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Sportsfolk all over the country love the Bass Pro Shops for their supplies and the spectacular displays that have made them tourist attractions for non-sportsters. But the newest edition at Spanish Fort demonstrates zero regard for any concept of conservation of habitat - and it further insults our intelligence by hiding behind a cloak of new urban planning by trying to disguise itself as a “town center”. The Mobile Bay community should boycott their opening party to send them a message! Yeah - right - like that will happen!

Because of local “sensitivity” - pro-life vs. pro-choice, population growth is a touchy subject. Even the bravest of commentators is cautious about entering the fray, but the truth remains that our resource base is finite. While global warming (believe it or not) can be linked very easily to population size, it seems quite likely that we will somehow manage to self-destruct as a species long before the humidity gets us!

The oil companies are obviously continuing the campaign for drilling in ANWAR and off Florida with little concern for the fact that these resources are a “drop in the bucket” of what we need to approach sustainability. The commercials advertising the usefulness of that domestic source emphasizes the insanity of sticking to fossil fuels as am energy source, but frankly it all boils down to too many people needing too much from the earth - wind and ocean current resources have their own problems - even solar because of the battery storage and disposal problems that go undiscussed.