Comments on: Brown: Klamath dam removal deal about “correcting mistakes”

By: Spurwing Plover

Spurwing Plover — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:45:45 +0000

How about if we remove a specific eyesore from the east coast namely the United Nations building and hoiw about removing moonbeam in 2018

By: bob

bob — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 02:39:06 +0000

In reply to desmond. I'm afraid that wouldn't be nearly enough. It would require a retro-active abortion to undo all the harm he's caused.

By: desmond

desmond — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 01:21:34 +0000

If Jerry wants to correct mistakes, he should get some pointers from Dr. Kevorkian’s book. It is time.

By: Diogenes22

Diogenes22 — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:18:11 +0000

In reply to josil. Yes, we should.

By: Diogenes22

Diogenes22 — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:16:35 +0000

Is it possible that Jerry still has some environmental sense left?

By: josil

josil — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:52:40 +0000

In reply to Standing Fast. If "Peior Right" is the controlling ,principle, then perhap we all should leave this earth.

By: Standing Fast

Standing Fast — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:15:50 +0000

Glad to know the out-of-date non-compliant hydro-electric dams are being removed. This is a good thing, long overdue.

Liberty is not about destroying anybody’s livelihood or causing unnecessary damage to the natural world. It is a gift of God given for our preservation, to be exercised as a principle of reciprocity. Property rights are one of a number of rights that must also be in place for any to be fully secure.

As these rights come to us in our nature as human beings, they do not include government guarantees for man-made entitlements from government.

The Yuok tribe was there before other people, and the salmon before them. Precedence implies a prior right. In the Rule of Law tradition, courts have recognized ownership rights of people who have no proof of ownership because legal documents proving such were either never created (in the case of native peoples) or were damaged by fire flood or other calamity.

Rights to water and natural resources also fall into this category. In the case of the Yuroks, fishermen and farmers, they do have the legal documents. And I’m glad the company that owns the dams is not adverse to doing the right thing.