tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793163765259731333.post537936892469370097..comments2024-02-11T13:57:51.016-09:00Comments on FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION: Erika Rummelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125369578875494684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793163765259731333.post-76519845808898397892012-06-20T09:19:13.248-08:002012-06-20T09:19:13.248-08:00Thanks for your comment. Sometimes I get carried a...Thanks for your comment. Sometimes I get carried away by the spirit of satire and may come across more ruthless than I am. Of course I agree with you: it would be nice to have a balanced world shared by all creatures. I think it's called Eden, and we have permanently been driven out.Erika Rummelhttp://www.rummelsincrediblestories.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793163765259731333.post-14658787806789859592012-06-20T03:01:50.659-08:002012-06-20T03:01:50.659-08:00Your article is a joy to read even though I may b...Your article is a joy to read even though I may be considered as one of those bleeding hearts who would glady never eat another pear on their lives to have the privilege to see deer in their backyard. I could argue that it isn't the animals invading our territory but us encroaching on theirs. To want to protect animals while keeping on destroying their habitat is a sad testimony to human stupidity. There are just too many of us.To get back to some kind of equilibrium I was hoping for a new sort of plague that would wipe out 1/3 of humanity. But AIDS didn't do it and obesity takes too long to kill. Do not worry, confronted with human relentless greed animals are sure to lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793163765259731333.post-10226894429372879892012-06-17T15:22:07.850-08:002012-06-17T15:22:07.850-08:00Don’t forget the aquatic species! I can’t even con...Don’t forget the aquatic species! I can’t even conduct a pumping test that would potentially put $millions into the coastal (Attawapiskat) economy and the taxman’s coffers because of some hardy minnows in a pond that freezes solid in winter. When the mine is finished there will be a great big pond for them! I hear more concerns about how long people’s jobs will last mining a finite resource than about where they are going to find bait for fishing. <br /><br />The environmental legacy of current and future mines has definitely changed toward the touchy-feely. Not even logically, sadly, just opposed because sprawling subdivisions is all “environmentalists” can relate to, not development of the north – strong and free. Get off the couch and focus on your own footprint. I know I prefer to hunt and get my own meat than buy it at an overpriced store and cover the cost of shipping.<br /><br />I see the pendulum swinging back the other way as of late though. Harper is spending $2 Billion on a bridge to Detroit and cutting back on fedral regulators and Environmental Assessment reviews. Hehe... whats the footprint for that, and who does it benefit? I guess it makes it easier for the subdivision-dwelling environmentalists to put food on the table!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com