A Must Read

If you get "The Drake" via mail or by the internet you might have already read this short article by Monte Burke titled Junior's Water, if not go to www.drakemag.com and read it. I tend not to be political here and in real life not really radical in my views, except for the environmental issues. This outlines the total hypocrisy of our new president and the views of his son, I do give Jr. some credit, he fishes in public water and stays in his own cabin and not private clubs. Make no mistake our environmental protections are under attack but the result will not be any more business or jobs, and in the end Donald will say "hey I gave you everything you wanted and you failed, all the while our rivers and streams will be filled with crap like they were years ago, thank heavens we have lived in the time frame we have, maybe not the best but at least we have had good water and good land management to be proud of. Makes me want George Bush back again, at least he made sense.
  Now I love the PA Boat and Fish Commission's latest temper tantrum, if you don't give us a raise in license fees we will close hatcheries and decrease stocking, this is just an attempt to make the neck snappers call their local rep's and complain that they will have no trout to catch, why not make some really tough decisions to shrink the offices and not the people who do the work. Maybe selling the hatcheries and buying the trout from them would lower the costs by a huge number. They would pay for fish and not the employees health and retirement costs. I heard this from Sherwin and that boy makes perfect sense when it comes to money. Our State Fish and Game departments care about keeping their jobs and not that much about the resource, hell maybe they will sell a special permit to catch carp or shoot sparrows.
  In any rate just go fishing and listen to the birds, who cares if you catch anything just enjoy being out doors, it may all be gone before you know it, If you doubt me just look around and count the number of dead or dying trees and the absence of honeybees, just saying!