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Obama Under Fire for Backing Deal to Lift Global Ban on Commercial Whaling
Fox News ^ | 6-5-2010 | Stephen Clark

Posted on 06/06/2010 2:30:28 PM PDT by Frantzie

Environmentalists, already peeved with the administration’s handling of the Gulf oil spill, are accusing President Obama of breaking his campaign pledge to end the slaughter of whales.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: iceland; japan; obama; whaling
What a POS this idiot is. Where does he get off supporting an end to the whaling ban? Where are the libs and enviros who voted for the Islamo-Marxist POS?
1 posted on 06/06/2010 2:30:28 PM PDT by Frantzie
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To: Frantzie

Well he said he was going to get us off foreign oil, he just didn’t mention our return to whale oil......and trains.


2 posted on 06/06/2010 2:32:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Frantzie

Since we can’t drill for OIL, we will have to find an alternative... and the BEST alternative is... WHALE OIL!!!


3 posted on 06/06/2010 2:33:07 PM PDT by gwilhelm56 (The one thing we learn from history is .. People REFUSE to Learn from History!!)
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To: Frantzie

By the time he gets done with the oil industry, we’ll probably be desperate for the Whale oil anyway....


4 posted on 06/06/2010 2:33:36 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Frantzie
"Where does he get off supporting an end to the whaling ban?"

Well, technically, whale oil is a renewable energy source....

5 posted on 06/06/2010 2:34:42 PM PDT by Natural Law
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Oh goodie! I am so looking forward to some good internecine warfare amongst fascists!

Even funnier is how this little graphic is equally applicable to both sides of the political spectrum - the right side and the wrong side.


6 posted on 06/06/2010 2:35:31 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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I have a feeling this was Japan’s “price” for allowing our military bases to remain.
7 posted on 06/06/2010 2:35:37 PM PDT by apillar
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To: Natural Law

Whale MEAT is also a renewable resource-! I have Innuit friends that say its wonderful-! Also a rich source of omega 3’s-! End the ban on it-!!!


8 posted on 06/06/2010 2:37:32 PM PDT by imjimbo (The constitution SHOULD be our "gun permit")
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To: Frantzie

“Bush made me do it!” - Barack Hussein Obama


9 posted on 06/06/2010 2:50:07 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("A Republic, If You Can Keep It" - Benjamin Franklin)
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So, they were against ‘whaling’ before they were for it? Why the change?

April 10, 2010 article:

U.S. Leads New Bid to Phase Out Whale Hunting

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2493238/posts

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/science/earth/15whale.html?hp


10 posted on 06/06/2010 2:52:58 PM PDT by HollyB
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Great! The best black powder bullet lube is 50/50 bees wax and spermwhale oil. First we kill the whales, then we decimate the buffalo!


11 posted on 06/06/2010 2:53:12 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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12 posted on 06/06/2010 3:02:41 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Frantzie

Well, he’s been seen to break on everything else, why not this?

“Where are the libs and enviros who voted for the Islamo-Marxist POS?”

Changing their acid prescriptions.


13 posted on 06/06/2010 3:50:44 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Frantzie
"...is a mind-numbingly dumb idea,"...

If you voted for Hopey Changey you should be happy with Hopey Changey. This is the pie you ordered.

The White House did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

The WH does't respond to Governors, Senators, Congressmen or anyone else they disagree with. The Barry0 WH is transparently opaque.

14 posted on 06/06/2010 4:22:42 PM PDT by TigersEye ("Flotilla" means "pirate ships running supplies to terrorists.")
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DISTRACTION ALERT.......


15 posted on 06/07/2010 6:45:32 AM PDT by phockthis
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Note: this topic is from June 6, 2010. Dear leftwing lurkers -- the election is coming. Thanks Frantzie.
16 posted on 09/11/2010 7:32:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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