4th generation Tulelake rancher Lucky Ackley opinion on Klamath Basin water shutoff 041621

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4th generation Tulelake rancher Lucky Ackley's feelings on Klamath Basin water shutoff

April 16, 2021

						
						I have took a long time to comment on the man made 
						disaster that my fellow farmers and ranchers are facing 
						in the Klamath Basin. Its so hard to put into words. 
						Anger is the first emotion that has worked its way into 
						our lives. Anger at this tyrannical government, anger at 
						the socialist "science" that has decimated the farming 
						and ranching community. I have never understood how a 
						person with no respect, no understanding, can look down 
						on us with true disgust and play with us like a mean kid 
						and a microscope on ants. WE ARE NOT BENEATH YOU. YOU 
						WORK FOR US. This is one of many problems that we face. 
						The government has lost all sense of itself. This 
						country has lost all since of itself. We as a community 
						are good. We take what is provided to us by God's great 
						wisdom and turn it into food, fiber, and meat. All of 
						which the socialist masses could not survive without. I 
						would love to see one of you eat that battery in your 
						new electric car. 

						
						The second emotion that has settled into our daily lives 
						is uncertainty. We have lost control of our dreams. We 
						don't know what is in store for us. But make no mistake 
						we are a tuff bunch and we will not go away quietly. We 
						will have our day in the sun when the socialist masses 
						are hungry. Keep taking our water. Keep encroaching onto 
						our farmland. Keep removing cows from the grasslands. 
						Keep removing loggers from our forests. We will out last 
						you. If there is one thing that I know for certain, you 
						need us more than we need you.

						
						My final emotion is hope. I hope that someday very soon 
						we finally get the respect and admiration we all 
						deserve. This is not a easy way of life. Beside all the 
						government BS that we have to work around. Mother nature 
						can be hard to understand and not always is she kind. 
						But we still soldier on. I hope that the future 
						generations will not have it so hard. I hope they are 
						respected for the job that they do.

						
						Finally I would like to say there are a lot of good 
						people always pulling for us. Lots of meetings and 
						endless hours away from their families and farms. For 
						you! We all know who they are. So if you bump into one 
						of them just say thanks. We may not have got the outcome 
						we all wanted but it was not for a lack of trying from 
						our side. It was the lack of the socialist government 
						officials not giving one single thought about us. We 
						don't matter to them as much as a fish. But smile 
						someday soon we will be all that matters. God bless and 
						hold tight. We will win this battle because we are on 
						the good side of things.

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