Obama can't swim in the water at the multi-million dollar estate in Martha's Vineyard where his family is vacationing, but he can watch fishermen protest Jane Lubchenco, his appointee to NOAA.
As head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Lubchenco has done everything possible to cut the number of permits for commercial fishing despite increases in fishing stocks.
Her enforcers have been branded as "vindictive" by the US Commerce Department's inspector general and her new model for fisheries converts the system into a commodities market that favors large producers and drives out small boats.
So, while driving the individual fishermen out of business and aiding the formation of "greedy," "uncaring" corporate abusers, the Obama administration is "helping the little guy?"
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