{"id":226536,"date":"2010-01-25T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T18:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com\/?p=8357"},"modified":"2010-01-25T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T18:50:44","slug":"if-you-can%e2%80%99t-beat-them-%e2%80%93-eat-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/226536","title":{"rendered":"If You Can\u2019t Beat Them \u2013 Eat Them!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO-UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>Not giving up the fight to shut down the locks that are connected to Lake Michigan, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and fellow Attorneys Generals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are calling on President Obama to help them prevent the further invasion of the Asian Carp. After the press release listed below came out, Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois (D) spoke out asking for an end to politics. Watch his reaction here..<\/p>\n<div style='width:600px; text-align: center;'><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/publish.vidavee.com\/publish\/trh\/embedAsset.js?autoplay=on&#038;width=375&#038;height=212&#038;vtag=yes&#038;startVolume=50&#038;hidecontrolbar=no&#038;textureStrip=yes&#038;displayTime=yes&#038;volumeLock=no&#038;watermark=no&#038;loadStream=off&#038;dockey=A853F58E21366935B92A3F96D4FC68C4&#038;originalMovieLink=http%3A%2F%2Fliveshots.blogs.foxnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D8357&#038;auth_base=s%3Dmpd%7Cd%3DA853F58E21366935B92A3F96D4FC68C4%7Cts%3D1264531964%7Cttl%3D3600&#038;auth_sig=105da0fe21f5809b3f3f46914c869e68\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>January 25, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Press Release<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General has issued the following Press Release: Great Lakes<br \/>\nAttorneys General Ask Obama for Chance to Talk Carp<\/p>\n<p>Office of Communications<br \/>\n517-373-8060<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the press release is listed below:<\/p>\n<p>Great Lakes Attorneys General<br \/>\nAsk Obama for Chance to Talk Carp<br \/>\nCox Joined by Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin AGs in<br \/>\nRequesting a Seat at the Table for Upcoming Asian Carp Summit<br \/>\nLANSING &#8211; Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and his counterparts in<br \/>\nOhio,<br \/>\nIndiana, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin today called on the Obama<br \/>\nadministration to<br \/>\nimmediately meet with them to hear first-hand the concerns of job makers<br \/>\nand families<br \/>\nacross the region over the immediate threat of Asian carp.<br \/>\n&#8220;It is our hope the bi-partisan team of Attorneys General leading the<br \/>\nbattle to<br \/>\nprotect jobs and the Lakes will have a seat at the table with the White<br \/>\nHouse to help find<br \/>\na solution to this crisis,&#8221; said Cox.<br \/>\nPublished reports in the news media state that Nancy Sutley, Chair of<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nCouncil on Environmental Quality, proposed a meeting with governors to<br \/>\naddress the<br \/>\nAsian carp crisis during the first week of February in either<br \/>\nWashington, D.C. or the<br \/>\nMidwest.<br \/>\nToday&#8217;s letter was signed by Attorney General Cox, Indiana Attorney<br \/>\nGeneral<br \/>\nGreg Zoeller, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, Pennsylvania<br \/>\nAttorney General<br \/>\nTom Corbett and Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.<br \/>\nCox also said that President Obama, who pledged a zero tolerance policy<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nnew invasive species in the Great Lakes, should act immediately to at<br \/>\nleast temporarily<br \/>\nclose the locks. Last week new DNA evidence of Asian carp was found in<br \/>\nLake<br \/>\nMichigan at Calumet Harbor, past both the so-called electrical barrier<br \/>\nand the O&#8217;Brien<br \/>\nlocks. The Great Lakes $7 billion fishery and over 800,000 Michigan jobs<br \/>\nconnected to<br \/>\nthe health of the Lakes were further jeopardized when the U.S. Army Corp<br \/>\nof Engineers<br \/>\nlearned of the devastating new DNA evidence but failed to alert the<br \/>\nSupreme Court<br \/>\nGreat Lakes Attorneys General Ask Obama for Chance to Talk Carp<br \/>\nJanuary 25, 2010<br \/>\nPage 2<br \/>\nbefore it announced, four days later, it&#8217;s decision not to grant an<br \/>\nimmediate injunction<br \/>\nclosing the locks.