that bald eagle was probably a terrorist anyways

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The U.S. Department of Defense would be permanently exempted from an

international law protecting more than 850 species of migratory

birds, under a tentative agreement reached between negotiators from

the House and Senate and disclosed by environmental groups yesterday.

The negotiations began after the Bush administration complained that

the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act interfered with military training

exercises. The agreement would effectively allow the incidental

bombing of the habitat of hundreds of thousands of migratory birds,

including endangered species, on 25 million acres of

military-controlled land. However, the DOD would have to examine

ways to minimize the impact of military exercises on the birds. The

treaty is just one of several environmental laws from which the

military has sought exemptions in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.

Many environmentalists and some lawmakers feel the trend has gotten

out of hand: " Exempting our military from the MBTA ... endangers our

wildlife heritage and compromises our international treaty

obligations, " said Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.).

 

straight to the source: Washington Post, Eric Pianin, 23 Oct 2002

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when i was camping in the gila wilderness in new mexico, there was a

time when we heard non-stop gunshots for like two days, incidentally

in between where we were camped and the highway several miles away,

so we couldn't easily get to the road to get out, and didn't really

want to see what was going on, it was way more guns than the average

hunting/poaching party, and a few years before the gov't had come

down the river w/ guns chasing out people who were living in the

woods (not to mention stealing cattle off of the ranches, in response

to which the sherriff issued a call to arms and the ranchers just

about started a war, but that's another story), we were all pretty

scared, but once it was over we walked up and there were just

hundreds of dead birds and shells all over the creek... weird.

 

, EBbrewpunx@c... wrote:

> The U.S. Department of Defense would be permanently exempted from

an

> international law protecting more than 850 species of migratory

> birds, under a tentative agreement reached between negotiators from

> the House and Senate and disclosed by environmental groups

yesterday.

> The negotiations began after the Bush administration complained

that

> the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act interfered with military

training

> exercises. The agreement would effectively allow the incidental

> bombing of the habitat of hundreds of thousands of migratory birds,

> including endangered species, on 25 million acres of

> military-controlled land. However, the DOD would have to examine

> ways to minimize the impact of military exercises on the birds.

The

> treaty is just one of several environmental laws from which the

> military has sought exemptions in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.

> Many environmentalists and some lawmakers feel the trend has gotten

> out of hand: " Exempting our military from the MBTA ... endangers

our

> wildlife heritage and compromises our international treaty

> obligations, " said Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.).

>

> straight to the source: Washington Post, Eric Pianin, 23 Oct 2002

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thats just wrong..i hope their eyes get pecked out by renegade pigeons...

fraggle

 

 

" Josey " <cthulhu_23 wrote:

 

>when i was camping in the gila wilderness in new mexico, there was a

>time when we heard non-stop gunshots for like two days, incidentally

>in between where we were camped and the highway several miles away,

>so we couldn't easily get to the road to get out, and didn't really

>want to see what was going on, it was way more guns than the average

>hunting/poaching party, and a few years before the gov't had come

>down the river w/ guns chasing out people who were living in the

>woods (not to mention stealing cattle off of the ranches, in response

>to which the sherriff issued a call to arms and the ranchers just

>about started a war, but that's another story), we were all pretty

>scared, but once it was over we walked up and there were just

>hundreds of dead birds and shells all over the creek... weird.

>