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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) A federal judge has decided not to hold...
AP ^ | Feb 27 2008 6:55PM | AP

Posted on 02/28/2008 11:10:58 AM PST by kennyboy509

Missoula, Mont. (AP) A federal judge has decided not to hold Agriculture Secretary Mark Rey in contempt over court orders requiring the U.S. Forest Service to study the environmental effects of a chemical fire retardant.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: idiot; judges
Missoula, Mont. (AP) A federal judge has decided not to hold Agriculture Secretary Mark Rey in contempt over court orders requiring the U.S. Forest Service to study the environmental effects of a chemical fire retardant.
1 posted on 02/28/2008 11:11:06 AM PST by kennyboy509
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To: kennyboy509

Can someone translate? Too many double negatives for me.


2 posted on 02/28/2008 11:13:59 AM PST by George from New England
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To: kennyboy509

Nominee for the worst partial headline in Breaking News.


3 posted on 02/28/2008 11:18:56 AM PST by waimea.man
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To: kennyboy509

translation: Federal Court bending to pressure from enviro nut groups orders dept of agriculture to fund study agreeing with nut groups. when the dept agriculture has more pressing problems to handle, the judge decides that the ag secys delay is not bad enough to hold him in contempt


4 posted on 02/28/2008 11:23:25 AM PST by stan_sipple
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To: waimea.man
ROFL!

I was thinking... what exactly has he decided not to hold?

(Remember this story?)

Okla. Judge's Career Ended by Allegations

5 posted on 02/28/2008 11:25:08 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: George from New England

IOW, the enviro-whackos wanted the forest service to investigate the effects of a fire retardant, they might use to put out fires, on the environment. Let the trees burn, but don’t harm the environment...............Judge says NO..........


6 posted on 02/28/2008 11:34:48 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: George from New England; LucyT; girlangler; jazusamo
Ag chief cleared of contempt

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7 posted on 02/28/2008 11:54:20 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
The case stemmed from a 2003 lawsuit brought by Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics after the Forest Service dropped fire retardant that killed 20,000 fish in Oregon in 2002.

Why do taxpayers continue to put up with crap like this?

8 posted on 02/28/2008 12:06:48 PM PST by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
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To: JennysCool; Bruce 22-250

It is going to get even worse soon.

ELF , ALF, and friends will soon file endless wolf lawsuits...

The no new roads stuff will explode with lawsuits as fire fighters will need access for their safety and effectiveness.

Forest fires will soon consume many extra millions of acres with the resulting air and water pollution, soil destruction...and tax payer dollars.


9 posted on 02/28/2008 12:16:39 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I was actually more concerned with the idea of “Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics” filing suit against their employer, the Forest Service — shielded, of course, by the fact that it’s almost impossible to fire a federal employee, even if it is determined their suit is a nuisance. It’s just more of this “I hate my country, but I sure get a nice paycheck from it” crap. It’s got to stop.


10 posted on 02/28/2008 12:30:33 PM PST by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
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To: george76
I'm really surprised the judge didn't jail him. The radical enviro wackos have too many on their side, both on the bench and in the legislature.

Much of the data that is used is flawed, much like the global warming disputes. A good example is in this piece.

Edward Little, a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, testified that more than 25 years of laboratory and field research indicates that aerial retardant has a negligible toxic effect on fish, amphibians, insects, plants, mammals and birds.

The Forest Service several years ago stopped using the one chemical in retardant that was toxic to aquatic and other species, he said.

This judge and the enviro wackos ignore research from scientists like this.

11 posted on 02/28/2008 12:32:05 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: Red Badger

So is the judge saying to fight the fires like always ?

Or is the judge a wacko?


12 posted on 02/28/2008 12:37:11 PM PST by George from New England
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To: kennyboy509
Calling kennyboy509...come in kennyboy509...do you read us kennyboy509...calling kennyb.................................................................................

As an aside, there are a few FReepers in the GREAT state of Montana who think Max Baucus is doing a good job in D.C. because he is stopping mining in this TREASURE state.

13 posted on 02/28/2008 2:16:52 PM PST by Leo Farnsworth (.)
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Normal these Eco-cult hate man and even stopping forest fires is bad for the eco-system according to the nuts. When will the American people wake up and stop donating to these Mafia of the green movement.


14 posted on 02/28/2008 9:04:23 PM PST by Bruce 22-250 (Gang Green puts the Rat in Democrat)
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To: Leo Farnsworth

You are confusing me.

Tell me about Max Baucus.

It doesn’t need to be a giant essay and are you against small time hobbie gold miners ?


15 posted on 03/02/2008 9:50:44 PM PST by kennyboy509 (Ha! I kill me!)
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To: Bruce 22-250

PS

I thought we were talking about poaching.


16 posted on 03/02/2008 9:51:52 PM PST by kennyboy509 (Ha! I kill me!)
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