[thenightwriterblog] The Minfidel: "No controlling legal authority..."

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Posted by The Minfidel:
"No controlling legal authority..."
http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1184954227.shtml


   Well, that's a relief. It turns out that the endangered Chilean sea
   bass that Al Gore and others dined on during the rehearsal dinner for
   his daughter's wedding were not so endangered after all (though the
   particular entrees in question might choose to quibble). While the
   Chilean sea bass (aka Patagonian toothfish) species as a whole is
   clinging to survival as desperately as the McCain campaign, it turns
   out that the ones invited to the Gore table were [1]special:

     But the fish enjoyed by the Gores were not endangered or illegally
     caught.
     Rather, the restaurant later confirmed, they had come from one of
     the world's few well-managed, sustainable populations of toothfish,
     and caught and documented in compliance with Marine Stewardship
     Council regulations. The Gores' spokesman, Kalee Kreider, admitted
     that the fish has been on the menu, but said: "The Gores absolutely
     agree with this humane society and the rest of the environmental
     community about illegally caught Chilean sea bass.
     (HT: [2]The Far Wright)

   I'm sure that further investigation will show that the Marine
   Stewardship Council regulations also require that the fish enjoy
   government-funded universal health and dental benefits, lifetime
   education in government schools, and are harvested only by electric
   hybrid and bio-diesel equipped trawlers. Though not native to the
   U.S., the toothfish were here as "guest workers" and were happy to pay
   for a better wedding after Gore personally assured them that there was
   no [3]"controlling legal authority" and that it "was for the (my)
   children."
   I also look for the Gores to announce they are purchasing "tarpon
   offsets" to counter their conspicuous consumption.

References

   1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/07/19/eagore119.xml
   2. http://thefarwright.blogspot.com/2007/07/guy-is-slipperier-than-patagonian.html
   3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/op030797.htm