It is time for the farmers of the San Wakeen valley to go to war with the federal govt

Here is my source for my opening argument. I generally don't give sources for my opening argument, but rather make an opening statement to see what my opponents angle will be. It was a good move on my part as my opponent openly admitted he was going to use samantics instead of substance. Semantics, in my opinion, are just another way of saying "I cant think of a good rebuttal so I will divert attention away from the subject at hand and try and get my opponent off topic and mire them into meaningless drivel. This wont happen in this debate. Here is my source for most of my opening argument: http://online.wsj.com... The San Joaquin Delta did not exist 150 years ago, it was built by man so anything that lives in it didn't live there before. They are there because man built it. They are not indigenous to the area with respect to water not being present before it was built The Delta was not built to support fish or wild life and never was, so anything that might live in it is irrelevant. It was built to transport water for farming and drinking water. It is not a preserve for wild life and to label it as such is preposterous. The Delta consists of a myriad of small natural and man-made channels,, creating a system of isolated lowland islands and wetlands defined by dikes or levees. The total area is around 1,100 square miles, around 70 reclaimed islands and tracts, surrounded by 1,100 miles of levees surrounded by 700 miles of waterways. The Delta was originally marshland. Reclamation was made by the building of levees, by Chinese laborers in the 1850s. A typical levee was constructed as being approximately trapezoidal, 10 ft above original ground level, and approximately 30 ft wide at the base rock armoured on the river side. The construction was a colossal engineering undertaking. The construction did however allow for the introduction of fish of all kinds to live and thrive What is a Delta Smelt? Here is a link that tells you what it is and what are the most likely causes for increases and decreases in population. Ithttp://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov... It seems mother nature is the biggest factor in it's population by way of precipitation or lack there of. It also states that the populations of these smelts very greatly from year to year and also there is no accurate count as to how many there are. How can anyone say they are threatened if you can't count them? And now for your viewing pleasure, months old videos of our worthless congress discussing this issue. As you will see advocates of the EPA and the Endangered Species Act will not do anything but ask for more hearings while this entire region dies. Side note; The smelt is not "endangered" it is now currently labeled as "threatened". Part1 http://www.youtube.com... Part2 http://www.youtube.com... Part3 http://www.youtube.com... What's going on here is criminal and nothing is going to be done. This issue, as you can see from the above videos, will be ignored and prolonged indefinitely in Congress forever and just die away along with the people of that region. There is no alternative for the people of this valley if they are to survive another growing season other than to take control of the water and fight the federal govt and seize control of the pumping stations. The govt could care less about their plight and never will. It is their goal to kill these people a slow and agonizing economic death. Otherwise they would act immediately if it wasn't. Here is reason enough to immediately turn the water back on. It takes only a year of drought (Lack of water) to kill an olive tree harvest in California . It takes 5 to 8 years years to grow from from seed to harvest and it takes a subsequent 3 to 5 years for each additional harvest and 20 years to reach full harvest maturity . These trees can live as long as 500 to 900 years if cared for properly. This crop is irreplaceable it will be gone forever, period. No one will even think of planting any new trees because of our erratic and unreliable and oppressive govt. Say good buy to the olive industry in California. Artificially killed off by our Govt for no good reason. It's OK to kill 150 year old olive trees but it is not OK to kill a smelt that lives for what, a year at most, if that. Now my rebuttals for my opponents last argument: "Sadolite's opening argument reads like a hoax text, and the knowledge that it is not a hoax should be disturbing to anyone who cares about the future of intellectual and political discourse in the United Sates." This is no "hoax." This is going on as we speak. People and entire communities are being killed of every day. No action is being taken. Forcible take over of the pumping stations is going to be the only way to save this region, Months and months have already past and irreparable damage has already been done. My opponent seems to think they can just sit for another year or two and live in squalor while the repugnant govt sits around and bickers about legal E's and procedure. There is no intellectual discussion on this issue. Just worthless, endless, meaningless lip service from a out of touch repugnant federal govt. Contention 1 The people of San Joaquin valley have made pleads to the govt and were told to to freakin bad. The Endangered Species Act was written by "man" and not "god" The repugnant govt doesn't care if their livelihoods are destroyed and the entire region is turned into a dust bowl. (See the vote in the third video.) As you can see an attempt at civil and intellectual discourse was made and the people of the region were rejected. It is also interesting to note that not a single mention of the peoples plight was ever even mentioned or considered by all those who opposed the bill that might have done something to solve the problem. You tell me, what does one do now? You either die or take matters into your own hands. It will be only after civil unrest and violence ensues, that anything will be done from this point forward. And the only killing that will take place will be the jackbooted federal govt killing the farmers. Contention 2 "If the farmers of San Joaquin Valley feel unrepresented or mistreated then they should create a petition, gather signatures, and campaign vigorously for it in congress until their voices have been heard." See all three videos of congress telling them to freakin bad, smelts are more important than people. "They can also run for elected office, if they so choose, and try to advance their position that way." The entire region is already a dust bowl, this will take years to have any effect. It is already to late for this. "Sadolite's resolution is, in my opinion, probably the product of the combined effects of too many red bulls; an almost paranoid mistrust of Government; too many hours of listening to Sean Hannity on the Radio; too many hours of watching UFC; and a serious lack of sleep" An unwarranted and unsubstantiated personal attack, poor conduct and totally and completely irrelevant to the debate. "Why should farmers risk their own lives and the lives of countless innocents in a pointless campaign of violence and bloodshed over a dispute that can almost certainly be resolved by peaceful means? " As I have shown conclusively by using videos strait from congress, not second hand recounts or news sources or blogs but strait from the horses mouth so to speak. Nothing will be done. They should fight and go to war becaise the federal govt is oppressing them and denying them the ability to the most basic fundamental rights under the constitution. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This what our fouding fathers went to war for.