Bust Obama For Grandma’s Illegal Sea Burial?
President-elect Barack Obama might have broken Environmental Protection Agency regulations when he tossed the cremated remains of his grandmother into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nuuanu, Hawaii, earlier this week.
The reason behind the contention was the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources Protection Law, which prohibits ashes from being dropped into the ocean. According to the regulation in place, ashes must be poured at a distance of at least three nautical miles. It has not yet been determined whether Obama will receive a fine for his actions.
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Why should Barack not be fined for his acts of crime? Is he above the laws of America? He should be setting a good example for young Americans where as his name has been in the middle of one crime after another! What kind of example is that?
LOL Well, at least he didn’t bury her in the back yard.
Back yard burials were legal here in North Carolina until late 90′s. There is a house not to far from where I’m at where they bury their parents at the front door. But it was legal and not breaking the law!
Shoot, where I am, you can get in trouble for burying a cat in your back yard. There’s probably right around zero public health reasons for laws against either — back yard burials or tossing ashes into the ocean.