Matthias,

I believe the more common name was God Committee rather than God Squad. Both may have been in use, however, I only heard the first. In either case, both were a nickname for the committee created by the ammendment to the ESA.

Jim --Utahredrock 22:45, 3 May 2005 (UTC)Reply


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thanks for catching my tank plinking typo. Avriette 10:49, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Hello again, if you feel like it, would you have any perspective on the Energy bill of 2005? I would like to fix the article from its current state but I don't feel I know enough about the law yet. I guess any change would be for the better though. Or do you think it would be better off deleted?

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Wait a second! I just added in the authors' names and the publication! The reference isn't much good without them. Matthias5 (talk) 00:43, 25 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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