Posted on 09/03/2009 5:23:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
FRESNO, Calif. – Top Obama administration officials are taking California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to task for blaming the state's water crisis on federal environmental restrictions.
The governor sent a letter to Washington Wednesday demanding a response to "catastrophic impacts" he said were caused by environmental rules that have slashed water deliveries.
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Why haven’t they built a de-salinization plant in California?
They have 40 million people and are always short on water.
This blows my mind and I don’t even live in CA any longer. Salazar and Locke lie and they’re going to put more agriculture out of business because of these fish.
Okay...eat the vegan diet....
Assuming anyone would even bother to invest in them again knowing that the water could be turned off again at any moment. I would have to declare all agriculture in California dead at the point forever.
Good points and you’re right, the precedent has been set. This will affect tens of thousands of acres in the San Joaquin Valley.
Agreed. It is an easy sell too. The impact on the environment of de-salinization is much, much less than how we get our current water supply. De-salinization would actually be a great benefit to the land based environment.
Building de-salinization plants along the coast to replace the water currently taken from the Colorado River and the Delta is a great idea whose time has come!
It already has affected tens of thousands of acres. Just drove thru on I-5 it is a shame. Thousands of acres of fields and mature orchards are brown and dead! Just what the country needs —— higher food prices.
Watermelons in control ————— vote’m out!
So why hasn’t someone plowed down the locks that are preventing the water from flowing? Whichever agency that shows up, that’s where you start with the ‘who to talk to’ string. .. in the mean time, there will be enough water to keep the trees from dying.
Turning off the water is nothing short of insane.
The Secret to the Suicidal Liberal Mind
Jack Wheeler
Freedom Research Foundation
Monday, Jan. 21, 2002
The self-loathing of the white American liberal is as well-established and documented as Einstein’s Special Relativity theorems.
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A typical example is writer Susan Sontag’s denouncement of the white race as “the cancer of human history.”
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So here we discover the secret fear at the source of the suicidal liberal mind. It is envy that makes a Nazi, a Communist or a terrorist. It is the fear of being envied that makes a liberal and is the source of “liberal guilt.”
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Liberalism is thus not a political ideology or set of beliefs. It is an envy-deflection device, a psychological strategy to avoid being envied.
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The lunacy of the “global warming” hoax cannot be comprehended other than that its masochistic advocates do not want their civilization to prosper. The culture-destroying immigration policies that Pat Buchanan warns are causing “The Death of the West” were put in place by those who do not want their culture to survive.
Really sad, I used to drive I-5 often from the time it was completed through the valley until about 15 years ago and watched agriculture grow from bare land in many parts to thriving farms. The enviros are winning the fight and it’s criminal.
Where’s Willy Nelson when you need him?
Where is he? -—— STONED!
My daughters’ teacher last year was vegan because of water.
My daughters’ thought the teacher was stupid, and we’re not going to that school anymore. (It was a small private Christian school in California.)
I figure if you are that concerned about wasting water in California, then move some place where there is lots of water like Seattle.
I had to drive from San Jose to Visalia last year, and it was very sad to see all the dead trees.
It’s one thing to read about the problem, and it’s another thing to see the problem.
Arnie and Obama are both to blame. Arnie is late to the game and the wackos are winning.
Why haven’t they built a de-salinization plant in California?
BUMP!
In fact why doesn’t the Zero commision these plants right now?
This Guy ought to have some answers instead of just lame excuses.
Would put lots of people to work, Both construction and Agriculture.
People still need food, Vegan or not.
The San Joaquin’s Agriculture is pretty much Dead.
This would seem to be a Blank Slate, Perfect for a Demonstration Project on Green Agriculture.
This will drive up the cost of food for all of us. In my estimation, this is a criminal act.
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