"And what of the dolphin who kills the shark, yet eats his fill of
sardines? The problem with sardines is that they are designed to be
eaten....."

See what I mean? Typical Conservative: the sardines are designed to be
eaten, probably designed by God...

Has it ever crossed your mind that they are living creatures, no worse
than sharks? Why then we don't pick on them? They are ugly for one...

Well man, I got news for you, sardines are pretty and they have the
right to cooperate to survive. By the way, dolphins (save for a few)
belong with the little fish because they are smart and also cute.

I think there's another Law of the Jungle that says (or ought to say)
SURVIVAL OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL.

Yep sounds like a hunter and ward churchill fan all right
"Frederick Burroughs" wrote in message
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donquijote1954 wrote:

Darwin proposed the "survival of the fittest." I think he also proposed
"size matters," though this may have been proposed by his wife. And
both laws fit our roads and waterways quite well.


Niche is as important, or more so than competition. While the bass
boaters are restricted to a two or three mile stretch of river behind
a dam, paddlers have a couple hundred miles of quiet, remotely
beautiful and largely unspoiled river.

But, that short stretch of river frequented by the bass fishermen is
an economic engine for the state, with boat registration, fishing
permits and fishing guide businesses.

Let the muthaboaters have their piers and concrete ramps. Paddlers are
happy to have a dirt or graveled pull-off from any state road that
runs near the water. There is little that can rival the beauty of
silently gliding on a waterway unassaulted by the hand and removed
from the noise of man. In fog-shrouded morning or gold and red-hued
evening, these quiet places become transcendent.

A canoe or kayak is the best time machine invented. It takes you into
the distant past (or far future, beyond the reign of man). It is not a
question of survival of the fittest. It becomes an appreciation of
aesthetics, an exercise of our brain's highest functions. No longer
anchored by primitive survival requirements, we progress into levels
of metaphysical beauty. We flow on currents of expanded consciousness.




--
"This president has destroyed the country, the economy,
the relationship with the rest of the world.
He's a monster in the White House. He should resign."

- Hunter S. Thompson, speaking to an antiwar audience in 2003.

Grip wrote:

Yep sounds like a hunter and ward churchill fan all right


The river is my muse. I'd sing songs to her but she takes my breath away.





--
"This president has destroyed the country, the economy,
the relationship with the rest of the world.
He's a monster in the White House. He should resign."

- Hunter S. Thompson, speaking to an antiwar audience in 2003.

Frederick Burroughs wrote:
donquijote1954 wrote:

Darwin proposed the "survival of the fittest." I think he also proposed
"size matters," though this may have been proposed by his wife. And
both laws fit our roads and waterways quite well.


Niche is as important, or more so than competition. While the bass
boaters are restricted to a two or three mile stretch of river behind
a dam, paddlers have a couple hundred miles of quiet, remotely
beautiful and largely unspoiled river.

But, that short stretch of river frequented by the bass fishermen is
an economic engine for the state, with boat registration, fishing
permits and fishing guide businesses.

Let the muthaboaters have their piers and concrete ramps. Paddlers are
happy to have a dirt or graveled pull-off from any state road that
runs near the water. There is little that can rival the beauty of
silently gliding on a waterway unassaulted by the hand and removed
from the noise of man. In fog-shrouded morning or gold and red-hued
evening, these quiet places become transcendent.

A canoe or kayak is the best time machine invented. It takes you into
the distant past (or far future, beyond the reign of man). It is not a
question of survival of the fittest. It becomes an appreciation of
aesthetics, an exercise of our brain's highest functions. No longer
anchored by primitive survival requirements, we progress into levels
of metaphysical beauty. We flow on currents of expanded consciousness.


Beautiful piece of writing indeed, but rather weak in justifying the
lion. Where's that money from motorboats going if not to pay THE
MACHINE, rather grinding I'd say...

Where's the law?

Things get more difficult all the time...

