FISH, FARMERS, AND FOOLS

The Fish: A 2 inch fish that has no intrinsic value other than to excite and give justification to wacko environmentalist. More on the wackos later.

The Farmers: Those individualists who are the backbone of the food supply in our nation and around the world who are hard working, industrious, and resourceful and, they are the patriots of the land. They are as much as possible self-sufficient and not on the government dole. Dare I say the "salt of the earth."

The Fools: These are the ones who put every possible avenue of silliness you can imagine before common sense and the welfare of mankind. Whale are more important than aborted babies. The snail darter was more important than a hydroelectric dam, and of course the delta smelt, a 2 inch fish, is more important than the welfare of San Joanquin Valley farmers and Americans in general.

And now the story:

If the story is true, and I have every reason to believe it is, the water supply has been cut off from a large portion of land in the San Joanquin Valley of California. The reason: a small, insignificant fish known commonly as the delta smelt is in jeopardy due to the pumping of water from irrigation canals near the effected area of the valley. The small two inch fish is reportedly killed when caught in the intake nozzles of the pumps. Unfortunate for the fish, but life happens, or in this case death.

The problem is not the fish but the environmentalists. As a former nutty environmentalist I know the drill; forget people and their needs and concentrate on bugs, fish and polar bears. Now I don't have anything against animals for, some are fun to play with, (my dog), others are important to use for their products (my chickens' eggs), and other are good to eat. However, animals should never be placed in front of the welfare of humans. If we had to sacrifice every polar bear in the regions of the melting icebergs for the life of one child, I would gladly say, "au revoir."

So, I say to the weak politicians who won't stand up to the lying environmentalists, get a backbone or we'll hand you a "pink slip."

Incidentally, government agencies such as the EPA, IRS, etc. do not have the Constitutional authority to make laws whether it involves the environment or otherwise.