10.41 East Derby.
Backtracking to yesterday: Went out once again for some eco work in the name of A.T.W.A. and as usual had a very very productive event. I have made a very unusual alliance with a State Dept of Conservation Official - who takes his job very seriously. This most recent trip - the third one in three consecutive days - was strictly focusing on the river banks around O'Sulivan's Island - removing fishing line. I did not see the poor Loon who I saw the evening before who appeared to be in distress... perhaps it is ok... otherwise I pray it went easy... perhaps in it's sleep. It's always heart breaking because the wild-life do not realize that some of us are trying to help them. Perhaps it is better this way... because as a whole - people are very mean and cruel.
I was given an article yesterday which showed a picture of a Harbor Seal in the Twin Forks area of O'Sullivan's Island. In the article which accompanied it, there is mention of a pissed off fisherman - refering to this interesting animal as "that thing"... nice, huh ??Good thing I was not there... fisherman would have wound up in the bay as well...
20.48
Overall, I feel good about the work I am doing... but I also feel sad because it is still a complete solo venture. I still get no backing or support with the exception of the Adopt-a-Spot program and the City's Public Works Dept. All these so called enviro groups ?? They only cared about my donations. And what about the Defenders of A.T.W.A.?? Nothing but silence... so perhaps it's time I let them go as well.
20.53
On a side note: the main reason why I set up a site here on Blogspot was because I needed a profile here to become a team member of the Col's "Official" Blog - which obviously - I'm not welcomed there either. W.T.F.?? Is everyone that afraid of hearing the Truth ??
I should be back out fighting my one man war against those who pollute our earth and harm our wild-live on both Monday and Tuesday of next week.
-Earth...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Housatonic River dispatch
21.42 East Derby.
Took the Old Town Predator K-140 out for a 7.5 hour trip today down the mighty Housatonic... from Derby to Sikorsky AC and back. The trip itself was wonderful - it's always good to be out on the water but the amount of trash on the river banks south of Derby is biblical to say the least. Where is the HVA when it come's to this matter ?? Nowhere - because I used to try to clue them in to many problem area's I would find - which in turn would be kicked right back to me - nice huh ??
Trip was very un-eventfull until I was back at O'Sullivan's Island. I decided to make a pass inbetween the "twin forks" when I found what appears to be a sick or injured loon. I looked at the poor guy for quite some time - I am always suspicious when I can get right up close - and I realized that something was / is wrong with it's legs. Because the area was full of fly fishermen - and nightime was closing in - after some carefull monitoring - I determined that this poor creature could get around on it's own - but cannot fly - why I do not know. Is it maybe a baby loon ?? I do not know - but I will be back tomorow to pay the loon another visit... Interestingly enough, I also saw a beautiful duck who was also acting kind of strange - I was able again to get within 10 feet - which is normally impossible to do - same with the loon, that never happens - so I will have to further investigate. Where are the C.W.R.A. folks ?? Probably with the H.V.A. people... I need to find out what the fuck happened with my C.W.R.A. membership - because if anyone should be trained in wildlife rehab - it should be me...
I'll be back here tomorrow.
- Earth...
Took the Old Town Predator K-140 out for a 7.5 hour trip today down the mighty Housatonic... from Derby to Sikorsky AC and back. The trip itself was wonderful - it's always good to be out on the water but the amount of trash on the river banks south of Derby is biblical to say the least. Where is the HVA when it come's to this matter ?? Nowhere - because I used to try to clue them in to many problem area's I would find - which in turn would be kicked right back to me - nice huh ??
Trip was very un-eventfull until I was back at O'Sullivan's Island. I decided to make a pass inbetween the "twin forks" when I found what appears to be a sick or injured loon. I looked at the poor guy for quite some time - I am always suspicious when I can get right up close - and I realized that something was / is wrong with it's legs. Because the area was full of fly fishermen - and nightime was closing in - after some carefull monitoring - I determined that this poor creature could get around on it's own - but cannot fly - why I do not know. Is it maybe a baby loon ?? I do not know - but I will be back tomorow to pay the loon another visit... Interestingly enough, I also saw a beautiful duck who was also acting kind of strange - I was able again to get within 10 feet - which is normally impossible to do - same with the loon, that never happens - so I will have to further investigate. Where are the C.W.R.A. folks ?? Probably with the H.V.A. people... I need to find out what the fuck happened with my C.W.R.A. membership - because if anyone should be trained in wildlife rehab - it should be me...
