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Looking into the future the Pelican feeding its young from a self-induced wound in its own breast (as depicted, mysteriously, on the state flag of Louisiana) is accepted as an appropriate symbol of both self-sacrifice and rebirth. Through his selfless efforts, man is raised from the slavery of ignorance to the condition of freedom conferred by wisdom. Given the current state of affairs in Louisiana, one hopes that the understanding of the Pelican as a symbol shall point the way towards a new consciousness of ourselves as a whole, and lead us to face our futures with strength, grace, wisdom and faith, to learn from our mistakes and carry our successes and zest for living to future generations.

Beware of Senator Mary Landrieu's Contradictory Environmental Policies

United States Senator Mary Landrieu is No Friend of Wetlands or Coastal Zones

April 12, 2000

Senator Mary Landrieu speaks out of both sides of her mouth. On one side she spouts about her big coastal wetland restoration bill to provide millions of dollars to restore the coastal zones of American. On the other side of her mouth, she's pushing for more oil and gas exploration and siding with the powerful oil and gas lobby to drill and gut the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Center.

At no point is she pushing for alternative energy exploration and research beyond the traditional global warming industries pouring mucho dollars up and down her campaign political skirt.

Senator Landrieu's denial of energy conservation, fuel cell technology, solar and wind energies is forcing this country into the same old economic chaos of mid east OPEC dependency, and foreign wars and high gasoline prices.

In the meantime, the State of Louisiana and the United States Army Corps of Engineers are rubber-stamping permit after permit for any and all Louisiana developers to cement over our precious few remaining flood barrier wetlands.

Mary Landrieu has ignored SOWL's request to her that there be a United States Senate investigation of the Corps' history of destroying Louisiana wetlands, and the consequent flood potential now existing to Orleans, St. Tammany and St. Bernard Parishes.

And finally, there should be a consideration of revamping over laws to transfer permitting authority over wetlands from the Corps and the states to EPA and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Senator Landrieu wants to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to Louisiana politicians to restore the Louisiana Coastal Zone? These are the same Louisiana politicians who have recently appropriated nine-million tax payer's dollars to destroy 246 acres of wetlands in Westwego, Louisiana to build a golf course.

These are the same Louisiana politicians passing legislation after legislation to dismantle Louisiana environmental laws to permit Louisiana agencies to rubber stamp permit after permit for any and all developers to build over our few remaining wetlands that have not been eroded from the thousands upon thousands of oil company canals constructed in this state.

The best description of Mary Landrieu? "She's a Bennett Johnson in a skirt".

To all the people who love the precious natural resources of our country and want an immediate change to a new millennium economic base of clean alternative energies, Mary Landrieu is not to be trusted or believed. Her coastal restoration bill is tied in to oil and gas drilling in our Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Center. Same old F. Edward Hebert-Bennett Johnson-1 900 Louisiana Oil and Gas Politics.

Peace,

Save Our Wetlands, Inc. (S.O.W.L.)

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