Clacka, Clacka, Clacka, Clacka, Clacka

Have you ever had the opportunity to listen to a huge amount of shrimp clacka, clacking in the ocean? I have, while in the submarine service, and let me tell you they can make a racket way beyond the sound you can listen to in the link provided.

I thought of this, today, while reading Forbes.com’s article, titled “Crustacean Nation," noting that the Bush Administration, rather than encouraging free trade, has decided to levy tariffs against foreign shrimp, at the behest of the Southern Shrimp Alliance.

Thanks, for nothing, Bush Administration, as this will only cause the price of shrimp to rise.

As for the Southern Shrimp Alliance, their reasoning for pushing for tariffs is so much trumpery, designed to fall on ignorant ears, that I can hardly stand it.

"The middlemen--importers and distributors--have “absorbed $4.5 billion” instead of passing along savings to consumers, says Deborah Long, a spokeswoman for the Tarpon Springs, Fla.-based Southern Shrimp Alliance."

Right, the Southern Shrimp Alliance cares about us poor consumers, and not a hoot about the $4.5 billion importers and distributors have “absorbed.”

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