I'll be back here tomorrow.
- Earth...
Monday, March 24, 2008
O'Sullivan's Island Dispatch
19.45 East Derby.
Got back early today - out only maybe 2.5 hours doing river clean-up strictly around O'Sullivan's Island and in the creek / pond area since it was high tide...
Enough time has gone by where I now know it was proper of me to resign from the H.V.A. folks - I actually sent them a couple of replies - to which there response is: NONE. So, at least I know where I stand once again...
Tonight I will call Jane. I think Jane is starting to like the idea of us spending time together - and I look so forwards to meeting Alyssa as well... we will have oodles of fun together - I can just feel it in the air. Today's trip was great. Got quite a bit of trash out of the river, way more than usual... and had to deal with the usual jerks - but they weren't too bad today... just stupid kids doing stupid thing's because they don't know the difference.
So, today I covered O'Sullivan's Island. Tomorrow I will cover south to - and possibly beyond the Merrrit Parkway Bridge. Wednesday - perhaps make it up to the Derby Shelton Dam... this way the entire area is complete.
19.52
For my 43rd birthday, Barefoot Debbie gave me a beautiful original poem called "The River in Spring. It completely sums up the way I feel and I find it most inspiring...
I should be bck up here on Wednesday evening.
All The Way Alive,
- Earth...
Got back early today - out only maybe 2.5 hours doing river clean-up strictly around O'Sullivan's Island and in the creek / pond area since it was high tide...
Enough time has gone by where I now know it was proper of me to resign from the H.V.A. folks - I actually sent them a couple of replies - to which there response is: NONE. So, at least I know where I stand once again...
Tonight I will call Jane. I think Jane is starting to like the idea of us spending time together - and I look so forwards to meeting Alyssa as well... we will have oodles of fun together - I can just feel it in the air. Today's trip was great. Got quite a bit of trash out of the river, way more than usual... and had to deal with the usual jerks - but they weren't too bad today... just stupid kids doing stupid thing's because they don't know the difference.
So, today I covered O'Sullivan's Island. Tomorrow I will cover south to - and possibly beyond the Merrrit Parkway Bridge. Wednesday - perhaps make it up to the Derby Shelton Dam... this way the entire area is complete.
19.52
For my 43rd birthday, Barefoot Debbie gave me a beautiful original poem called "The River in Spring. It completely sums up the way I feel and I find it most inspiring...
I should be bck up here on Wednesday evening.
All The Way Alive,
- Earth...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Goodbye HVA Today / O'Sullivan's Island Dispatch...
23.10 East Derby.
Well, it's official. I have resigned as a member of the Housatonic Valley Association due to very personal reasons including how they seem to have a very different adgenda than I was hoping they would when I first joined late last year. I guess I knew this already when I took Jenifer Gunther out for a tour of the area and I could sense that she really wasn't into it at all... The real upsetting thing was how this trip never got any mention on their website - due to I'm told because of too many thing's going on at once and not enough staff - which I could very easily accept - except that someone spent some time to make sure the annual golf tournement would be posted. Yeah - like that's gonna save animals and the enviroment - I don't think so - but Lynn has a business that she needs to run - and I must say that she does a good job at that. I was reviewing all the I.R.S / Tax info - and was most impressed.
23.15
So today I turned 43 and I spent a good portion of it doing land based work cleaning around and in the ponds of O'Sulivan's Island - which is always a good thing to do. The beavers will thank me I'm sure... speaking of the beavers - they are really going to town as far as taking down tree's go. I was told this past Sunday that they are doing so because they ( the beavers ) want to flood out the entire area to get rid of the worst invasive species of them all: Humans. Now how cool is that !! I love the beavers and applaud their effort if this is the intent.
Yesterday I kayaked down towards the evil defense factory in Stratford and checked thing's out - everything was quiet for the most part. Not too many sign's of life except for a Great Blue Heron, a couple of Hawks, maybe an Osprey, and a few buzzards and crows, loads of ducks... oh - and one of those silly black dicing ducks ( loon ) oh he was extra silly - he tried to fly off a former pier and went "plop" right into the river before being able to take off - the poor thing. He did not say anything to me.
