The Cost of Greed?

The question still up in the air, why the Bush Administration has delayed to answer whether the polar bears can be classified as an endangered species or not? The answer can be very simple as the Associated Press puts it,

the Bush Administration has delayed a polar bear decision to avoid addressing global warming and to avoid roadblocks to development such as the transfer of offshore petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast to oil company bidders.

Unfortunately, for the Administration, the profits that they are making from these companies are more important than the damage they are causing to the polar bears and to our planet. For an Administration that deliberately courted many religious people for their political support, isn’t it ironic that this Administration consciously acts on their greedy impulses which, I believe, is considered to be a major sin by religious people.