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>>Corporations have an established track record of poisoning for profit. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/index.htm We MUST protect our environment, even at the cost of regulations and profit.
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>that's fine and good, but when do individual rights (ala Eminent Domain) trump the rights of a snail to halt millions of dollars of public good so the government then pre-empts someones property to make the difference...

Sorry John, I haven't mentioned a thing about endangered species protection. It's a touchy subject for sure, but a discussion about endangered species only serves to diffuse my message.