Note: This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation.
600,000 people could soon be without water because Pacific Gas & Electric is tired of being sued by environmental nonprofits trying to protect indigenous land, alleges a recent article by UNWON.
“I understand that we want to have social justice, but the whole indigenous land is such a volatile issue and anybody who challenges this idea that this land belongs to indigenous people is called a “racist.” It’s hard to talk about that but the fact of the matter is land changes all the time.”
“ If you want to talk about an imperialist. Look at the history of the Comanches or the Lakota Sioux. I mean, they were merciless to other indigenous people, and they created empires by taking lands and hunting grounds.”
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Your comments on the California tribe demanding control of water flowing through their reservation. Struck a chord with us. We had a small, irrigated ranch in Western Montana and we lost our water right, a right that was perfected over 100 years ago to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT). All the agreements and Congressional Acts that formed the irrigation project and the State Constitution were not strong enough to withstand the corruption of both Democrat and Republican legislators as well as the congressional delegation who conspired to deprive 2400 irrigators of their water rights and the 350,000 citizens in Western Montana of their future use of water from the Flathead and Clark Fork Rivers. This is some 16.5 million acre-feet of water. These politicians wrap their self in the flag of property rights, yet our irrigation water right loss was a 5th Amendment taking at the very least. My wife and i fought this for 9 years. I now live in Idaho because I refuse to live in a state where my property right can be taken so cavalierly. I'll now get off my soap box. Best Regards for a speedy recovery, Jerry and Christine Laskody Daery, ID
First please know that you in our thoughts and prayers as you recover from your surgery. Your insight on current affairs is so valuable to the general public and the political leadership of this country and your wise counsel is needed now, more than ever.
Professor Hanson, Baby boomers are NOT parasites. Liberals are parasites. Liberals of all generations are parasites. Liberals are the ones destroying California. Move away from California into middle America where the large majority of people don't hate America. California has poisoned your mind. For your own sanity, leave California and discover that middle America is still free and does not destroy what previous generations have built.