Beautiful day for kayaking. Perfect where I live, since I live here, in
a human jungle, mostly because I can walk to the bay, barely one block
away. So I just walked my kayak there until I heard someone--the park
guard--screaming. "No kayaks here!" "Why!?" I said. "Well,
regulations," he barked back. "But is there any law?" I insisted. He
informed me that the Parks Department doesn't want any legal suit from
people hurting themselves on the rocks... According to that logic, the
medical profession would be banned because you can bring suits against
doctors... And then I asked him if he didn't do anything about a
homeless couple near us, a common sight at the park. He challenged me,
"do they bother you?" And I say they don't bother me in quickly passing
through the park, but they sure scare the average family. In effect,
most of our parks remain no man's land.

Anyway I didn't take "no" for an answer, and I had him call the police.
But, of course, lion helps lion, and I was almost swallowed. And they
say they serve the community... I asked them why they don't take care
of the homeless in the park, and they anwered back that that was a
different issue. Thinking to myself, "shouldn't the issue be a clean,
safe park?" And then I asked, "where's the law that prevents me from
launching a kayak at this park?" They clued me in there's no law, only
the law of the guard, and roared at me to get lost at once or else...
And I say, I know that law, THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE...

NOTE: I called the Parks Department later and they confirmed the
prohibition. So a member of the community trying to have fun out there
is restricted by the "law"; the homeless though got the law on their
side. Where's the law?

donquijote1954 wrote:


NOTE: I called the Parks Department later and they confirmed the
prohibition. So a member of the community trying to have fun out there
is restricted by the "law"; the homeless though got the law on their
side. Where's the law?


A couple of things... Maybe you can utilize the time when the law is
clocked out, say early in the morning or late in the evening? Less
competition at the water hole; predators still in bed, or watching the
evening news. No one is there to even have a 2nd thought.

We are after all moderately proficient and adaptable apes, but
handicapped by a weakness for habit and routine. Break the routine and
niche widens, competition diminishes, boundaries expand, stretch and
become porous. Go to the waters edge before first light and the world
is yours. Use the moon to open unknown universes. **** their 9 to 5 laws.

If you don't have one already, go get a DeLorme atlas for your state.
These atlases show all established public boat ramps and canoe
landings. Our affection for water is unique among apes; from our
heritage towards our destiny. Draw lessons from both shark and
sardine, and territorial ape.





--
"This president has destroyed the country, the economy,
the relationship with the rest of the world.
He's a monster in the White House. He should resign."

- Hunter S. Thompson, speaking to an antiwar audience in 2003.

Frederick Burroughs wrote:
donquijote1954 wrote:


NOTE: I called the Parks Department later and they confirmed the
prohibition. So a member of the community trying to have fun out there
is restricted by the "law"; the homeless though got the law on their
side. Where's the law?


A couple of things... Maybe you can utilize the time when the law is
clocked out, say early in the morning or late in the evening? Less
competition at the water hole; predators still in bed, or watching the
evening news. No one is there to even have a 2nd thought.

We are after all moderately proficient and adaptable apes, but
handicapped by a weakness for habit and routine. Break the routine and
niche widens, competition diminishes, boundaries expand, stretch and
become porous. Go to the waters edge before first light and the world
is yours. Use the moon to open unknown universes. **** their 9 to 5 laws.

If you don't have one already, go get a DeLorme atlas for your state.
These atlases show all established public boat ramps and canoe
landings. Our affection for water is unique among apes; from our
heritage towards our destiny. Draw lessons from both shark and
sardine, and territorial ape.


Well, that's exactly the way I go around it now: when the predators
sleep. Originally I bought a bigger kayak cart that allowed me to walk
3 times as much with ease. But still the launching itself was a pain,
having a seawall and a drop, and stinking water. Still use it before 9
pm because of the predator.

It's unbeliebably beautiful at night and comfortable, at least in the
summer, and I have some islands around that offer the right reward: NO
JUNGLE.

Closing to motorboats one day a weekend, not a bad idea for other
places. But they are already complaining. Well, the happy polluting
family can alway get their big fat arse on a kayak...


Rough water ahead for motorboats

Amanda Fehd
June 22, 2005
A proposal to close Emerald Bay to private motorboats for one day each
weekend in July and August because of exhaust pollution has boating
enthusiasts asking a lot of questions.

The plan is part of shorezone requirements that have been 15 years in
the making by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, which regulates
environmental policies at the lake.

Largely overlooked, the issue could become more controversial as the
agency prepares to approve its final shorezone regulation - a decision
repeatedly delayed because there hasn't been consensus.

