...and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?     -Dr. Evil

What we have, Dr. Evil, is dolphins, with frickin' toxic dart guns attached to their heads!  Are you kidding me?!?  This has to be the most rediculous thing I've ever heard of!

If Mark Townsend is to be believed, this has to be one of the most insane ideas the U.S. government has ever come up with.  And supposedly its been in the works since the late 80's.  Admittedly, I'm not terribly familiar with The Observer, and for all I know it could be the UK's version of the National Enquirer.  However, this story is very humorous whether or not it is true. 

Don't you feel much safer knowing our nation's sea coasts are being protected by Flipper?!  I mean, come on, there's no way Flipper would mistake a beach-goer enjoying the ocean for a terrorist, right?!  And now that Katrina has potentially wiped out some of these flippered friends, what are we to do?  Are we at the mercy of the evil-doers?

[via World Magazine Blog]