own real estate.
When they took the fourth amendment,
I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.
When they took the sixth amendment,
I was quiet because I was innocent.
When they took the second amendment,
I was quiet because I didn't own a gun.
Now they've taken the first amendment,
and I can say nothing about it.

[Charlespg]

The drab little insect demands the continued breakdown of cliffs along the Chesapeake Bay - active erosion - so its larvae can tunnel into crumbling clay beside the water.

what happens to the damm things when their habitat compleatly erodes?
These people have no dammed brains at all

[SpinyNorman]

I wonder how many animal's breeding grounds the Kennedy Compound currently occupies in Hyannis on Cape Cod? John Kerry's five mansions? How about Barbra Streisand's castle on the coast of California?

Maybe someone ought to throw an few handfuls of these beetles onto their property and let nature do its thing.

[graycamel]

Environmentalist Whackos ----- The only species on the planet that cares more for other species than for its own.

[GSWarrior]

Why don't the environmentalists take their case before the Supreme Court and claim eminent domain. The Wildlife Service could seize the lands, raze the houses and save the beetles' habitat.

Why should a few homes stand in the way of a balanced eco-system?

[Smokin' Joe]

endangered human bump