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The Farmer and the Fish
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News Headline
"Farmers Lose Fight for Water to Endangered Fish"

An unbelievable situation
has developed in this nation
in California's San Jouquin Valley
37,ooo or more of our farmers
out of work standing in line
for hours for food where
they used to farm their crops

Their water supply was turned off
because a group of environmentalists
won a fight that ordered  their sources
of water be shut down due to fears that
irrigation would harm an endangered species
of fish, the 2 inch delta smelt


Farmers ,  losing their land, their crops, and their
livelihood, all because of a two-inch fish,is
hard to comprehend, and
Govenor Schwarzenegger's appeal to the
President ,for help has been ignored

Probably because a deal with China
To supply the food our farmers used
to do, makes them not needed anymore
this is a situation that must be stopped
We can make a difference, please
write to the white house,address below
and include your email address.

Just ask him to  turn on the water for the
farmers of San Jouquin Valley!

President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW;
Washington, DC 20500;

 
Remember ,most of the produce you eat
is from our own farmers in the San Jouquin
Valley,don't let other countries put our people out of work!

Thank you!

etw

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "The Farmer and the Fish"
Reviewed by Roger Ochs
Reviewed on September 25, 2009
Sorry Dear. I have no sympathy for people who try to farm in an area without sufficient water. It reminds me of those who build homes on flood plains then bemoan their losses.

Reviewed by Sheila Roy
Reviewed on September 19, 2009
Thanks for this story, Eileen. Very informative.
Sheila

Reviewed by Edwin Larson
Reviewed on September 19, 2009
I've been following this story a long time. Its good that it finally is getting some press as it affects us all. It's crazy really...just another case of deeply entrenched radical extremists from the top on down, who are intent on destroying our country. Thanks for this !!



Alot more info if you google; the valley that hope forgot

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on September 19, 2009
Perhaps some big homcho came with the idea of drying up the Californian farms which need Mexican laborers expecting all the "illegals" to take a hike when jobs dried up, and what happen to the American Californians? who cares, they haven't cared for them for a long long time!

Georg


Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS SITUATION...I WILL READ BOTH SIDES OF THIS COIN BEFORE COMMENTING. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
How sad this is Eileen...although I'm an American, I have lived abroad for the last 9, almost 10 years....and although I try to keep abreast of what is going on and I do vote in every presidential election, I wasn't aware of this. Thank you, Eileen.

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
This is environmentalism on steroids.

Reviewed by Cindy Tuttle
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Since I live in California I really appreciate this Eileen. I agree!

With Love,
Cindy

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Eileen,
I'm not aware of this issue, I'm far away and an outsider, but common sense alone tells me this is seriously silly and wrong. Well said!

John

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
i wrote to the government about 6 months ago addressing this very issue ... it was brought to my attention by an acquaintance living in the vicinity ... the extreme environmentalists and the federal government are a*holes ... but what else is new ... we're all bonzos on this bus ... your poem addresses this issue quite competently ...

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
You can write all you want, the King is not about to do anything about it. He is of the same ilk as the environmentalists. This is not the first time something like this has happened. It will not be the last. Nero is fiddlin'.

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
I am certainly an animal lover, but what I am most of all is a human. We must put our common sense in play before we become the endagered species.
Thanks Eileen for shining some light on this.
I'm also sure that there is just like you said, a political reason behind it all.

Lisa

Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Maybe we can get the spotted owls to eat the smelt. Patrick

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Wow another wonderful change from Obama. He's not going to be the Teflon kid like Clinton was. Real change is in the air. Stay tuned!

George

Reviewed on September 18, 2009
He is an absolutely poor excuse for a human being, let alone, a president of our nation. Let's impeach him; we need to run him and his lot outta town!

Sad! God help us all!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :(

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Sad. Very, very sad indeed. But what else can we expect from such an Obamanation?

Reviewed on September 18, 2009
Consider it done, Eileen, but I doubt he'll listen to us: going to do whatever he wants to do. Sad.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
When Michele and me vacationed in Oregon, in May, we were amazed at what a dust bowl central California is turning into in various areas. You are correct chum - the secondary canals in places (at times right off of 5) were as dry as a bone. And there were signs up everywhere, in those affected areas, bemoaning this unfortunate policy.
Blessings ...


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