The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.

One sign at the United We Fish rally at the Capital summed up the feelings of recreational and commercial fishermen.
This announcement comes at the time when the situation supposedly still is “fluid” and the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force still hasn’t issued its final report on zoning uses of these waters.

Just think, his term isn’t even half over yet. Imagine all the insanity he can do in the mean time.

One of my favorite songs from the excellent Brother to Brother album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. A much under-appreciated talent who is very original. I remember when that record came out, it got a lot of play. He’s since turned to jazz, which is not surprising as he is not really a pop artist. Brother to Brother was his most commercial work.

One of my favorite songs, even though Lee Marvin isn’t much of a singer. It was a hit song in the late 1960s. My uncle took me to see this movie when I was a kid. It’s from Paint Your Wagon.