The previous day ( Sunday ) I spent in the canoe cleaning inside the twin forks of O'Sullivan's Island while also fielding questions from passer-by... a very productive day indeed - felt real good that I am not the only one thinking as I am about the ecology butI am still the only one doing something about it...
23.25
That's about it for this week. Need to check up on A.C. and see what she is up too. I'll be back out doing my thing after Easter...
- Earth...
"Air Trees Water Animals"
"All The Way Alive"
Well, it's official. I have resigned as a member of the Housatonic Valley Association due to very personal reasons including how they seem to have a very different adgenda than I was hoping they would when I first joined late last year. I guess I knew this already when I took Jenifer Gunther out for a tour of the area and I could sense that she really wasn't into it at all... The real upsetting thing was how this trip never got any mention on their website - due to I'm told because of too many thing's going on at once and not enough staff - which I could very easily accept - except that someone spent some time to make sure the annual golf tournement would be posted. Yeah - like that's gonna save animals and the enviroment - I don't think so - but Lynn has a business that she needs to run - and I must say that she does a good job at that. I was reviewing all the I.R.S / Tax info - and was most impressed.
23.15
So today I turned 43 and I spent a good portion of it doing land based work cleaning around and in the ponds of O'Sulivan's Island - which is always a good thing to do. The beavers will thank me I'm sure... speaking of the beavers - they are really going to town as far as taking down tree's go. I was told this past Sunday that they are doing so because they ( the beavers ) want to flood out the entire area to get rid of the worst invasive species of them all: Humans. Now how cool is that !! I love the beavers and applaud their effort if this is the intent.
Yesterday I kayaked down towards the evil defense factory in Stratford and checked thing's out - everything was quiet for the most part. Not too many sign's of life except for a Great Blue Heron, a couple of Hawks, maybe an Osprey, and a few buzzards and crows, loads of ducks... oh - and one of those silly black dicing ducks ( loon ) oh he was extra silly - he tried to fly off a former pier and went "plop" right into the river before being able to take off - the poor thing. He did not say anything to me.
The previous day ( Sunday ) I spent in the canoe cleaning inside the twin forks of O'Sullivan's Island while also fielding questions from passer-by... a very productive day indeed - felt real good that I am not the only one thinking as I am about the ecology butI am still the only one doing something about it...
23.25
That's about it for this week. Need to check up on A.C. and see what she is up too. I'll be back out doing my thing after Easter...
- Earth...
"Air Trees Water Animals"
"All The Way Alive"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
O'Sullivan's Island Dispatch...
20.09 East Derby.
Ok - The times they are a changing - I've had 3 incidents back to back now while doing my ecological work on O'Sullivan's Island - with today's being the icing on the cake: I had 2 drunk "wigger's" fuck with me a little - they were really wasted on Bacardi Rum - to the point of being capable of doing something really stupid... My mistake was I crossed by them not once but twice. I was actually going back to do more work by the ponds when I suddenly got the idea that I had better turn around and leave. Of course - the 2 fools were heading right towards me - to where I was thinking about possibly taking some direct action on them. Luckly for me - I didn't have too... I bullshitted my way right through this situation safely and also without disrespecting either of them - so - a happy ending for all.
New News:
Rhonda - who is a woman from Middletown - may be going out with me on the water soon. She seems interested but is not yet committed - which is fine. I need to work on her a bit and also with a woman who goes by "Barefoot Debbie". Barefoot Debbie actually lives in Derby so she'll be easy - it's just a matter of our schedules sync'ing up.
Updates:
Today: Did not go out on the river - current was not as swift as yesterday or Sunday - but opted instead to do some more land based work. Got quite a bit accomplished in the pond area's of O'Sulivan's Island. Cleaned up alot where the beaver's live. Yesh !! I found their home - and it is huge !! I hope nobody else comes across it... it's pretty neat - it has tunnels which connect one pond with a stream I go through when the tide is high. Must admit the beavers are very industrious and cleaver too. I will have to carefully monitor their area at least once a week from now on. Spoke with a fisherman who "get's it" - one of the very few... We spoke about how the Housatonic Valley Assoc. is actually doing more harm than good. He is also against any further development as far as fishing piers, etc... Saw some hippie photographer who I thought would be cool - he turne out to be stupid - so I gave him my "people are the problem" mantra. He is typical. Like's to report - but won't take direct action. I have no time for those who won't get involved...
