[Pat4ever]

Well done, Amy! “The Delta smelt is only tissue too.” Excellent point.

[Haiku Guy]

In California, farmers have difficulty gaining additional irrigation because many environmentalists are concerned that an increase in water usage will affect the habitat of the 2-3 inch Delta Smelt. For crying out loud, we’re halting business for a tiny fish?

You're missing the point, Amy...

The farmers are not asking for additional irrigation. They are asking to continue their historcally consistent levels of irrigation, but the government has taken away the water, destroying existing and thriving farms, in order to increase water flow in the Sacramento Delta.

And it isn't even about saving the Delta Smelt. The fish survived the previous levels of irrigation, and would survive if those levels were resumed. But enironmentalists who are opposed to any profitable use of natural resources have found a way to abuse the Endangered Species Act to prevent the use of this water. This is just the latest tactic in the water wars that have been going on in California for the last fifty years.

If the Delta Smelt were really engangered, they might have a point. But it is not.

[rlmorel]

Excellent! Check out this Free Republic thread:

I saw Lorax with the Grandkids...here's my review (By Jeff Head)

Your thread is right up this alley, and vice-versa.

[Mikey_1962]

Theodor Seuss Geisel was a political cartoonist for years, very anti-Republican and FDR sycophant. He was ardently opposed to Fascism (check out his anti-Axis cartoons) but supported the Japanese interment.

Truly a complex person.

But if there was any political agenda or reference in “Cat in the Hat”, or “One fish Two fish”, I missed it.

[Mygirlsmom]

Although I love the earth and want to protect it more, this socialist movement is something I abhor.

Very "Seuss-esque"! I like it!!

Congratulations Amy on your advancement beyond the 8 year old's thought process to adulthood. As you now see, there are many "grown ups" who never make that leap.

Those of us who did are happy to welcome another member--we need the reinforcements.

(P. S. Bring friends!)

[elcid1970]

Hmmm.... Shel Silverstein? I used to laugh at his cartoons and satire lyrics in Playboy back in the sixties.

“I’m a three legged man, with a two legged woman, being chased across the desert by a one legged fool...”

;^)

[cripplecreek]

I think I tend to prefer the term "Conservationist" for myself. It pains me to cut down trees but it sometimes needs to be done and I get a special joy out of watching new ones grow.

You should study the case of the Kirtland's Warbler.



50 years ago there were an estimated 50 breeding pairs confined to a small nesting area in central northern Michigan. Today they number in the thousands with a range that covers the northern third of Michigan's lower peninsula, parts of the upper peninsula and Wisconsin.

The bird's return can be almost entirely credited to logging and controlled burns. The birds thrive in young jackpine forests that were disappearing in the absence of natural forest fires.

[TalBlack]

“However, when that affection crowds out rationality and reality by allowing the propaganda of the “Green Movement” to guide your decisions politically and economically, it is nothing but destructive. “

It doesn’t crowed out anything in the “treehuggers”. They never really cared in the first place. They simply need something general enough to give them control of what everyone is and is not allowed to do. Enviromentalisim is their justification and authority for damning others.

[netmilsmom]

Brilliant!

[ken5050]

Kudos!..superb piece..

BTW..congrats onthe Billikins getting an NCAA bid...Majeurus can coach..and it's nice to see that he's regained his health.

Are you planning on running for Congress after you graduate?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The delta smelt is a bait fish. It’s only use, as far as I know, is to catch bigger fish. With all due respect to your environmental sensitivities, does it really matter if it dies off?