Wolves, bears and politics

Ok. This has nada to do with life in the Middle East. I'm just angry and frustrated.

A very beloved member of family posted a link to a youtube video (it made me sick) of hunters shooting wolves in Alaska from airplanes. According to the video, Sarah Palin is in FULL support of this activity as a wildlife management method. Here's the link to the video, but it's graphic and disgusting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T85cOGc8L0

I decided to dig further. I found an article at Salon.com that confirmed the video.
http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/09/08/sarah_palin_wolves/

Within the above article, I also found this:
"Yet it is not hard to find Alaskans who say Palin's enthusiasm for predator control fits a broader narrative of how she edits science to suit her personal views. She endorses the teaching of creationism in public schools and has questioned whether humans are responsible for global warming." I knew the bit about global warming, but not the bit about creationism. But, I shouldn't be surprised.

I also happened across this article at Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/10/07/john_mccain_bears/ For those of us who care about wildlife, reading this article was an exercise in frustration.

This is a quote from the article:
"McCain has been campaigning on restoring scientific integrity to the White House, after the current Republican administration's history of attacking science. In answering questions for Science Debate 2008, McCain pledged that if he is elected president, "policies will be based upon sound science, and that the scientific integrity of federal research [will be] restored." " [The links in the quote are off the Salon website.] Well, not if he agrees with Sarah Palin and how she does things.

Check the facts for yourself. There's some scary stuff going on.