Comments on: Thank Sean Hannity For Getting One Thing Right

By: kcrystale

kcrystale — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:37:39 +0000

JUST CLONE THE DANG FISH! AND OR FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THEM FROM BEING SUCKED IN!

By: ieatfood

ieatfood — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:54:16 +0000

Without inspections, a lot of products would come cheap. Melamine melon anyone?

By: dfbdfb

dfbdfb — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:15:59 +0000

Aquafornia (http://aquafornia.com) is a better place to turn for information about the ongoing water issues in California. The Fresno Bee is unfortunately not able to fully report all sides (based on its location and reader expectations). For example, it does a poor job of mentioning or reporting that the water allotments differ based on water rights and water contracts. Westlands happens to have no actual water rights of its own and relies on water contracts with the Federal government. Farmers in the adjoining district have water rights senior to the Federal government and will get 100% of their water this year. Non-environmentalists also have some lingering doubts about the numbers given for jobs lost due to the pumping restrictions. Aquanomics has more. http://aguanomics.com/2009/08/fish-or-foreclosu... Other posts pull state and federal numbers on job losses such as: http://aguanomics.com/2009/05/simulations-vs-re...

Hannity is right to put a spotlight on the issue but he needs to present a truly balanced view that covers all of the sides and subplots. After all, even the California Supreme Court has acknowledged that “the scope and technical complexity of issues concerning water resource management are unequaled by virtually any other type of activity presented to the courts.” Environmental Def. Fund, Inc. v. East Bay Mun. Util. Dist., 26 Cal.3d 183, 194 (1980).

By: prusso

prusso — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:47:06 +0000

Fresno unemployment levels mapped:

http://www.localetrends.com/metro/fresno_califo...

By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:10:35 +0000

Did you know that we can import food cheaper than we can grow it here?

By: APR

APR — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:25:59 +0000

Jerry, wasn't really commenting one way or another on your column, sorry if it comes across that way. More just a comment on Sean Hannity's simplistic right vs. left view of the world.

By: APR

APR — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:25:02 +0000

How about we not grow all of our food crops in places that are dependent upon irrigation water? Valuable farm ground in the east and Midwest has basically been devoted to industrial (and heavily subsidized) crops and sprawling suburban development, leaving areas like Florida and California to produce most of the real food in the country. The jist from the column here is that there isn't enough water to go around, not the darter that just happens to be native to the area, and is clearly suffering from the abuse of the water systems by humans in that region.