{"id":446,"date":"2006-11-05T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argee.net\/wordpress\/?p=446"},"modified":"2006-11-05T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-06T02:50:00","slug":"ch-01-power-to-the-snail-darter-and-suckerfish-part-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Ch. 01 \u2013 Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish (Part 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 51px; height: 21px; overflow: hidden;\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-send=\"false\" data-width=\"51\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-text=\"Ch. 01 \u2013 Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish (Part 11)\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D446&amp;title=Ch.+01+%E2%80%93+Power+to+the+Snail+Darter+and+Suckerfish+%28Part+11%29\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/digg.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D446\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/reddit.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Submit to reddit\" title=\"Submit to reddit\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-text=\"Ch. 01 \u2013 Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish (Part 11)\" data-desc=\"This article is an excerpt from Chapter one in my new book The Chicken Little Agenda \u2013 Debunking Experts' Lies. You can find out more about the book here, and can order the book from this link. This is the last of eleven parts for Chapter one that will be presented here sequentially. Click here\" data-image=\"http:\/\/old.thedeadhand.com\/aggbug.aspx?PostID=33770\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><blockquote dir=ltr><p>\n<P><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><I><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>This article is an excerpt from Chapter one in my new book The Chicken Little Agenda \u2013 Debunking Experts&#8217; Lies. You can find out more about the book <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/chickenlittleagenda.com\/\"><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>here<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>, <\/FONT><\/I><\/SPAN><SPAN><I><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>and can order the book from this <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/chickenlittleagenda\/Sky5.htm\"><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>link<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1>.<\/FONT><\/I><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=1> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=1><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN><I>This is the last of eleven parts for Chapter one that will be presented here sequentially. Click <\/I><\/SPAN><SPAN><I><A class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/thrawnrickle.argee.net\/2006\/11\/04\/ch-01--the-green-revolution--the-rtg-fiasco-part-10-of-13.aspx\" target=_blank>here<\/A> <\/I><\/SPAN><SPAN><I>to read Part 10.<\/I><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P align=center><B><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3>Chapter 1<\/FONT><\/B><\/P><br \/>\n<P align=center><B><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana>The Green Revolution<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/B><\/P><br \/>\n<P align=left><FONT size=3><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/FONT><\/SPAN><br \/>\n<P class=CM2><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Fourteen hundred Oregon family farmers located on 200,000 acres in the Klamath Basin are seeing their land dry up and blow away. Yielding to pressure by the Oregon Natural Resources Council, who threatened a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation stopped the irrigation water the farmers have used since 1909. The Oregon Natural Resources Council claimed that a small suckerfish currently on the endangered species list would be harmed if the level of the Upper Klamath Lake were reduced. They also cited a need to support the coho salmon run, which, they claimed, also needed the higher water levels. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM2><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Remember the snail darter in the Tennessee Valley? Following a public announcement of the little fish\u2019s apparent demise, there was a worldwide, Green-driven lament. But when the snail darter turned up in signif&shy;icant numbers in other parts of the country, the silence was deafening. In this case, the suckerfish may be in short supply in Upper Klamath Lake, but it exists far and wide elsewhere. Frankly, even if it were not alive and well\u2014so what? The welfare of 1,400 farmers and their families, and the value of what they produce to the whole nation, far outweighs any possi&shy;ble value of a small fish that plays no role in anything that matters. And the coho salmon run? The 2001 and 2003 runs were two of the largest ever recorded . . . so why even bring it up? <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM2><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>The Endangered Species Act allows any citizen to stop any project anywhere by simply making unsub&shy;stantiated claims in a court that is willing to listen. At the time of this writing, only California and Nevada are experiencing severe power shortages. If the Greens go unchecked, however, there are forty-eight states to go. Germany has now given up on nuclear power under pressure from a Green coalition government. It plans to dismantle its plants. France, the world leader in percentage of electricity generated by nuclear power, has stopped building new nuclear plants. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM2><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>The Greens have lobbied hard for implementation of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy. The world\u2019s largest power windmill farm is being constructed on the windy heights overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. It is arguably the most environmentally friendly power project ever attempted. Ironically, it is under court challenge\u2014by the Greens. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM2><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>It seems that the windmill farm threatens an \u201cendangered\u201d condor species . . . go figure. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM8><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>It really is unlikely that these buffoons will be able to carry out even one of their silly schemes to reorganize and socialize worldwide democracies. What is more probable is that by shouting loud enough for long enough, and gumming up the works while lining the pockets of greedy attorneys, the Greens will lead us to their dream of stasis by default. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=CM8><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=1>\u00a9 2006 \u2013 <\/FONT><\/SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/argee.net\/\" target=_blank><SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=1>Robert G. Williscroft<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><IMG height=1 src=\"http:\/\/old.thedeadhand.com\/aggbug.aspx?PostID=33770\" width=1><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 51px; height: 21px; overflow: hidden;\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-send=\"false\" data-width=\"51\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-text=\"Ch. 01 \u2013 Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish (Part 11)\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D446&amp;title=Ch.+01+%E2%80%93+Power+to+the+Snail+Darter+and+Suckerfish+%28Part+11%29\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/digg.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D446\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/reddit.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Submit to reddit\" title=\"Submit to reddit\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=446\" data-text=\"Ch. 01 \u2013 Power to the Snail Darter and Suckerfish (Part 11)\" data-desc=\"This article is an excerpt from Chapter one in my new book The Chicken Little Agenda \u2013 Debunking Experts' Lies. 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