Idiot Enviros in Calif. got water for farms in the San Joaquin Valley farmland shut off for the "endangered" smelt (minnows). I seriously, truly believe a lot of the people in power in California are mentally ill.
"The man-made actions have been devastating to California's San Joaquin Valley where it is estimated that this year alone up to 35,000 jobs will be lost and 300,000 acres of farm land won't be used because water has been diverted.
Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) explained, "Communities dependent on irrigated agriculture are now approaching 40% unemployment as they watched over 83 billion gallons of water - which was water normally dedicated to the fields -- go out to the ocean in the last month alone. It's important to protect lands and endangered fish, but our government's environmental policies shouldn't make our communities endangered in the process."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2250404/posts
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"The lawmakers said efforts to protect a 3-inch-long fish, the delta smelt, have led to court-ordered reductions in the amount of water pumped to some farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, leading to fallowed fields and skyrocketing unemployment.
They said even as a drought enters its third year, there is enough water in California to share with the valley's thousands of farms. Their proposal would increase the diversion of water for those farms.
In 2007, a federal judge ordered federal and state water authorities to reduce the amount of water they pump through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in a bid to protect the delta smelt. The finger-length fish is considered a bellwether for the health of the delta, the heart of California's water-delivery system...
The shortage could force farmers to idle more than 300,000 acres, leading to a loss of about 37,000 jobs. The delta also feeds drinking water to some 25 million Californians, stretching from the San Francisco Bay area to San Diego. Dozens of cities that expect to get less water from the delta this year are considering conservation measures.
Nunes, in pointed comments to the House committee, described the plight of his constituents in the most dire terms. He said the committee has been silent on the issue for two years.
"Failure to act, and it's over," he said. "You will witness the collapse of modern civilization in the San Joaquin Valley."
With that, he offered to submit a fishbowl filled with nine minnows for the Congressional Record. The fish were rainbow smelt, not the endangered delta smelt, which are illegal to possess without a permit.
Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Norwalk, responded by asking him to take the plastic wrap off the bowl so the fish could get some air, which Nunes did. Napolitano served as chairwoman for Tuesday's hearing."
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12038004
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Comedian Paul Rodriguez is pissed because his family farms there and can't get water because of the dang "endangered" smelt. He voted for Obama and is now becoming disillusioned. He went to Sean Hannity to get word out after dissing him in jokes before. He apologized and said he'd go after Colmes now, LOL!
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com//2009/05/03/paul-rodriguez-the-fish-lives-and-the-farmers-die/
"The man-made actions have been devastating to California's San Joaquin Valley where it is estimated that this year alone up to 35,000 jobs will be lost and 300,000 acres of farm land won't be used because water has been diverted.
Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) explained, "Communities dependent on irrigated agriculture are now approaching 40% unemployment as they watched over 83 billion gallons of water - which was water normally dedicated to the fields -- go out to the ocean in the last month alone. It's important to protect lands and endangered fish, but our government's environmental policies shouldn't make our communities endangered in the process."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2250404/posts
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"The lawmakers said efforts to protect a 3-inch-long fish, the delta smelt, have led to court-ordered reductions in the amount of water pumped to some farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, leading to fallowed fields and skyrocketing unemployment.
They said even as a drought enters its third year, there is enough water in California to share with the valley's thousands of farms. Their proposal would increase the diversion of water for those farms.
In 2007, a federal judge ordered federal and state water authorities to reduce the amount of water they pump through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in a bid to protect the delta smelt. The finger-length fish is considered a bellwether for the health of the delta, the heart of California's water-delivery system...
The shortage could force farmers to idle more than 300,000 acres, leading to a loss of about 37,000 jobs. The delta also feeds drinking water to some 25 million Californians, stretching from the San Francisco Bay area to San Diego. Dozens of cities that expect to get less water from the delta this year are considering conservation measures.
Nunes, in pointed comments to the House committee, described the plight of his constituents in the most dire terms. He said the committee has been silent on the issue for two years.
"Failure to act, and it's over," he said. "You will witness the collapse of modern civilization in the San Joaquin Valley."
With that, he offered to submit a fishbowl filled with nine minnows for the Congressional Record. The fish were rainbow smelt, not the endangered delta smelt, which are illegal to possess without a permit.
Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Norwalk, responded by asking him to take the plastic wrap off the bowl so the fish could get some air, which Nunes did. Napolitano served as chairwoman for Tuesday's hearing."
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12038004
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Comedian Paul Rodriguez is pissed because his family farms there and can't get water because of the dang "endangered" smelt. He voted for Obama and is now becoming disillusioned. He went to Sean Hannity to get word out after dissing him in jokes before. He apologized and said he'd go after Colmes now, LOL!
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com//2009/05/03/paul-rodriguez-the-fish-lives-and-the-farmers-die/
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