Species Management

Congress reconvenes to begin some of the heaviest legislative lifting of this generation. Entitlement programs must be reeled in and controlled, once and for all time. Defined retirement for government workers must be ended because these programs pay out more than was earned by the beneficiary. Tort reform needs to be broadened so that we can end the lottery of riches for some at the expense of others. Recently a jury awarded $250 million punitive damages for a case where the man died of other causes. They said that it was fair and just, though.

And it's now or never to rework the Endangered species Act. This act is among a few that are used as hammers to force extreme landuse and zoning restrictions and finally to end private property rights in America. Eco and Enviro extremists feel this act is the foundation for attacking man's footprint on earth. And it is written so loosely that sympathetic judges can take it and run.

We see how this act can be abused in the greater Seattle region. Step one started with federal suits that claimed that individual species of salmon were dying out. Salmon is now the world's number one food fish in terms of tons harvested annually. So the trick to get protection was to distinguish the species by each stream they inhabit. As a sidebar, recently a group started getting Killer Whales or Orca listed because a single pod speaks differently than another. So it's not just where salmon live, but also what dialect whales speak.

Don't get me wrong. I love animals and would do anything reasonable to help those in need. But enviro and eco extremists are fascists that demand that animals act and speak and play and live and die as they see fit. A good example was Keiko, the whale made famous by the film "Save Willey." Well when ole Keiko failed to stay in Iceland where the extremists said he must, they called for him to be euthanized. And a few weeks later he lay dead in a fjord in Sweden. They said he died of an infection. Oh Ya! Wasn't that convenient. We have moved individual oracs throughout the sound at the cost of millions because they whale didn't conform to Orca experts' behavior and family relationship rules.

We all know about the snail darter, the marlet, the infamous spotted owl and more. In Seattle we kill indigenous sea lions to save wild salmon. We kill Canada geese by the thousands to keep lawns clean. We kill crows and other birds because they are a nuisance. And recently we began to kill owls that are competing for spotted owl territory. Now that's respect for wildlife. Whatever happened to evolution and species selection? Not for those who use the hammer of the Endangered Species Act.

It's time to end this madness.




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