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September 06, 2007

Your Tax Dollars At Work

Well, at least we know that in Governmentese when they say 'setback' they mean "waste of twenty years and Gawd knows how many dollars"

DENVER - A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado has made little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish, a new study says.

Biologists called the finding a setback and a potential black eye but said there is still hope for restoring the greenback cutthroat trout because at least four pure populations of the fish have been identified.

There is, sadly, no hope for restoring our greenbacks.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at September 6, 2007 12:57 PM

Comments

I guess sometimes you have to figure out when to fish or cut bait.

It's not that I object to my tax money restoring greenback trout. I object to my tax money being wasted by people who THOUGHT they were doing that.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 6, 2007 01:19 PM

This sounds fishy to me.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at September 6, 2007 05:31 PM

And, no matter how you look at it, this is a net loss for all concerned.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at September 6, 2007 05:32 PM

Naturally, the taxpayers are left on the hook.

Posted by: Gunslinger at September 6, 2007 07:35 PM

That tips the scales for me.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 6, 2007 08:47 PM

I'm finished.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 6, 2007 08:48 PM

Y'all are just angling for laughs, aren't you?

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 6, 2007 11:57 PM

No, just carping about government waste.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 7, 2007 06:43 AM

Aw, you're just acting koi.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 7, 2007 08:55 AM

Just trying to be a ray of hope before I retreat to my lofty perch to contemplate life and chant my manta.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 7, 2007 09:19 AM

Just don't sing "Salmon Chanted Evening"

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 7, 2007 11:53 AM

I was actually thinking of doing that for my next gig at the Count Bass-ie Theater.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 7, 2007 12:59 PM

And people tell me I'm perfectly in tuna when I sing.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 7, 2007 01:00 PM

They can't fathom why I abandoned that career. I tell them I just wasn't in the same league as some of the others, so don't try to lure me back.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 7, 2007 01:02 PM

But I bet you do a great rendition of "Mahi Funny Valentine".

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 7, 2007 02:08 PM

"...And people tell me I'm perfectly in tuna when I sing."

I thought they were asking if there was a sturgeon in the house, since someone sounded depthsperately eel.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 7, 2007 02:10 PM

Well, he did have a bit of a haddock...

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 7, 2007 02:23 PM