Nesting turtles and their babies be damned, Rush Limbaugh wants lights on at night

Rush's ad Rush Limbaugh cares as much for baby turtles as he does for the Democrat’s jackass. Palm Beach radio talker Limbaugh is sick of laws protecting the giant marine reptiles, and he wants everyone to know. Limbaugh is buying newspaper ads this week — one in today’s Shiny Sheet and another later this week in the Palm Beach Post – to poke fun at the Town of Palm Beach ’s policy to force the 300 or so households lucky enough to live on the beach to turn off outdoors lights from March 1 until October 31. Within that time span, giant sea turtles — including several endangered species — dig the sand in the middle of the night to lay eggs, and their babies hatch in early fall. Artificial lights are known to confuse the animals. They use the moon to navigate to nesting grounds then back to the ocean. The Conservative lightning-rod Limbaugh lives on a $50 million-plus beach compound that includes a 32,000-square-foot home. ( see it here ) In his ad, Limbaugh mentions a phony group, the Turtle Preservation Society of Palm Beach, welcoming back turtles and hatchlings. “The lights are off in eager anticipation of your arrival in May,” the ad reads. A picture show a turtle roaming the sand in broad daylight. “ Kathryn ( Rogers , Limbaugh’s galapal) and I bought a full page ad in the Shiny Sheet

Sunday to make a subtle protest of all the local and state ordinances requiring people who live on the beach in Palm Beach to go dark EIGHT months of the year (!!!!!) for sea the turtles,” Limbaugh told Page2Live in an email. For more, and the poll, see below or click For Limbaugh, it’s all about property rights and security for him and his pets. “I love landscape lighting,” Limbaugh wrote Page2Live . “It is an art and we love to sit outside all year and enjoy living on the beach. Foxes regularly visit our property and we need to be able to see them to protect the dog and cat while we are outside. “Imagine if you were told all your street lights had to be off for 8 months to protect the mating habits of geckos and feral cats, or whatever animal.” Limbaugh, who has about 15 million listeners on any given week, talked about turtle protection Friday on his show , labeling turtle activists “ environmentalist nutcase wackos .” He said he does care about the turtles, but a start of dark season on May 1 would be just fine. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

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Nesting turtles and their babies be damned, Rush Limbaugh wants lights on at night

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