Yesterday: Did land based work on the eastern fork of O'Sullivan's Island - as expected - retrieved quite a bit of trash. Spoke with a fisherman - one of the rare few who understands the big picture. He is a friend of the guy mentioned above. We spent time talking about all the problems which are occuring on O'Sullivan's Island with the trouble makers acting up - be it that they are on drug's or drunk or just out for trouble.
I sent an email to Ken Hughes detailing these past couple of days.
If you want a slightly different slant on this latest post - go to: http:earthboundatwa.wordpress.com
Be Safe - Be Aware - Be "All The Way Alive"...
- Earth...
"Air Trees Water Animals"
Ok - The times they are a changing - I've had 3 incidents back to back now while doing my ecological work on O'Sullivan's Island - with today's being the icing on the cake: I had 2 drunk "wigger's" fuck with me a little - they were really wasted on Bacardi Rum - to the point of being capable of doing something really stupid... My mistake was I crossed by them not once but twice. I was actually going back to do more work by the ponds when I suddenly got the idea that I had better turn around and leave. Of course - the 2 fools were heading right towards me - to where I was thinking about possibly taking some direct action on them. Luckly for me - I didn't have too... I bullshitted my way right through this situation safely and also without disrespecting either of them - so - a happy ending for all.
New News:
Rhonda - who is a woman from Middletown - may be going out with me on the water soon. She seems interested but is not yet committed - which is fine. I need to work on her a bit and also with a woman who goes by "Barefoot Debbie". Barefoot Debbie actually lives in Derby so she'll be easy - it's just a matter of our schedules sync'ing up.
Updates:
Today: Did not go out on the river - current was not as swift as yesterday or Sunday - but opted instead to do some more land based work. Got quite a bit accomplished in the pond area's of O'Sulivan's Island. Cleaned up alot where the beaver's live. Yesh !! I found their home - and it is huge !! I hope nobody else comes across it... it's pretty neat - it has tunnels which connect one pond with a stream I go through when the tide is high. Must admit the beavers are very industrious and cleaver too. I will have to carefully monitor their area at least once a week from now on. Spoke with a fisherman who "get's it" - one of the very few... We spoke about how the Housatonic Valley Assoc. is actually doing more harm than good. He is also against any further development as far as fishing piers, etc... Saw some hippie photographer who I thought would be cool - he turne out to be stupid - so I gave him my "people are the problem" mantra. He is typical. Like's to report - but won't take direct action. I have no time for those who won't get involved...
Yesterday: Did land based work on the eastern fork of O'Sullivan's Island - as expected - retrieved quite a bit of trash. Spoke with a fisherman - one of the rare few who understands the big picture. He is a friend of the guy mentioned above. We spent time talking about all the problems which are occuring on O'Sullivan's Island with the trouble makers acting up - be it that they are on drug's or drunk or just out for trouble.
I sent an email to Ken Hughes detailing these past couple of days.
If you want a slightly different slant on this latest post - go to: http:earthboundatwa.wordpress.com
Be Safe - Be Aware - Be "All The Way Alive"...
- Earth...
"Air Trees Water Animals"
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Housatonic River / O'Sullivan's Island Dispatch...
22.43 East Derby.
Wow - a very productive 3 days... backtracking to Sunday: Took the "JeniferLynn" out on a river clean-up project which basically covered the Housatonic River from O'Sullivan's Island north to the Derby Shelton Dam. Trip was very productive... very productive - in the sense that this is the first time I've been able to make it there in quite some time since the Stevenson Dam was not discharging any water but seriously - retrieved quite a bit of litter and left the area satisfied. Looked at the Shelton Canal for quite sometime and still could not imagine high density housing in it's place... this is one fight I hope the HVA puts maximum effort into. I later spent quite sometime around where the Naugatuck flows into the Housatonic once I saw that my work for this particular mission was complete. The view was spectacular - I always love sunsets and the period of time afterwards before it becomes completely dark. When I returned to the boat launch I saw a very curious sight: A white 55 gal drum was floating down the river. These thing's always look erie at night. What was even spookier was the blue 55 gal drum used for rubbish at the boat launch full ablaze. Of course I was the only one there - which always adds an extra element of caution when something's not right. Lucky for me - there was a huge plank of wood which I put the fire out with - then doused it with ice cold river water from my bailing pail... As a side note - later that night we responded to a suspicious porch fire in a new development near the Hotchkiss Hose. Hmmmm... makes me wonder just what is really going on... On Monday, I took out "Temperance" for a long trip south towards Sikorsky AC and as luck would have it - I left later than desired but got as far as I could regardless due to the stron winds out of the south. I made it within a half to three quarters of a mile of Sikorsky BUT managed to do a fairly good clean up effort along the way - too and from if I may so add... Today - I walked around O'Sullivan's Island and retrieved quite a bit of litter without even trying... which made me rather sad. I saw a couple of beavers in different locations - I wonder how they are doing this winter... did not see any other sign's of life except for birds ( ducks, heron, sea gulls, sparrows, buzzards... ) and I made a special extra observation to make sure they were all intact - meaning no missing legs, etc...
