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Date Posted: 05:56:47 05/02/07 Wed In reply to: Mo' Green 's message, "Nah, it's all about the rats leaving a sinking ship" on 17:04:38 05/01/07 Tue I'm quite happy with how things are going AND there is STILL one and a half years to go! I'm also very happy that the Dems seem to be able to do NOTHING! >How does it feel to find out more and more every day >that you were totally taken in by a bunch of crooks >and liars? hmmm. > >>I guess I'm guilty too because I killed a bunch of >>mice last fall. Trouble is. I don't have anything to >>resign from. They ought to box up a bunch of those >>jumping mice and let them go in the senate chamber. >>I'll bet they wouldn't be quite so popular then. >> >> >> >> >> >>>as lies and coersion catch up with them >>> >>> >>>href="http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/politics/ind >e >>x >>>.ssf?/base/politics-12/1178050450119200.xml&storylist >= >>w >>>ashington">http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/politic >s >>/ >>>index.ssf?/base/politics-12/1178050450119200.xml&stor >y >>l >>>ist=washington >>> >>> >>>Interior official quits ahead of hearing >>>5/1/2007, 4:09 p.m. EDT >>>By MATTHEW DALY >>>The Associated Press >>> >>>WASHINGTON (AP) — An Interior Department official >>>accused of pressuring government scientists to make >>>their research fit her policy goals has resigned. >>> >>>Julie MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for fish, >>>wildlife and parks, submitted her resignation letter >>>to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, a department >>>spokesman said Tuesday. >>> >>>MacDonald resigned a week before a House >congressional >>>oversight committee was to hold a hearing on >>>accusations that she violated the Endangered Species >>>Act, censored science and mistreated staff of the >U.S. >>>Fish and Wildlife Service. >>> >>>MacDonald was recently rebuked by the department's >>>inspector general, who told Congress in a report last >>>month that she broke federal rules and should face >>>punishment for leaking information about endangered >>>species to private groups. >>> >>>Interior Department spokesman Hugh Vickery confirmed >>>MacDonald's resignation but declined to comment >>>further. >>> >>>Environmentalists cheered the departure of MacDonald, >>>who they say tried to bully government scientists >into >>>altering their findings, often without scientific >>>basis. >>> >>>"Julie MacDonald's reign of terror over the U.S. Fish >>>and Wildlife Service is finally over," said Kieran >>>Suckling, policy director of the Center for >Biological >>>Diversity. "Endangered species and scientists >>>everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief." >>> >>>MacDonald, a civil engineer with no formal training >in >>>natural sciences, had served in her post since 2004. >>>She was a senior adviser in the department for two >>>years before that. >>> >>>Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said MacDonald had "betrayed >>>the mission she swore to uphold," adding that her >>>actions "undermined both the work and the integrity >of >>>the Fish and Wildlife Service and its many dedicated >>>employees." >>> >>>Wyden placed a hold Monday on President Bush's >>>nomination of Lyle Laverty to be assistant Interior >>>secretary for fish, wildlife and parks until >>>allegations against MacDonald were resolved. >>> >>>The inspector general's report said MacDonald tried >to >>>remove protections for a rare jumping mouse in the >>>Rocky Mountains based on a questionable study, and >>>reduced by 80 percent the amount of streams to be >>>protected to help bull trout recover in the Pacific >>>Northwest. >>> >>>MacDonald also pressured the Fish and Wildlife >Service >>>to alter findings on the Kootenai River sturgeon in >>>Idaho and Montana so dam operations would not be >>>harmed, the report said. >>> >>>___ >>> >>>On the Net: [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |