The symbolism is perfectly exquisite-Bush Pardons Man Who Killed Three Bald Eagles

[kpete]

Bush Pardons Man Who Killed Three Bald Eagles
Published 1, November 25, 2008



The symbolism is perfectly exquisite. President George Bush, who has given out fewer pardons than any modern president, felt that he could not leave office without releasing Leslie Owen Collier of Charleston, Mo., who pleaded guilty in 1995 to unlawfully killing three bald eagles in southeast Missouri. Bush is generally viewed as the most hostile president to environmental protections in modern times. His pardons seemed to reflect that profile with a number of environmental felons rescued in the fourteen pardons issued this week.

Collier is a real charmer. He explained that he was only trying to kill coyotes by lacing hamburger meat with pesticides — a trap that is widely denounced by environmentalists around the world and well-known to be a danger to bald eagles and other animals. Collier was appropriately convicted for unauthorized use of a pesticide and violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

What is particularly galling is that Collier received a light sentence: two years probation, $10,000 in restitution. Yet Bush believed that even that was too harsh for an environmental crime.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/washington/25pardons.html?_r=1
http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/25/bush-pardons-man-who-killed-three-bald-eagles/#more-5815

[sandnsea]

1. Proof that he is a sociopathic asshole

If anybody ever wondered about his basic values, this is it. Of all the people who have turned their lives around, or are in jail for something stupid, he makes a mockery of animal protection. What a fuck-wad.

[Auggie]

2. The A.P. slant is that he "was convicted of using pesticides."

Nothing about the several animals he killed

[FSogol]

3. K&R. We should make a big deal over these disgusting pardons.

Bush shouldn't get a free pass out of town.

[HillbillyBob]

5. Given the record of the rpukes on the environment...

That klean koal nonsense..
the only way he should get out of town is in shackles and an orange jumpsuit.
Otherwise, a rail, some hot tar, and a couple coats of ChickenHawk feathers.

[Auggie]

4. This had to be a political favor of some kind... maybe for Darth

[MH1]

6. Bush can't be gone soon enough.

F*ck that f*cking worthless slimy f*cking f*ck anyway.

:grr:

[ThomWV]

7. This should be mentined everytime someone talks about removing W from typewriters