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The Taiwanese Government is standing their ground with their decision to not sell the Georgia Aquarium two more whale sharks.

You may remember back in January, 1 of 4 of the Georgia Aquarium’s whale shark population, Ralph died; or rather murdered would be more appropriate. After Aquarium staff poisoned his tank with a chemical to rid it of leeches, he stopped eating. This alarmed the staff, who quickly decided that Ralph must be force fed via a 2″ PVC pipe being inserted into his belly. Ralph died a short time later due to a perforated stomach.

Now the Georgia Aquarium wants two more whale sharks from Taiwan, who are reluctant to sell them, stating “We don’t want to see it [death] happen again.”

I applaud the Taiwanese government for their stand on this issue. They also view Ralph’s death as tragic and needless.

Now if they can only stop their own yearly whale shark slaughter, currently with a quota of 30, it would be a genuine step in the right direction to saving this magnificent creature of the Oceans!

Tags: Stop the Finning! by vicezilla
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It looks like Wolfowitz’s ploy of hiring a lawyer to bolster his position as World Bank President has backfired.

The special committee of the World Bank has refused to meet with Wolfowitz’s lawyer, which in my opinion just reinforces the fact that this an internal World Bank policy issue, and not a legal one.

The newly appointed lawyer has expressed concerns that Wolfowitz won’t be treated fairly by the special committee looking into allegations of misconduct when he bypassed World Bank Policy and promoted his girlfriend.

Funny how his song changes now that the shoe is on the other foot. A month ago he was brazenly indignant about the accusations against him in this matter. Now he hires a lawyer to protect his phony-baloney job, and has issued an e-mail to staff appealing for patience and said he was making “major changes” to address concerns over his management.

Major changes, huh? Sounds like he has gone into major ass-kissing mode to protect his job.

Face it Wolfowitz; You screwed yourself. Deal with it!

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Tags: Political Rhetoric by vicezilla
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It’s no wonder shark populations are dwindling. If the Chinese aren’t destroying them for their so-called “precious” soup, the Australian’s are hunting them because they are bored.

“High-rise Hunters”, as they call themselves are catching Bull sharks by the dozens in their own backyards. Queensland, in the south east area of Australia is the fastest growing region in the country. It boasts hundreds of miles of waterways that snake through the Gold Coast, and apartment blocks and villas often back on to the water.

Bull sharks are comfortable in both sea water and fresh or brackish water.

With so many sharks traveling up the river systems in the area, and the population explosion, the inevitable was bound to happen. What always happens when man takes over a new territory? Yup, man doesn’t share anything. The environment and the wildlife always suffer.

These self proclaimed “High-rise Hunters” have been catching bull sharks from their condo balconies and their back yards. One wanna-be shark hunting Rambo type proclaimed, “”We sit in the lounge room with the rods set up and play the PlayStation, waiting for the bites.” Another turd described his average evening this way; “I bait my line with chopped-up eel, fix it to a pontoon at the back of my garden and retreat to my living room to watch DVDs. When I hear the sound of the line playing out, I sprint down to grab the rod.” He then goes on to say,” My mum doesn’t like it much because I keep breaking things as I run through the living room to the jetty.”

Get a life people. If you’ve got a problem with the sharks in your backyard, maybe you shouldn’t have moved to the territory!

Sharks have inhabited this earth for millions of years. Man has been around for a fraction of the time. But in this short time span, we have somehow evolved to be the bully of the sandbox. Man has got it into it’s head that we and animals cannot share this planet, so we destroy what we don’t understand, or what it considers an “inconvenience”.

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Tags: Stop the Finning! by vicezilla
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We all know that Politicians as a whole are the bottom feeders of the aquarium called life. They make promises to get elected and never follow up on them, and that seems to be OK with the voting public. Hell, we’ve come to expect such rhetoric from politicians during election campaigns. It’s become the norm of society.

Just make sure our streets are safe, our children are educated, and it’s still affordable to have a couple of beers after work. Anything you say or do after that is suspect at best. You”re a politician after all, interviewing for a job. Who hasn’t lied just a bit during a job interview?

Former New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani has stooped to an all time low during a Republican Nomination campaign speech in New Hampshire. He said, and I quote: “if a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for another terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001.”
WTF did he say? “If a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for another terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001.” That’s what I thought he said!

As if he hadn’t choked on his own vomit enough, he went on to quantify that statement with, “If any Republican is elected president - - and I think obviously I would be the best at this - - we will remain on offense and will anticipate what (the terrorists) will do and try to stop them before they do it.” WTF??

Rudolph, you are an idiot! I thought McCain was the cold sore on the lip of the Republican Election train. You’ve just proven you are the puss filled boil!

Read the Story Here

You’ve had your fifteen of minutes of fame, now it’s time for you crawl under the rock of obscurity and disappear!

Tags: 2008 Presidential Candidates, Political Rhetoric by vicezilla
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Paul Wolfowitz has hired a high profile lawyer hoping to prove to the World Bank Committee that he was not unethical in directing a promotion for his girlfriend.

It seems Mr. Wolfowitz is delusional in his thinking. The dictionary defines unethical as: Adj.1.unethical - not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; “unethical business practices.”

Yes, Mr. Wolfowitz you are unethical. You abused your position as president of the World Bank by promoting and approving generous pay raises for your companion Shaha Riza, without following the Bank’s rules and guidelines. You acted on your own.

President Bush has remained a staunch supporter of Wolfowitz throughout this ordeal. Bush has also publicly stated his support for Gonzalez, another of his cronies who has broken the law, and brought shame to the United States Constitution. Why is Bush so adamant about supporting these buffoons? Gonzalez probably has some good dirt on Bush, Cheney, and Rove, among others; so you can almost understand why he is protecting him. But Wolfowitz?

Reuters Story Here

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