A mythical monster, believed by some to have lived for hundreds of years in the murky depths of a Swedish lake, is now fair game for hunters — if they can find it. Authorities have agreed to lift its endangered species protection.
Hundreds of people claim to have spotted a large serpent-like creature in Lake Storsjon in the northwestern province of Jamtland, and in 1986 the regional council put it on a list of endangered animals.

But a government watchdog challenged the decision, saying such protection was hardly necessary for a creature whose existence has not been proven.

The regional council agreed to remove the listing this month, but declined to rule out that a monster lives in the 300-foot deep lake.

“It exists, inasmuch as it lives in the minds of people,”* the council’s chief legal adviser Peter Lif said about the purported beast. “But I guess we’ll have to agree that it cannot be proved scientifically, and then it should not be listed as an endangered species.”

***beating TOaD to the punch...no, it’s not even close to the same thing as G*D.
G*D’s not a species, although you could say “he” IS endangered.

The second image Carter recalled was of a young Ethiopian girl’s eagerness to demonstrate that she, like her brother, could use the small latrine their father had made for them.

“She spread her skirt out very carefully and she squatted down to relieve herself.” Carter said.

Carter added jokingly, “We took some pictures of it.”

Is it any surprise that it was Carter appointee Judge Stephen Reinhardt that wrote this ruling????

I think not!

What is the difference between this situation and this one???

Obvious sarcasm aside, I really don’t understand.

WHAT CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT THE SEA
This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles (Kelly age 6)

Oysters’ balls are called pearls. (James age 6)

If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island. If you don’t have sea all round you, you are incontinent. (Wayne age 7)

I think sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She’s not my friend no more. (Kylie age 6)

A dolphin breathes through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy age 8)

My uncle goes out in his boat with pots, and comes back with crabs. (Millie age 6)

When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean.Sometimes, when the wind didn’t blow, the sailors would whistle to
make the wind come. My brother said they would be better off eating beans. (William age 7)

I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails. How domermaids get pregnant? (Helen age 6)

I’m not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always screaming and being sick, my Dad keeps shouting at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can’t think what to say. (Amy age 6)

Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you ashock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to
plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7)

My Mom has fishnets, but doesn’t catch any fish (Laura age 5)

When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin age 6)

When me and Sarah went to the sea side in the summer holidays, we hid in the sand dunes and watched my big sister doing it with her boy friend. It was
fun. (Lauren age 7)

A submarine goes under the water like a fish, but it has lots of seameninside. (Emma age 5)

When I grow up, I want to be captain of a big ship, and have lots of sailors. (Valerie age 6)

Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can’t go down alone, so they have to go down on each other.(Becky age 8)

On holiday my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won’t do it again because water shot up her fanny.
(Julie age 7)

MCPO Airdale

Life being Grand at newly created Park Semper Fi - San Clemente CA - 2005

#1 on Yahoo! for the phrase, ”Men in touch with their feminine side”.

My wife is so proud.

What is a TOaD?

Can y’all help us out here....I could go on for daze!

WASHINGTON - Bob Woodward’s version of when and where he learned the identity of a CIA operative contradicts a special prosecutor’s contention that Vice President Dick Cheney’s top aide was the first to make the disclosure to reporters.

Attorneys for the aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, described Wednesday’s statement by the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor as helpful for their defense, although Libby is charged with lying to a grand jury and the FBI, not with disclosing the CIA official’s name.

“Hopefully, as information is obtained from reporters like Bob Woodward, the real facts will come out,” lawyer Ted Wells said Wednesday.

Woodward, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, said he had not told his bosses until last month that he had learned about Valerie Plame’s identity and her work at the CIA more than two years ago from a high-level Bush administration official.

When Woodward learned Plame’s name, he told The Associated Press Wednesday, he was in the middle of finishing a book about the administration’s decision to go to war in Iraq, and didn’t want to be subpoenaed to testify.

“The grand jury was going and reporters were being jailed, and I hunkered down more than I usually do,” Woodward said, explaining why he waited so long to tell Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. what he knew about the Plame matter.

So, what’s more important:

Your children’s education or the Teacher’s Union??????

Reason #393488475665 for vouchers and homeschooling and how we get TOaDs.

I don’t watch many movies because most times I just don’t get enthralled. But when one hooks me...it haunts me.

OldBoy gets nine thongs. Rent it. I’m still reeling.

It helps that the star beminds me allot of Gary Oldman....and he’s as good.

What’s this?

Yes, it was a truffle.

(Bonus points for Boazo and his AssHolearoid call, though. That’s a keeper!)

A reporter asked, “Were you crying?”

“I was crying hysterically,” Gonzalez Bruiser said.

“What were you saying?” the reporter asked.

“Get me help, get me to a hospital, my face is broken, my face is broken,” Gonzalez Bruiser said.

A bicyclist suspected of robbing a Great Falls casino at gunpoint early Tuesday died minutes after the holdup when a squad car responding to the scene struck him.

Fun fact:  sleeping deep and soundly on your face produces a very unique hair-do without the need for those damaging styling products.