22.53
I'm so happy that Morning Glory responded favorably to my friend request - she is someone I greatly admire... X ( aka Noel ) sent me a nice reply via the Defenders site inquiring about how I am... next time I will have real good news for her... which of course is good news for me - from me... nothing like keeping it real...
22.56
Sent Ken from the Adopt-a-Spot an update - he did not reply - which is very unusual for him... hope all is well on his end.
That's it for this week as far as my missions in the name of ATWA is concerned - I'll be back in action on Sunday - Please Stay Tuned !!
All The Way Alive,
- earth...
Air Trees Water Animals...
Wow - a very productive 3 days... backtracking to Sunday: Took the "JeniferLynn" out on a river clean-up project which basically covered the Housatonic River from O'Sullivan's Island north to the Derby Shelton Dam. Trip was very productive... very productive - in the sense that this is the first time I've been able to make it there in quite some time since the Stevenson Dam was not discharging any water but seriously - retrieved quite a bit of litter and left the area satisfied. Looked at the Shelton Canal for quite sometime and still could not imagine high density housing in it's place... this is one fight I hope the HVA puts maximum effort into. I later spent quite sometime around where the Naugatuck flows into the Housatonic once I saw that my work for this particular mission was complete. The view was spectacular - I always love sunsets and the period of time afterwards before it becomes completely dark. When I returned to the boat launch I saw a very curious sight: A white 55 gal drum was floating down the river. These thing's always look erie at night. What was even spookier was the blue 55 gal drum used for rubbish at the boat launch full ablaze. Of course I was the only one there - which always adds an extra element of caution when something's not right. Lucky for me - there was a huge plank of wood which I put the fire out with - then doused it with ice cold river water from my bailing pail... As a side note - later that night we responded to a suspicious porch fire in a new development near the Hotchkiss Hose. Hmmmm... makes me wonder just what is really going on... On Monday, I took out "Temperance" for a long trip south towards Sikorsky AC and as luck would have it - I left later than desired but got as far as I could regardless due to the stron winds out of the south. I made it within a half to three quarters of a mile of Sikorsky BUT managed to do a fairly good clean up effort along the way - too and from if I may so add... Today - I walked around O'Sullivan's Island and retrieved quite a bit of litter without even trying... which made me rather sad. I saw a couple of beavers in different locations - I wonder how they are doing this winter... did not see any other sign's of life except for birds ( ducks, heron, sea gulls, sparrows, buzzards... ) and I made a special extra observation to make sure they were all intact - meaning no missing legs, etc...
22.53
I'm so happy that Morning Glory responded favorably to my friend request - she is someone I greatly admire... X ( aka Noel ) sent me a nice reply via the Defenders site inquiring about how I am... next time I will have real good news for her... which of course is good news for me - from me... nothing like keeping it real...
22.56
Sent Ken from the Adopt-a-Spot an update - he did not reply - which is very unusual for him... hope all is well on his end.
That's it for this week as far as my missions in the name of ATWA is concerned - I'll be back in action on Sunday - Please Stay Tuned !!
All The Way Alive,
- earth...
Air Trees Water Animals...
Sunday, March 2, 2008
...so where do we go from here ??
