California Federal Judge Issues First Ruling On Southern Cal. Water Shutoffs

Judge Oliver Wanger issued a ruling concerning the Fed’s insistence that water be shut off to citizens in the Central and Southern California area in order to provide enough water for fish, claiming authority under the Endangered Species Act.

Brandon Middleton, lawyer for Pacific Legal Foundation, a property rights advocate, had this to say about Judge Wanger’s ruling. Read more

Sorry, No Racist Here

I rarely post political stuff on this blog, unless it directly affects hunting and fishing. I believe illegal immigration fits that bill. As many of you know, for a couple of years now, the maps found in the Game and Fish Regulations indicate a “zone” along the border, with a statement that “Homeland security issues along the international border may affect the quality of a person’s hunt”. Following the passage of SB1070, I was deeply offended to be branded a racist for supporting this law. A drastically shorter version of the following editorial is scheduled to appear in Wednesday’s edition of the Arizona Republic (Mesa edition) ~Desert Rat

Read the editorial here.

Cleaning Up Gulf Oil Spill: Farmers To The Rescue

It’s not really complicated! (This link was sent to me by a reader. Thank you!)

Kerry – Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Bill Rewards Wall Street

Kerry – Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Legislation Rewards Wall Street and Members of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Legislation Powers a Green Investment Bubble

Washington, DC: Responding to the introduction of the American Power Act by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), policy experts at the National Center for Public Policy Research are calling attention to the role big business and special interests played in shaping the bill. Read more

Duke Energy Questioned on Support for Cap-and-Trade

Duke Energy’s Support of President Obama’s Cap-and-Trade Policy to Be Challenged by Stockholders at Company Shareholder Meetings Thursday

Washington, DC: Duke Energy’s Support of President Obama’s Cap-and-Trade Policy to Be Challenged by Stockholders at Company Shareholder Meetings Thursday

Policy experts from the National Center for Public Policy Research are attending Duke Energy’s annual shareholder meeting Thursday to challenge the company’s aggressive support of President Obama’s cap-and-trade policy. Read more

CEOs Defend ObamaCare Support

Johnson & Johnson CEO William C. Weldon Defends Pro-ObamaCare and “Cap-and-Trade” Lobbying; Pledges to Disclose Amount of Company Funds Given to PhRMA to Lobby for ObamaCare

Pfizer CEO Says Sums Given to PhRMA for ObamaCare Lobbying “Not Available” to Him; Volunteers that ObamaCare is “Reasonably Consistent” with Principles Pfizer Advocated

Washington, DC: Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO William C. Weldon agreed Thursday to disclose the exact amount his company gave to the drug lobby group PhRMA to promote ObamaCare, while Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler said ObamaCare legislation adopted by Congress is “reasonably consistent with the principles we advocated” in the health care debate. Read more

Wolf Wars And Media Manipulation By The Left

For far too long the environmentalists/animal rights/anti-hunting groups have had their way with little or no opposition. They have pushed their agendas to the point of serious infringement on the rights of American citizens. Now, with people organizing and groups getting their act together, they are fighting back and the environmentalists don’t like it one bit. They also are not used to opposition. They are, however, quite accustomed to manipulating the media to fight their public relations battles.

Such is the case in the Northern Rockies area where the people are fighting back and now the environmentalists are using the media to demonize those pushing back, painting them as liars, polarizing the issue, misguiding the citizens, etc. Don’t be caught up in this giant media deception.

The Epitome Of The Global Warming Blame Game

Just when you think there’s nothing left to blame global warming on, people can still come up with some real doozies! Consider if you will this list of brilliant deductions concluded by a recent study:

1. When it gets hot outside, people are quicker to anger.

2. People go outside more when the weather is warmer leading to social interaction which could lead to more violence.

3. Changes in weather patterns could lead to poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition making people more violent. Read more

The Trouble With Treaties

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Editor’s Note: Published by Permission of the author.

By Jim Beers

Jim Beers is a retired US Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife Biologist, Special Agent, Refuge Manager, Wetlands Biologist, and Congressional Fellow. He was stationed in North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York City, and Washington DC. He also served as a US Navy Line Officer in the western Pacific and on Adak, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. He has worked for the Utah Fish & Game, Minneapolis Police Department, and as a Security Supervisor in Washington, DC. He testified three times before Congress; twice regarding the theft by the US Fish & Wildlife Service of $45 to 60 Million from State fish and wildlife funds and once in opposition to expanding Federal Invasive Species authority. He resides in Eagan, Minnesota with his wife of many decades.

Yesterday, I wrote a piece titled Confessions of a Treatyphobe. In it I discussed the abuse of the Treaty Power in our Constitution and in so doing I mentioned how I would be glad to debate why the Migratory Bird Treaties with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia were in need of modification and how they might be changed. The result is that, thus far, I have been removed from at least four Christmas card lists and have made formerly sound communications with two other readers, tenuous at best in the future. Read more

Confessions Of A Treatyphobe

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Editor’s Note: Reprinted with permission.

By Jim Beers

“My name is Jim Beers and I am a treatyphobe.”

I grew up in the period of wildlife abundance in the 1940’s and 50’s. From the first time I hunted with my Dad, the dream of spending my life managing and preserving the use and cultural heritage provided by US fish and wildlife was always in my mind.

When I studied wildlife management in college and when I worked for the Utah Fish and Game and then the US Fish and Wildlife Service after a stint in the Navy; fish and wildlife management and use, like American freedoms and the American way of life were still intact. Today, fish and wildlife management and use, like American government, American freedoms, American culture and traditions, and American society are in tatters and on the verge of disappearance. Read more

Phil Jones: Not “Pervert[ing] The Peer Review Process”

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With the release of information contained in allegedly hacked emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia last November, the main question still unanswered by most is whether any of the information formulated in years of study on the climate is valid. Emails seem to clearly indicate there was a conspiracy to withhold data that had been requested through the Freedom of Information Act. Evidence weighs heavy that data was left out, hidden, and/or manipulated to achieve desired results, along with other damning evidence that should make any reasonable thinking person question the results. Read more

CEO Challenged Over Cap-and-Trade Support

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John Deere Executives Challenged Directly Over Company Support for Cap-and-Trade

Challenge Part of a Comprehensive “Pro-Liberty” Strategy to Combat CEOs Who Seek to Profit from Big Government

Washington, D.C.: John Deere executives were challenged at its annual stockholder meeting by representatives of the National Center for Public Policy Research Wednesday. The confrontation came over John Deere’s membership in the pro-cap-and-trade lobby group the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), and John Deere’s support for cap-and-trade legislation. Read more

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