Wednesday, January 20, 2010

White House to Host Carp Summit

Good.

The White House has agreed to Gov. Jim Doyle’s request to hold an emergency Asian carp summit with Great Lakes governors while a Michigan congressman has vowed to take the fight to block carp from invading Lake Michigan to the Capitol.

U.S. Rep. Dave Camp introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to shut navigation locks in the Chicago area, a drastic step the U.S. Supreme Court opted not to order in a ruling issued Tuesday.

Camp’s measure also calls for the eventual construction of permanent barriers to re-establish the natural separation between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin that was destroyed with the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

“The failure of the Supreme Court to act yesterday jeopardizes the future of the lakes, and it is clear we must take additional steps now,” said Camp, a Republican and ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

We here at B&S have obtained an artist’s rendition of what the summit might look like.

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(5) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2250 hrs
Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. I don’t think that was a carp summit so much as a bitch fest.

    Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 20, 2010 at 2327 hrs


  2. Closing those locks will cause far less economic damage than “Cap and trade”

    And have far greater tangible environmental benefit.

    But Obama can’t solve anything, so this won’t go anywhere.  Besides, his Chicago buddies won’t let him do anything to hurt Illinois economically.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 21, 2010 at 0845 hrs


  3. OH THAT IS SO CLEVER!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 21, 2010 at 1800 hrs


  4. There’s no black carp and the carp doesn’t have a beer. I still laugh that they had to drag Biden over to balance out the color scheme.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 21, 2010 at 2311 hrs


  5. I don’t think that’s a carp in the photo - looks like a tuna.

    Why is it looking at Biden like it knows him?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 21, 2010 at 2348 hrs


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