Julie Smithson: Klamath more than mere 'moment'

Klamath more than mere 'moment'

September 29, 2006

By Julie Kay Smithson, property rights researcher propertyrights@earthlink.net

The piece of work -- "Timidity will ruin Klamath moment" http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?sectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=36618&TM=67776.9 September 28, 2006 -- in the Daily Astorian is rooted in the clouds, with few facts.

* The Endangered Species Act (ESA), in whose name resource providing in America is being extinguished, expired on October 1, 1992. http://www.fws.gov/budget/2007/FY%202007%20GB/21.00%20stwg.pdf

* Congress continues to illegally resuscitate the ESA as though it were still alive. http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/archives/108/testimony/2004/jeffharvard.htm

* Various "poster species" -- from large predators like the "Florida panther" [transplanted from Texas, where, known as a cougar, it earned official varmint status http://www.nps.gov/archive/cave/pdfdocs/C&C7.pdf, Page 1, ninth paragraph] and the "red wolf" [arguably a coyote] "Canadian the salmon in the Klamath to the imported-from-Russia black-footed ferret in the high plains to the "Indiana" bat -- are being used to decimate America's sustainable, independent, property rights and middle class.

* Wild species helped by the Klamath Project -- from migratory birds and waterfowl to the wildlife in the federal refuges downstream from the Project -- would be indelibly harmed by dam removal and the cessation of farming planned by some. http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/archives/108/testimony/2004/billgaines.pdf

Nature is a fickle, ever-changing thing. Those seeking to put nature in formaldehyde dabble in false idolatry, thinking they can stop natural ebb and flow and natural extinction by "preserving" the "environment."

The Klamath Project is the best thing to ever happen to the Klamath Basin since it's creation.

I once wondered if our founding fathers were keenly aware of their opportunities and the times in which they lived, and longed to have been part of the creation of our Christian Republic. Now I have a special opportunity, not unlike those I for which I once yearned. That opportunity is to tell the truth about America's backbone -- her resource providers -- and stand firmly grounded in truth.

Smithson's extensive website is http://www.PropertyRightsResearch.org