Talkin' With Hugh About ESA

It was a pleasure talking this afternoon on-air with Hugh about the Endangered Species Act. It is semi-exhilarating to have a decent ESA bill clear the house, but only semi, because the Senate looms dark and foreboding ahead.

Hugh thinks Lincoln Chafee will be an brick wall, a Republican in Dem clothing in the all-powerful Environment and Public Works Committee. Hugh suggests funding the heck out of Chafee's primary opposition which is a good idea.

Also targeted is DiFi. She's seen the benefits of habitat conservation plan in her hard work to reach the Headwaters (timber) and Cal-Fed (water supply) agreements. And she's also seen how underhanded and self-interested the enviros can be.

She's also seen their money and gotten their votes.

It'll be a tough fight, but the stakes are high -- nothing short of our life in the West. The hardcore environmentalists are using ESA to attack our water supplies, our power supplies, our schools, our roads. Their mission is to depopulate the west, or at least keep it from growing.

That means they're against my kids and future grandkids. And that means I'm against them.