Migrant Whales: Can Lou Dobbs save us from them? Updated (with fishing poll)
Wed May 30, 2007 at 02:45:45 PM PDT

Dam!
That's no typo. We need to dam our damned river deltas at their gaping mouths before any more of these so-called "Wayward" whales sneak into our pristine rivers and completely clog them.
How long will it be before folks in Minnesota are needing ever bigger fish hooks, and our Walleye population is on the verge of extinction because of these monsters? How high-test will our line have to go before America wakes up to this threat?
All this, a-hem, dare I say, foolish talk a of compromise on some sort of "comprehensive" migration plan is endangering the sovereignty of our Nation's waters
Lest any of the Radical, so-called "Save The Whale" activists accuse me of being "species-ist," or my arguments of being specious for that matter, I will state for the record, right here, that I categorically deny that.
I am married to a mammal, and a big one at that.
It is not Whales that I object to, whether their backs be humped, or wet, or what have you. I have been to Sea World on multiple occasions, and have enjoyed the so-called "diversity" these creatures bring to our aquariums when they have come to our shores and marinas under adequate sponsorship and supervision.
Waited their turn, if you will.
This invasion of our sovereign shores constitutes something altogether different, and is already putting our great nation in jepordy, in my humble opinion.
Not only are these illegal migrants already putting stress on our veterinary system, by bringing untold infections and diseases (If we report this, it will be a fact!):
-they have their own language and show no real interest in
learning to speak the common language of our native
fish population....
-they threaten to overcrowd our schools of fish
-they drive up water levels
-they deplete our plankton
Worst of all, we cannot even hope for our elected representatives to address this invasion. They have all but given them blanket amnesty with their scurrilous "Endangered Species Act"
and their "Marine Mammal Protection Act" while at least one state, Hawaii has gone so far as to make it unlawful to approach a humpback whale in Hawaii within 100 yards (90 m), or operate an aircraft within 1000 feet (300 m).
Fortunately, true Americans rose up to fight this invasion by lining the banks of the Sacramento River in a spontaneous attempt to drive these whales back to where they came from. Who is to say whether or not it was the show of strength thru their numbers, the flashes from their digital cameras, the incessant banging of pipes under water, or the threat of Bull Connors-style fire hoses aimed in the direction of the unwelcome Humpbacks, but these two have been persuaded to turn back.
Sadly, their change of heart did not come before "Delta" and "Dawn" became cause celebs, and I fear that without drastic action on the part of our government, this may represent only the beginning of an invasion of catastrophic proportions.
I mean, have you seen the size of those things?
We simply must do something to protect our shores, and make it clear we will not tolerate these illegal migrants.
We must be vigilent, and at the ready to implement whatever techniques have worked thus far, including firehoses, if need be.
It has to start at our unprotected ports and harbors, and this can only be accomplished by DAMMING Them!
Damn them all to hell!