Research has found high levels of exhaust pollution in the bay - the
same pollution that significantly decreased in other areas of the lake
after the agency banned two-stroke engines in 1998.

Emerald Bay has become a hot spot of carcinogens and mutagens produced
by fuel combustion, said Colleen Shade, chief of the planning and
evaluation team for the agency.

The watercraft community sees the move as another means to chip away at
the rights of boaters on the lake, who fought a long battle when the
ban on two-stroke engines was proposed and eventually passed.

"The theory in the boating community is that they hope to eventually
ban power boats altogether in Lake Tahoe," said Ron Williams, owner of
a 76-fleet power boat rental company, Tahoe Keys Boat Rental. He spent
$200,000 converting his jet ski inventory to four stroke when the
two-stroke ban took place.

Agency spokeswoman Julie Regan acknowledged there is a demand for areas
in the lake to be non-motorized, but said the "TRPA has no interest in
banning all motorized watercraft on the lake.

"We understand that boating has an important history here, and that
it's always been a part of life on Lake Tahoe."

But Williams said he's starting to see a pattern in how the agency
handles problems.

"The TRPA likes to arbitrarily take away rights from the citizens and
the community and a lot of times, they come up with these half-baked
ideas," Williams said.

"Rights come with responsibility," said Regan. "We have a duty to
encourage recreation that is environmentally sustainable. You can love
a place (like Emerald Bay) to death. You can ruin a resource if you
don't manage it correctly."

Tour boats such as the M.S. Dixie would still have free reign in the
bay under the proposals. The paddlewheelers are already heavily
monitored, said Regan. In addition, the closure would not affect
canoes, kayaks, and sailboats.

Implementation is a long way off, said Regan. The TRPA Governing Board
would have to vote on the document and the earliest pilot project would
be next summer.

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/art...News/106220028

"Frederick Burroughs" wrote in message
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Niche is as important, or more so than competition. While the bass boaters
are restricted to a two or three mile stretch of river behind a dam,
paddlers have a couple hundred miles of quiet, remotely beautiful and
largely unspoiled river.

But, that short stretch of river frequented by the bass fishermen is an
economic engine for the state, with boat registration, fishing permits and
fishing guide businesses.

I won't wear my politics on my sleeve on a recreational boating list --
that's a bit like discussing religion and politics at a dinner party of
acquaintances. Seems rude, but that's how my Daddy brought us up.

Anyhoo, it seems that stereotypes are a decent substitute for thinking.
Bass boaters routinely whiz past me as I start my paddle trip, giving me a
kind of a "sheeee--yit" look as they turn their hats backward for the
high-speed run, squirting a jet of tobacco juice in my general direction,
with a disdainful look at my PFD. Theirs, of course, is stylishly zipped on
to the back of the barber chair on their bass boat. Off they go to conquer
the fearsome largemouth, leaving the yuppie wimp in their wake.

It would be easy to be ****ed off at them if they didn't look so damn funny.
When I get close enough to a bass boat with the motor off so I can hear
myself think, I ask how much they charge for a haircut. Few of them get the
joke. But sometimes I swear I can hear the bass in the livewell chuckling.

Maybe they're laughing at me for stereotyping bass-boat fishermen.

"Bob the Cow" wrote in message
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Anyhoo, it seems that stereotypes are a decent substitute for thinking.
Bass boaters routinely whiz past me as I start my paddle trip, giving me a
kind of a "sheeee--yit" look as they turn their hats backward for the
high-speed run, squirting a jet of tobacco juice in my general direction,
with a disdainful look at my PFD. Theirs, of course, is stylishly zipped
on to the back of the barber chair on their bass boat.

I've never had any trouble with boating fishermen, just the opposite in
fact. Usually wind up having a short but pleasant conversation about how
nice it is out on the water without a care in the world. Now the
recreational boaters (water skiers and your general yahoo jetskier) are a
completely different story...

-Don Freeman

"Bob the Cow" wrote in message
et...

as they turn their hats backward for the high-speed run, squirting a jet
of tobacco juice in my general direction,


A gay friend of mine once said that he could think of only one reason for a
man to wear his baseball cap backwards. I guess he was wrong.