Re: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1990, now blah blah

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:07:46 -0500

Uh, two things. The lecturing here has little relevance to native fishes.
And second, it's my opinion that the lecturing here has little relevance to
native fishes. If I needed this kind of cranking I'd just waste my time and
listen to AM radio. Thank you.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A

>From: Steffen Hellner <steffen_at_hellner.biz>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1990
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:53:26 +0100
>
> > Today on the Neil Bortz Show the host told the story of two brothers who
>owned
> > a huge tract of land along the Chattahoochee River
> > in Georgia. They spurned offers of millions from developers because they
>were
> > content to live a simple life in a log cabin and
> > selling produce in the local markets- but one of them died and along
>came
>the
> > State and Feds who socked the survivor with a half a
> > million dollar tax bill. So some of the land had to be sold to
>developers
>to
> > pay the death tax. Many large holdings by people who
> > are land rich but cash poor have been split up this way to the detriment
>of
>a
> > rural way of life and also to wildlife habitat since
> > the occupants left alot of it in the natural state.
> >
> > Shortly after the next news break a caller from Florida told how the
>same
>was
> > transfering large tracts from rural families to
> > developers there with great impact on the environment.
>
>Isn4t it weird and disgusting to hear about those stories? Iamre this
>similarly happens everywhere in the world. Free after the famous indian
>word: as long as people think the can live on money they won4t change a
>thing.
etc etc etc
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