11.19 East Derby.
Ok - it's been a little while since my last post due to my day job taking over for a bit... So here's what's on my mind:
Firstly, this whole deal with the fish ladder on the Derby Shelton Dam... I can't believe what a mess this is causing. From what I gather - it appears that the current owners of the hydro plant were told back in 1965 that a fish ladder would be required as part of the deal. For starter's - I find it incredibly hard to believe that back then - when the rivers would be opaque orange or some other dreadful color from all the factory pollution - somebody was mandating a fish ladder. Now - keep in mind that I am a friend of the fish and consider those who fish for them criminals but there is something called evolution. Of course this could easily be turned into an argument justifing mankinds eco destruction of mother earth but we are supposed to know better. What will a $2,000,000 fish ladder accomplish ?? Good Question... especially since I do not know how they actually work. Will it make thing's even easier for the Eagles and other raptor type birds like Hawks and Ospreys to get a nice meal?? I'm told that quite a few fish perish while tring to make it up past the dam... which in turn become part of the food chain which in essance keeps the ecology somewhat balanced. My friends at the Housatonic Valley Association scare me at times. I'll let them know about suspect factory discharges into the river - and I'm told I'm on my own. Yet they make such a huge ordeal about so called "envasive species" which are taking over. Well, what about the biggest and most destructive envasive species of them all - PEOPLE ?? Well, since people give them donations, I guess people are ok in their eyes. I am enraged to see that O'Sullivan's Island will be further developed - especially when you consider it used to be the Valley Fire Chiefs Assoc Training Grounds. Ok... the fire school gets condemmned due to all the 55 gal drums filled with toxic waste which was burried below the ground after the flood from Hull Dye. Now they say that it's ok for public usage ?? W.T.F. I mean there is such a double standard here - and of course there is talk about bulldozing yet another area down to build a new fire school - well, what was wrong with the old one ?? Oh... it did not bring in enough tax dollars. So back to the dam issue... the owner now wants to fill in the Shelton canal so he can build high density condo's or some such bullshit so he can raise the funds for the fuckin fish ladder. The scary thing is this might actually pass because Shelton LOVES any kind of development because it bring's in more $$$. Jenifer Gunther composed a vry passonate plea which I stumbled upon on Google about how the HVA is against this filling in of the canal project and gives very legit reasons why. Very good Jen, I'm proud of you... but are you still going to push the issue of the fish ladder because with out one more invasive species like sea gulls and other fish eating beats will roam around the area ??? If we really want to save the fish - ban fishing.
My neighbors are now moving. Some bastard turned them in for running a landscaping business. Ok - I'll admitt - their place looked terrible - but they were still good people. Now they have to leave. So much for the Amerikan dream... I can't wait to see who buy's it next. And if they decide to knock down the barn and garages and put up a duplex - I will fight that like no tomorrow...
How about fuel going up to $4.00 a gallon soon ??? Gotta keep Exxon Mobils profit$ on the rise... I don't see anyone taking action there. I am but in a subtule way - I'm getting my bicycle back on the road, fuck big oil... Did you know that the Judge who had to preside over the Valdez Oil Spill lawsuit was almost in tears because Exxon Mobil has to pay out $3.5 billion dollars for all the eco destruction that occured in Alaska ??? Well, 3.5 Billion Dolars is only about 3 weeks work of profits for big oil Exxon - so don't feel sorry for them. First the bastards with the power tried to tell us that we do not have enough refineries due to increased demand - then the scumbags decided to tell us it's due to huricane Katrina that the prices need to go up. Bushshit... it's all about corporate greed - which beinfits all those who are tied in with the Amerikan government... nice - huh ???
So where do we go from here ??? Good Question. What does one do when those you trust turn out to be very different than expected. Who can one believe or trust today when our own leader's - even on the local level - continue to decieve and lie to their people ???
It's time to take direct action instead of sitting back and either believeing all is well or all will be taken care of by "W" et al...
- You watch... if a democrat gets the White House - they will take the blame for everything "W" et al. have done in the last 8 years. If a Republican wins - yes he will have to pick up the ball and run the same pattern's of his previous leader but he will not take the blame for all the ills of society today.
So what are you going to do ?? I know what I'm going to do... today and tomorrow I will do my river clean up and wildlife monitoring project. I will get my bicycle ready for commuting. I will not renew my membership with the HVA folks. I will also continue to be very outspoken whether here or out on the street. It's like oral sex. It's a dirty job - but somebody has to do it.
