Dear George,
During your 2000 campaign you told us "I know that the human being and the fish can coexist." I thought this would be the one thing I could agree with you on. I thought that no matter how badly you screwed up we would still have a peaceful relationship with the fish once you left office. But now you have went and screwed it all up.
So OK, maybe it was actually Cheney who screwed it up, but either way you allowed this man to become Vice President so you share a big part of the responsibility here.
You see George, here is the
latest news out of Washington:
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), along with 36 California and Oregon Members of Congress, called for congressional hearings on Vice President Dick Cheney's involvement in the political decision that killed 80,000 spawning salmon. They made this request to House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) after a Washington Post investigative report found that Cheney pressured mid-level bureaucrats in the Department of Interior to divert water from the Klamath River Basin for political gain.
"We've known since 2002 that the Bush Administration manipulated science in a perverse and petty attempt to win votes," said Thompson. "Now it appears that this manipulation goes straight to the top. Despite what he may think, Vice President Cheney is not above the law and not above Congress' oversight. We want a thorough investigation of his involvement in the largest salmon kill and fishing disaster in our nation's history."
In 2002, the Interior Department diverted water from the Klamath River Basin to farmers in Oregon, resulting in the death of 80,000 adult salmon. The Washington Post reports that Vice President Cheney called for the damaging water policy to secure the farmer's votes, despite scientific evidence that it would endanger two federal protected species of fish, a violation of the Endangered Species Act.
You see George, if you can't screw something up bad enough yourself someone in you allow someone in your administration do it for you.
When you can't even succeed in your administration's efforts to bring about peaceful coexistence with the fish it is time to go. We can't handle this anymore. What's next you get the birds freaking out at what we are doing to their kind. Oh wait.
Please resign. Now.
Sincerely,
A citizen