The Valley Hope Forgot

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" It. -- The water. Tonight. -- gonna hear from some of the politicians who are fighting on the half of the citizens in this -- We'll also talk to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and we'll even hear from and environmentalists. Who is actually defending the government's decision. That are responsible for drying up this once fertile area but the first. We're joined by two people who have gone to great lengths to shine the light on this crisis. Comedian activist Paul Rodriguez radio talk shows okay."

" And -- miles -- they can't get in hopes came out of that. Well first of all you -- you've been in this now -- fight this battle it has been going on for far too long there has been a natural drought. But they have all this water that is sending to the ocean rather to the -- is because of the little delta -- can -- explain that what's going on."

" I'm glad you're here because I have nothing have a mile away from my prayers there's a canal that's full for the bread and water can be anything that might actually -- you feel -- that I. -- should be fertile right now."

" You know I know in my heart that. That's what the American farmer we don't realize and I know why I had no part of America who doesn't win you help help -- me simply because whenever our."

" Our enemies get into trouble if North Korea right now we're to have an earthquake I want the first playing well beyond that -- with me there they'll announce that."

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" What -- we do for ourselves about what had. You are the farmers that have sustained the entire country -- per decade we have generations of farmers hearing got. And then losing their farms we have hundreds and hundreds of thousands of acres. We literally have I met people earlier that now are on phone lines because their farms have been shut down."

" That's the next to me is the part of it is the most immoral thing about all of this we really are and bread -- of the world we've seen the world. -- goes to Third World countries and helps people. It -- their main staples we -- everybody here and here we have our own scanning and and food lions -- and the food is coming in crates that say product of China. I mean. A."

" In the government for a rebate when asking why haven't we don't -- yeah."

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" Decided to call yeah. And by the way we won't hold it against -- you you supported Barack Obama brings up. I would I would like to put aside politics because of Barack Obama. Allows tells his environmental extremist. In his administration. To stand down and turn the water rod. You'll get the first credit from me okay so like why have you reached out to the president and it won't --"

" I -- right behind you we have -- that we wrote to the current administration. Saying we realize you came in at a time when you can have an all your windows. You can't we'll give you the benefit -- doubt I still have respect for the office of the president. But behind -- signed by every single mayor of every community in the San Joaquin Valley I think that should get."

" It's compatible."

" Tangible -- just had a point of this guy that is some -- that is such an environmental extremists. That he wants the ban hunting and he says that animals."

" That's what."

" This is why I know that the people who who who are comfortable margin usually the littlest -- You don't wanna making -- up until legend here because -- the very -- help -- to find -- And I and had been that he's the undersecretary. Of -- of the interior curious that Salazar came out right."

" They have nothing nothing haven't -- up. What -- you got."

" advantage -- President Obama never visited here when he was running any never visited here since he knows what's happening here he -- his people out. He make promises I take it."

" They get the big issue here on the Katrina got unfair but one of them but this really comes out when I don't know we've explained this well enough but in the course of this program was gonna get into the specifics of this. Literally the environmentalists didn't the Interior Department they've all made a decision. That that for example the water can be pumped here but we're here to defend this little two wins delta smelt fish. They have decided that the farmers comes second and the -- tires."

" I can finally recently my -- I believe that maybe the president hasn't the last few days I'm giving them the benefit Donna how long -- get the benefit yeah. How much time but I still hold hope that not only he would he would look at document you know I mean. But but that doesn't have a we have no other choice but the screen well."

" but we've got literally we've gotten. We have the evidence of farmers now that have been providing food in some cases for generations passed on from generation to generation they're waiting for -- how much longer do we have to wait before they turn a --"

" It back ironically environmentalists who -- development and growth this what farmers do with their land and can't find -- anymore they sell it to people who -- house is on and it's it's in this is what we're -- people put -- business. The only way they can make money yeah."

" They would not water -- to my house."

" It's of the San Joaquin Valley will bottom dollar that the most fertile that this is case of the -- McCain and the most fertile well -- this guy you would see."

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" More if you look at the actual title of everything that will tell love -- here --"

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" This apparently got a -- public -- I -- I want you and Paul you voted for Barack Obama maybe a little ole. I want you look at -- camera right there. And you talk to the president that you voted for the guy that's promised hope and change what do you say I don't. Yeah look how --"

" Rhetoric and look at a dilemma we don't want you stimulus alone we didn't do anything wrong we did everything right. We move more food than anybody else. With -- water. And for the reward let's get a lot of rough --"

" And coming up we have."