Alaska legislators VS Obama Administration over Endangered Species Act.

(Hat tip to Phil Munger for the photo)

Members of Alaska’s congressional delegation met with two top Obama administration environmental officials Friday to discuss several issues that could have wide-ranging impacts on the state.Of most concern to the delegation is the proposed listing of a critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale and petitions to list ice seals as threatened or endangered species. The delegation is worried that such decisions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could harm the state’s economy.
 
Now don't let the photo of our legislators standing in Don Young's" museum of death" make you believe that they are not caring, and compassionate, people who just love the little furry woodland creatures of Alaska.
 
Obviously at least ONE of them loves the animals so much that he has their heads and antlers chainsawed off to stick onto his office wall. And now he can sit and gaze at them adoringly for hours on end.
 
So clearly these legislators are fighting to keep NOAA from declaring more animals, such as the beluga whales and ice seals, as endangered animals NOT because of a careless disregard for their fellow creatures and a pathetic addiction to the money pumped into our economy by gas and oil companies, but because of their fear that NOAA has not used "proper" science to reach its conclusions. In other words until independent scientists (paid for with money from the oil companies) have had a chance to conduct THEIR studies, there is no reason to go off half cocked and try to keep these creatures from being killed off.
 
I mean just because the population of the beluga whales has decreased by 50% in four years time is no reason to be in a rush to protect them now is it?
 
And by the way, it should come as no surprise to anyone that second string governor, and Palin lapdog, Sean Parnell agrees with our legislative three stooges.  Yeah who could have seen that one coming?