Comments on: Breaking News: U.S. declares polar bears "threatened"

By: mike hensley

mike hensley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:28:13 +0000

It is my understanding that the polar bear population has increased by 400 ~ 500 percent since 1970. This does not sound like a threatened species to me.

By: Laura L.

Laura L. — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:53:35 +0000

Too bad the liberals weren't around way back when to protect the dinosaurs.

By: Franko

Franko — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:29:41 +0000

"Saudi Arabia, which helped us against the Turks in WW1 but has been blackmailing us with oil ever since."

Not only that, the Wasabies blew up the World Trade Center.
We did not blow up their Mecca. Make them pay up.
Occupy and take the oil.. Bin Laden is likely hiding in their Black Mosque.

By: John

John — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:32:58 +0000

Please tell me why I might be wrong, but what a lot of people here seem to be overlooking is that any oil drilled in Alaska will be sold on the world market, not used strategically for a particular country or purpose. Any temporary decrease in price or increase in supply that drilling in amwar could create would be instantly nullified by a Saudi-controlled decrease in OPEC oil production. What our country needs is some sort of a government and/or long term plan which could defend us from frequent government sponsored economic attacks undertaken by countries like China which buys our bonds to put us in debt and Saudi Arabia, which helped us against the Turks in WW1 but has been blackmailing us with oil ever since.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:40:04 +0000

Wow, what a fantastic headline. cheers.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:56:35 +0000

BEARS!!! The most dangerous threat to America! About time!

By: Meo

Meo — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:05:27 +0000

Who Cares?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:04 +0000

Polar Bear Population 1970 – 5000
Polar Bear Population 2008 – 25000

No need to call them endangered.

How can they rule on the possibility of something happening? Didn't a report come out last week that the world is now cooling?

This ruling is like saying: I am going to put you in jail for the possibility of murder!! Sounds a lot like the movie Minority Report.

By: Nan

Nan — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:09:58 +0000

Dingus – It was ecoliterate that I had in mind.

Its funny how people assume that opinions originate from political parties. If you get your instructions from somewhere or someone – that's fine. Me – I depend on my own good common sense.

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:47:58 +0000

"The significance here is that by listing polar bears as threatened is that they may not be as protected as if they were listed as endangered. However this is step in the right direction and should force some protection of the bear’s environment."

They dont need protection at all, their population has increased more since the 1970s than the human population of any country on earth!

The listing is being pushed by environmentalists with an agenda to use polar bear subterfuge to create regulations on CO2 outside the reagular channels of political democracy. It's a complete scam and con game. If you like unelected robed judges and extremist activists raising your daily cost of living, you'll like this decision.
If you care about the facts, you should be appalled at how many lies environmentalists get away with in turning people into shills for their agenda. DDT, Alar, global warming – everything the environmentalist say is a bad thing turns out to be overhyped BS.

"It’s shocking that people think that trying to save a species is part of a political agenda" It's shocking that people dont see the plain facts and resort to myths. It is a myth that the polar bears are threatened, in fact Dept of Interior acknolwedged that!!! Population of polar bears is higher than ever. So obviously this is not about saving any species since the species is doing fine.

"…and worse that they blame people on the left for drawing attention to the situation." Blame the left for speading fear instead of facts. The fear is the nonsense about bears drowning. Bears can swim long distances. The fact is that bear habitat is not being reduced and bear populations are fine.

" Protecting animals and the environment they live in is not a political or a red vs. blue issue." Thanks for being a shill and a sucker for every eco-scam with such shallow thinking. It becomes a political issue the second they take away peoples rights, freedoms and property in the name of 'saving the animals'. And when the animal doesnt need saving, you know the corrupt political agenda is what its all about. These guys want you to think that driving a car or taking a plane trip will kill the bears. It wont.