For a Calmer Response to the Obama Polar Bear News...

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-05-08 13:13:00 UTC
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...than what I wrote this morning, see Edward Humes's post on the issue at the Stop Global Warming blog. He went the level-headed route (where's the fun in that?), waited for the official announcement, and wrote out a thoughtful summary. He also quotes the Center for Biological Diversity statement, which wasn't up yet either when I wrote my post or when I updated it to link to the Defenders of Wildlife and National Wildlife Federation statements. And who, Edward reports, does agree with the Salazar/Obama decision? Sarah Palin. Nice. That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

Edit: My apologies for first writing that the post over at the global warming blog was written by Emily. I assumed and didn't pay attention to the byline.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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