Maggie's Farm

I've never really been interested in boating, but I had some friends who would go water-skiing on the Ohio River. The whole subject of boating is going to become very contentious. Very soon. At issue is the fact that our most important species of marine fish like tuna, and salmon, and cod have been over-fished. Fish stocks world-wide have collapsed to less than 10% of their former level. So we'll have to place a global moratorium on ocean fishing, or face an ecological disaster. In practical terms, that means the Japanese, and Chinese, and Russian, and Indonesian fishing trawlers must come out of the water. And American trawlers as well. The fishermen in other countries will probably try to defy the moratorium, which means that we'll have to start sinking their fishing boats. That's a wildcard; because there's no telling how foreign governments will respond. But we don't have any choice: all ocean fishing must be brought to a complete stop. If we don't accomplish that task, then there will be an ecological disaster which would wipe-out the entire human race. So it's better to think of the ocean protection project as "Mandatory." Not "Voluntary." Look at this crop circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP0WH-MzPHA

Do you know what it says? It says that if we don't straighten-up, were going to get our asses handed to us on a silver platter.

What we are really facing is the end of the ocean business. The ocean can't tolerate fishing fleets, cargo ships, cruise ships, naval sonar, small private fishing boats, or even military ships, like aircraft carriers. All of that stuff will have to be eliminated. That's a shame, but it's better than the end of the human race. We also need to stop farm run-off. No more nitrogen, or pesticide, or sewage, or anything may flow into the rivers or the oceans. But farmer's are an uncooperative bunch, so we might have to close a lot of farms, while we're taking boats out of the water. That's just the way it is. The world is going to be divided into two kinds of men: those who are responsible adults; and those who are not. The men who get in the way are enemies of the human race. In this fight, there are to be no quarters asked, and none given. Our survival depends on it.