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Swimming against a tide of evidence
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | Charles Rousseaux

Posted on 03/19/2002 10:09:30 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

P.T. Barnum allegedly once observed, "A sucker is born every minute." He would have doubled that estimate if he had heard about the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Quadrupled it if he had heard how Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) agents applied on the Oregon-Northern California border last summer. Those agents turned off irrigation taps for Klamath Basin's drought-stricken farmers in the belief that low water levels would cause "irreparable damage" to the three threatened/endangered species of fish

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biofraud; enviralists; klamathbasincrisis
Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Quote of the Day by browardchad 3/20/02

1 posted on 03/19/2002 10:09:30 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: *Enviralists;*Biofraud;editor-surveyor;Free the USA;farmfriend
index bump and fyi
2 posted on 03/19/2002 10:26:16 PM PST by Fish out of Water
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To: Fish out of Water
bump
3 posted on 03/20/2002 6:36:27 AM PST by Free the USA
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To: JohnHuang2;marsh2; dixiechick2000; Helen; Mama_Bear; poet; Grampa Dave; doug from upland...
Thanks John. Great post. Pinging the Klamath list.

Mail me if you wish to be added or removed from this list.

4 posted on 03/20/2002 9:34:16 AM PST by farmfriend
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To: JohnHuang2
BTTT
5 posted on 03/20/2002 10:28:56 AM PST by hattend
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To: farmfriend
BUMP FOR FREEDOM!
6 posted on 03/20/2002 10:55:24 AM PST by Issaquahking
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To: farmfriend
Stop Rural Cleansing!
7 posted on 03/20/2002 10:58:38 AM PST by headsonpikes
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To: farmfriend
I can at least bump this- ISP's been down since last night, and I'm trying to catch up!
8 posted on 03/20/2002 11:33:20 AM PST by backhoe
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To: backhoe
Hi there backhoe!!! May I please give you a little...bump!
9 posted on 03/20/2002 4:16:52 PM PST by AuntB
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To: farmfriend
Thanks for the heads up!
10 posted on 03/20/2002 6:57:26 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: farmfriend
Thanks for the ping
11 posted on 03/20/2002 7:20:47 PM PST by poet
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To: AuntB
Hi- I am still trying to catch up, darnit!
12 posted on 03/21/2002 12:36:22 AM PST by backhoe
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