Obama reverts to anti Darwinism

CNN:

President Obama on Tuesday overturned a last-minute Bush administration regulation that many environmentalists claim weakened the Endangered Species Act.

The regulation, issued a few weeks before George W. Bush left office, made it easier for federal agencies to skip consultations with government scientists before launching projects that could affect endangered wildlife.

By overturning the regulation, Obama said during an enthusiastic reception at the Interior Department, he had restored "the scientific process to its rightful place at the heart of the Endangered Species Act, a process undermined by past administrations."

Under the Bush administration rule, there was no need for a federal agency to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Services if that agency determined that no harm would come to an endangered species as a result of its project.

But the determination of what "no harm" meant rested with agency bureaucrats instead of scientists.

Obama issued a memorandum that effectively suspends the regulation while ordering a review to determine whether it promotes "the purposes of the [Endangered Species Act]."

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Does anyone else notice the inconsistency of the people who promote the teaching of evolution also supporting attempts to stop it? Isn't that what the Endangered Species Act is trying to prevent? What I find troubling about the act is the false assumption that all endangered species are worth saving. I personally would like to see some species disappear such as cock roaches and rats. Yet several varieties of rats are on the list and we are going to enormous expense to save varmints. We are also denying property owners the use of their property to save these worthless critters. When you see Democrats cheering anti Darwinism you know just how screwy that party has become.