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From: the 5th dimension
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posted June 23, 2010 10:45 AM         

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http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_72hrs_left/?cl=622717056&v=6659

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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009

posted June 23, 2010 12:18 PM         

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"I was appalled to hear – on Earth Day of all days – that the Inter­na­tional Whal­ing Com­mis­sion has put for­ward a deal that would legal­ize com­mer­cial whal­ing for the first time in a generation.

Even worse, the Obama Admin­is­tra­tion has backed this deadly pro­posal, which would sus­pend the inter­na­tional ban on whal­ing and make it legal once again to kill whales for profit.

Dur­ing his cam­paign, Pres­i­dent Obama promised Amer­ica he would oppose the killing of these mag­nif­i­cent crea­tures. It’s time for you and me to hold him to that promise."
http://madmikesamerica.com/2010/04/obama-administration-supports-hunting-killing-of-whales/

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posted June 23, 2010 12:41 PM         

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Read the proposed decision here. It's a .pdf file.

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From: Australia
Registered: Apr 2009

posted June 29, 2010 12:36 AM         

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Poor whales - still an on-going issue. I heard the ex Australian Prime Minister was going to send out the Navy to deal with whale hunters. I'm not sure what the latest news is, now that he has been ousted.

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From: on the other side of the rainbow
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posted June 29, 2010 02:12 AM         

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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