- Earth... "Air-Trees-Water-Animals" "All-The-Way-Alive"
Ok - it's been a little while since my last post due to my day job taking over for a bit... So here's what's on my mind:
Firstly, this whole deal with the fish ladder on the Derby Shelton Dam... I can't believe what a mess this is causing. From what I gather - it appears that the current owners of the hydro plant were told back in 1965 that a fish ladder would be required as part of the deal. For starter's - I find it incredibly hard to believe that back then - when the rivers would be opaque orange or some other dreadful color from all the factory pollution - somebody was mandating a fish ladder. Now - keep in mind that I am a friend of the fish and consider those who fish for them criminals but there is something called evolution. Of course this could easily be turned into an argument justifing mankinds eco destruction of mother earth but we are supposed to know better. What will a $2,000,000 fish ladder accomplish ?? Good Question... especially since I do not know how they actually work. Will it make thing's even easier for the Eagles and other raptor type birds like Hawks and Ospreys to get a nice meal?? I'm told that quite a few fish perish while tring to make it up past the dam... which in turn become part of the food chain which in essance keeps the ecology somewhat balanced. My friends at the Housatonic Valley Association scare me at times. I'll let them know about suspect factory discharges into the river - and I'm told I'm on my own. Yet they make such a huge ordeal about so called "envasive species" which are taking over. Well, what about the biggest and most destructive envasive species of them all - PEOPLE ?? Well, since people give them donations, I guess people are ok in their eyes. I am enraged to see that O'Sullivan's Island will be further developed - especially when you consider it used to be the Valley Fire Chiefs Assoc Training Grounds. Ok... the fire school gets condemmned due to all the 55 gal drums filled with toxic waste which was burried below the ground after the flood from Hull Dye. Now they say that it's ok for public usage ?? W.T.F. I mean there is such a double standard here - and of course there is talk about bulldozing yet another area down to build a new fire school - well, what was wrong with the old one ?? Oh... it did not bring in enough tax dollars. So back to the dam issue... the owner now wants to fill in the Shelton canal so he can build high density condo's or some such bullshit so he can raise the funds for the fuckin fish ladder. The scary thing is this might actually pass because Shelton LOVES any kind of development because it bring's in more $$$. Jenifer Gunther composed a vry passonate plea which I stumbled upon on Google about how the HVA is against this filling in of the canal project and gives very legit reasons why. Very good Jen, I'm proud of you... but are you still going to push the issue of the fish ladder because with out one more invasive species like sea gulls and other fish eating beats will roam around the area ??? If we really want to save the fish - ban fishing.
My neighbors are now moving. Some bastard turned them in for running a landscaping business. Ok - I'll admitt - their place looked terrible - but they were still good people. Now they have to leave. So much for the Amerikan dream... I can't wait to see who buy's it next. And if they decide to knock down the barn and garages and put up a duplex - I will fight that like no tomorrow...
How about fuel going up to $4.00 a gallon soon ??? Gotta keep Exxon Mobils profit$ on the rise... I don't see anyone taking action there. I am but in a subtule way - I'm getting my bicycle back on the road, fuck big oil... Did you know that the Judge who had to preside over the Valdez Oil Spill lawsuit was almost in tears because Exxon Mobil has to pay out $3.5 billion dollars for all the eco destruction that occured in Alaska ??? Well, 3.5 Billion Dolars is only about 3 weeks work of profits for big oil Exxon - so don't feel sorry for them. First the bastards with the power tried to tell us that we do not have enough refineries due to increased demand - then the scumbags decided to tell us it's due to huricane Katrina that the prices need to go up. Bushshit... it's all about corporate greed - which beinfits all those who are tied in with the Amerikan government... nice - huh ???
So where do we go from here ??? Good Question. What does one do when those you trust turn out to be very different than expected. Who can one believe or trust today when our own leader's - even on the local level - continue to decieve and lie to their people ???
It's time to take direct action instead of sitting back and either believeing all is well or all will be taken care of by "W" et al...
- You watch... if a democrat gets the White House - they will take the blame for everything "W" et al. have done in the last 8 years. If a Republican wins - yes he will have to pick up the ball and run the same pattern's of his previous leader but he will not take the blame for all the ills of society today.
So what are you going to do ?? I know what I'm going to do... today and tomorrow I will do my river clean up and wildlife monitoring project. I will get my bicycle ready for commuting. I will not renew my membership with the HVA folks. I will also continue to be very outspoken whether here or out on the street. It's like oral sex. It's a dirty job - but somebody has to do it.
- Earth... "Air-Trees-Water-Animals" "All-The-Way-Alive"
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