And not only were the same people leading the charge, but they were naming the same alleged cause (human industrial activity) and the same alleged consequences (more drought, extreme weather, crop failures, etc.).
In a sharp departure from the FCC's traditionally broad and vague regulations, including its proposed net neutrality mandates, this new direction would tie the FCC's regulatory oversight over broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) to marketplace-based decisions regarding alleged competitive abuses that cause demonstrable consumer harm.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a fellow traveler in eroding national security in pursuit of its own brand of environmental purity, has successfully (for now) used the court system to prevent the Navy from conducting critical sonar training off the West Coast for fear of the alleged harm sonar frequencies cause to whale and dolphin populations.
Lawyer Wayne Reaud alleged Toshiba laptop computers had a flaw that could cause computing errors, although he never came up with any victims.
The theory advanced by global warming alarmists is that carbon dioxide emissions, the alleged instigator of the modest rise in 20th century temperatures, cause oceans to become harmfully acidic.
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In the first place, the alleged fraud is not what brought down Lehman Brothers and did not cause the broader financial crisis.
It is alleged the group behaved in a threatening or aggressive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person fear or alarm.
"Viktor Bout has been indicted in the United States, but his alleged arms trafficking activity and support of armed conflicts in Africa has been a cause of concern around the world, " said US Attorney General Holder in a statement.
In an extreme example of the damage this can cause, members of the Ampatuan clan - the most powerful family in Maguindanao province - are alleged to have killed 57 people in 2009, purely because of their anger at a rival who dared to challenge their stranglehold on power.
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