You can’t have both
Mutations are supposed to be the factor that causes new genetic material to be present to cause an offspring to evolve. The problem with this idea is that mutations are never observed to be beneficial and actually decrease the viability of the organism in which they exist. The mutant is always weaker, deformed or unable to reproduce. We know this, that is why doctors screen for these things and encourage an abortion when they are found. You can’t have it both ways, if you really believe that mutations are beneficial and variation in species is good, then true Evolutionists should be against abortion.
Stacey Salvadori, Hidden Valley Lake
A hitch in time
First off, let me say that I like hitch. They are very tasty when sautéed in olive oil and served with a garlic/white wine sauce. They are also good pickled, ground into a paste and spread on crackers.
But seriously, folks, if we try to restore their habitat we have to catch every bass and catfish in the lake, blow the dam, get rid of all the houses within at least ¼ mile from the shore and outlaw all boats, swimming and fishing.
In addition, we will have to stop all farming and grading near any creek that flows toward the lake, fill in all of the septic tanks and abandon the Geyser Sewer Project so the water sinks back into the aquifer. We would also have to get rid of all the vineyards to keep fertilizer runoff from entering the lake. Shall I keep going? I think you’ve got the idea by now; if you don’t move to Marin!
I think a better way to deal with the fertilizer runoff into the lake would be to grow marijuana using hydroponics. With the warm water temps, ample sunshine and abundance of fertilizer from the runoff, we could plant the entire shoreline. Besides, helping the local economy by providing “meds” to all of the “sick” people, it would eliminate the fight over who and where you can grow, choke out the weeds and starve the algae, and give all the little sons of hitches some place to hide from those big, mean old bass.
Jim Smith, Kelseyville
