Somebody must think Manatees lean Democratic

This is a little old, but I’m catching up on email.  Jeb Bush’s cronies have downgraded manatees from "Endangered" to "Threatened," over the objections of knowledgable scientists.

The most likely result?  More dead manatees, and very possibly long-term extinction, courtesy the Bush family.

Thanks to Slim for the tip.

UPDATE: Alert reader Paul points us to a recent Carl Hiaasen article in the Miami Herald for more.

Some people look at the way Easter Islanders destroyed themselves by deforesting their own land completely and wonder, "what the hell were they possibly thinking?"

I don’t wonder at all.  The answer is in the newspaper.  Every goddam day.

Doctors may attempt to surgically remove Joe Lieberman’s lips from George W. Bush’s whatever


Now that conjoined twins have been split, what impossibly-bound objects are next?
Joe Lieberman’s lips from George W. Bush’s… um… policies

169
  72.5%
 
The Bush family and Rev. Sun Myung Moon

34
  14.6%
 
Patrick Fitzgerald from Dick Cheney’s future

18
  7.7%
 
The Dow Jones Industrial Average from its level when Bush took office

12
  5.2%
 

(For those who are curious about the Rev. Moon reference, just click on the link for more.)

Now that full-face transplants are becoming possible, I’m wondering about who’s a good candidate