<br \/>\nIf President Obama continues to favor Illinois at the expense of other<br \/>\nstates, Cox<br \/>\nsaid Michigan and the other states backing his efforts will need help<br \/>\nfrom Congress. He<br \/>\npraised the bi-partisan efforts of Michigan&#8217;s Congressional delegation<br \/>\non the issue,<br \/>\nincluding Rep. Dave Camp, Rep. Vern Ehlers, Rep. Candice Miller, and<br \/>\nSenators Levin<br \/>\nand Stabenow.<br \/>\nCox also said that public pressure on President Obama will play a vital<br \/>\nrole in<br \/>\nchanging the Obama administration&#8217;s position. He urged citizens to sign<br \/>\nan online<br \/>\npetition to protect the Lakes at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2a5db0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.StopAsianCarp.com\/\" >www.StopAsianCarp.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nThough the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said allowing Asian carp into<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nGreat Lakes would be an &#8220;ecological and economic disaster,&#8221; the Obama<br \/>\nadministration<br \/>\nand Illinois officials are fighting against Cox&#8217;s efforts to protect the<br \/>\nLakes.<br \/>\nBelow is from 1.19.10<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO -The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to deny an emergency request to shut down 2 Illinois locks that could give the Asian Carp access to Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>By claiming that an invasion of the Asian Carp if they reach the Great Lakes would destroy a multi-billion dollar fishing industry, the State of Michigan had sought to close down waterways in Illinois that connect to Lake Michigan and had tested positive for the Asian Carp DNA.<\/p>\n<p>In Chicago today U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who opposed the plan to close the locks, spoke to Fox News about the High Court decision and where the battle against the invasive Asian Carp goes from here. \u00a0Watch his interview here.<\/p>\n<div style='width:600px; text-align: center;'><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/publish.vidavee.com\/publish\/trh\/embedAsset.js?autoplay=off&#038;width=375&#038;height=212&#038;vtag=yes&#038;startVolume=50&#038;hidecontrolbar=no&#038;textureStrip=yes&#038;displayTime=yes&#038;volumeLock=no&#038;watermark=no&#038;loadStream=off&#038;dockey=DB888535D389B43CEAF11FD6476F8D2B&#038;originalMovieLink=http%3A%2F%2Fliveshots.blogs.foxnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D8357&#038;auth_base=s%3Dmpd%7Cd%3DDB888535D389B43CEAF11FD6476F8D2B%7Cts%3D1264531964%7Cttl%3D3600&#038;auth_sig=11808dc20acddedad13b5080b0de3c25\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>below is the blog from \u00a01-12-10<\/p>\n<p>At a briefing today to discuss the ongoing threat of the Asian Carp and the lawsuits associated with them, one reoccurring topic kept rising to the surface&#8230;dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They taste like chicken!&#8221; said Cam Davis of the EPA who joined a panel that included U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Rep Judy Biggert (R-IL) and members of both federal and state offices.<\/p>\n<p>Although the thought of eating a carp may disgust some, what if you were asked to try Silver Fin? Well that\u2019s one of the possible name changes being cast out to lure in possible commercial business.<\/p>\n<p>Watch excerpts of the panel here and see video of the Asian carp&#8230;best known for their jumping out of the water.<\/p>\n<div style='width:600px; text-align: center;'><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/publish.vidavee.com\/publish\/trh\/embedAsset.js?autoplay=off&#038;width=375&#038;height=212&#038;vtag=yes&#038;startVolume=50&#038;hidecontrolbar=no&#038;textureStrip=yes&#038;displayTime=yes&#038;volumeLock=no&#038;watermark=no&#038;loadStream=off&#038;dockey=FE19C5C7DB3520077DBC4B94FEBF12BE&#038;originalMovieLink=http%3A%2F%2Fliveshots.blogs.foxnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D8357&#038;auth_base=s%3Dmpd%7Cd%3DFE19C5C7DB3520077DBC4B94FEBF12BE%7Cts%3D1264531964%7Cttl%3D3600&#038;auth_sig=892d278131e9c6b9250268063097e51b\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO-UPDATE Not giving up the fight to shut down the locks that are connected to Lake Michigan, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and fellow Attorneys Generals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are calling on President Obama to help them prevent the further invasion of the Asian Carp. 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