“Bladder Pods” – We Won!! But Did We?

“Bladder Pods” – We Won!! But Did We?

By Leon Howard

Diana and I were at the meeting when farmers ‘ponied-up’ the money for the University of Idaho to do the DNA testing of this weed, the “bladder pod” -  It was obvious the Fish & Wildlife would rather spend $600,000.00 to steal land rather than spend $5,000.00 on a DNA test that would give them facts to bring to the table.

We knew in our hearts this was another ploy to destroy the Columbia Basin agricultural base; part of the U.N. Agenda 21 scheme to return the majority of Washington state to it’s wilderness state of the dinosaurs and wooly mammoths. We knew their ‘junk science’ couldn’t stand up to true scientific scrutiny and we were right! The bladder pod found throughout the United States is all from the same family of weeds; there’s nothing “special” about and there is no need to ‘protect’ them here or elsewhere … So, we won! Didn’t we?

Who knows at this time but the Fish & Wildlife “Service” hasn’t conceded yet and we won’t have an answer for 6 months! Is that stupid or what? They try and steal land with junk “science” and when confronted with irrefutable scientific evidence, they have the audacity to say, “We will take this into consideration.” What the heck does that mean?

Having been in one fight or another with the federal government since 1964, it tells me they are looking for a way to deny the science so they can steal the land. Doc Hastings trusts them to do the right thing; perhaps Doc’s been there too long because he appears to be buying into their ‘clap-trap’ rhetoric.

But we do not have the luxury of ‘trusting’ the untrustworthy because this is our land and our food they want to take from us! We must be relentless on this because this is but the beginning of a fight to the death of us or the bureaucrats! There are more of us than there are of them.

We must continue to write letters to Doc Hastings; he must know we do not trust Fish & Wildlife “Service”, the E.P.A., and every other federal agency that seems to want to enslave us, take away our lands, and our God-given freedoms. We should continue to flood the Fish & Wildlife “Service” with letters challenging their junk science, shove the real science down their throats to force them to make the right decision. Yes, the “Comment Period” is over but who cares; let’s bury them in paperwork!

As free men and women, we must challenge every decision or proposal put forth by federal agencies and be prepared to ‘pony-up’ money to have real science make these determinations. Why don’t the citizens of Thurston County have DNA testing done on the Mazuma Pocket Gopher, comparing it with pocket gophers from around the nation and shove it down the throats of the county commissioners of Thurston County? There needs to be real science to condemn private lands; not just the opinion of some biologist that the gopher is unique because it has the largest genitalia of any gopher. Where did they come up with that? Who went out to measure the Mazuma gopher and which gophers did they compare it to and how many total gophers in the ‘study’? I think the biologist that foisted this “theory” needs to find work someplace else! This stupidity has ruined several lives and destroyed citizens property rights. The “Spotted Owl” is another travesty to Washington and Oregon economies with more ‘junk science’ leading the way.

Have you had enough yet? I certainly have!! Keep your powder dry!

Needless to say, the farmers and the Farm Bureau are fighting this but they need help. You can write letters and donate money:

Put bladder pod on the memo line of your check and mail to:

Franklin County Farm Bureau 

30 Aries Dr. 

Pasco, Washington 99301

Addresses to write the letters to:

Proposed Listing Address:

Public Comments Processing

Attn: FWS-R1-ES-2013-0017

Division of Policy and Directives Management

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Dr., MS 2042-PDM

Arlington, Virginia 2203

Critical Habitat Rule Address:

Public Comments Processing

Attn: FWS-R1-ES-2013-0012

Division of Policy and Directives Management

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Dr., MS 2042-PDM

Arlington, Virginia 22203