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var comtext = "Number of comments : 10<br /><div class=\"comcontainer\"><span class=\"comname\">Marvin<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 7:03 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Good project, but this article says nothing about why plastics are a threat to the ocean ecosystem.</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer_odd\"><span class=\"comname_odd\">SkellysPal<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 8:45 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Plastics are indeed a problem in the ocean. I blame China. <br /><br /><br /><br />p.s. Mr Jones, I love your music.</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer\"><span class=\"comname\">surf_mongrel<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 10:24 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Dude, you know it\'s all the republicans who support the destruction of mother earth...</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer_odd\"><span class=\"comname_odd\">Anonymous<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 10:30 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">What\'s new pussycat?  whoaaa oahhh!!</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer\"><span class=\"comname\">long gone<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 10:34 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Las Vegas called; wants to know if you\'ll make the afternoon show?</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer_odd\"><span class=\"comname_odd\">Wayne Newton<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 10:34 AM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Glad to see my fellow Las Vegas competition succeed in his new endeavour to bring attention to the significant problem of pollution in the beautiful Pacific Ocean.  Congratulations, Tom!!</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer\"><span class=\"comname\">more<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 12:52 PM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Other than the obvious, more on why plastics are a threat to the ocean ecosystems, go to:http://www.kusp.org/shows/totb.html and look for this morning\'s podcast of Talk of the Bay. Save Our Shores rep featured near the end of this program and talked more about it. Would\'ve been nice if this article included more specifics about impacts of pollution in our oceans.</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer_odd\"><span class=\"comname_odd\">Rebekah Jamison<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 2:21 PM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">Check out Tom\'s website... Way to go Tom!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.californiapaddle.com/</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer\"><span class=\"comname\">Notch Johnson<em class=\"comdate\">9/13/2007 3:02 PM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">I\'m glad he found my shovel....now I can finish my sand castle.  <br /><br />hope he doesn\'t paddle thru the raw sewage we dump just off pleasure point.</p></div><br /><div class=\"comcontainer_odd\"><span class=\"comname_odd\">Anonymous<em class=\"comdate\">9/18/2007 6:35 PM</em></span><p class=\"comtext\">[expletive] cat [expletive] cat I love you yesss Iiiii doooooooo</p></div><br />";
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