If you don't want to save them you're mean!!
Posted on 06/18/2010 9:26:11 AM PDT by markomalley
While the Obama Administration allows Mexican smuggling violence to shut down thousands of acres of public parklands in Arizona, it’s giving the state more than a million bucks to save an “endangered” rodent.
This inconceivable example of government waste was exposed this week by a major news organization that reveals the feds have given Arizona $1.25 million to build bridges for endangered squirrels to cross over a mountain road. The new structures will keep the squirrels from becoming road kill and will therefore allow officials to monitor their health.
The project is essential because the Mount Graham red squirrels are on the verge of extinction and cars kill approximately five a year near the mountainous area where around 250 of them live. The taxpayer dollars will be used to build rope bridges over the road that runs through the squirrels’ habitat. More than 40 canopy tunnel crossings will be erected at a cost of $400,000 each.
Incredibly, the federal government refuses to allocate the resources necessary to battle the Mexican smuggling violence that has overrun the state. The problem is so severe that 3,500 acres of taxpayer-funded parklands in Arizona have been shut to U.S. citizens out of safety concerns created by Mexican drug and human smugglers. The section of land is part of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge and extends north from the international border for about three quarters of a mile.
There are no plans to reopen the southernmost portion of the 118,000-acre refuge, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which claims that there has never the less been a “significant” decline in violent activity in the area thanks to an increase in Border Patrol presence. A local county sheriff, who saw one of his deputies get shot in the area recently, maintains that the area is “literally out of control.”
Other Arizona federal parks have also been deeply affected by the Mexican violence, forcing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to post strongly-worded signs at various locations warning visitors of the risks. Among them is the Sonoran Desert National Monument, the most biologically diverse of the North American deserts with three congressionally designated wilderness areas and significant archeological and historic sites. A million dollars would certainly come in handy to help save the precious parklands long “endangered” by illegal immigrants.
my BS meter usually hits full-tilt when a rodent has a place name in front of its name and is called endangered.
how is this particular red squirrel different from other red squirrels? It likely is not...just like the San Jaquin River Coho Salmon is no different from the Columbia River Coho Salmon. They just happen to be in different places.
“Millions for Rodents, but not a single cent for enforcing immigration laws!” — Obama Admin., apparently
FIVE A YEAR!?!?!?!?! If the above is true, then violence needs to be done against the perpetrators of this theft from the American taxpayer.
Oh, good grief. Choosing the life of an animal over the safety and security of our nation. Good choice!
Oh. Well maybe if we can prove that the narcotraficantes’ trucks are killing the critters, our government will finally do something about the drug smuggling and human smuggling.
“Incredibly, the federal government refuses to allocate the resources necessary to battle the Mexican smuggling violence that has overrun the state. The problem is so severe that 3,500 acres of taxpayer-funded parklands in Arizona have been shut to U.S. citizens out of safety concerns created by Mexican drug and human smugglers.”
The irony is so thick you could wall up the entire border with it!
Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, state National Guard serves as part of the first-line defense for the United States. The state National Guard is divided up into units stationed in each of the 50 states and U.S. territories and operates under their respective state governor or territorial adjutant general. The National Guard may be called up for active duty by state governors or territorial adjutant general to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.
Though from Wikipedia, I believe this is accurate. My question is, is the expense of such an action the only reason preventing any governor from calling out the state National Guard themselves? Why are we even considering going through this administration when the emergency is so blatant?
This is interesting, can’t be posted...copyright.
Indian reservations on both U.S. borders become drug pipelines
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/16/96003/indian-reservations-on-both-us.html#ixzz0r41LEzA2
If you don't want to save them you're mean!!
Ping!
Yum..... fried squirrel.
Yeah, just five a year. Judicial Watch is a responsible organization, especially after Larry Klayman was kicked out. Tom Fitton doesn’t like me very much, but I think a lot of him.
[Klayman’s a good man in many ways, but a mite fast and loose with his accusations.]
Five squirrels a year. Wow. That has to be more important than millions of human beings.
I had read that the AZ parkland is the size of three counties. We have surrendered three counties to foreign criminals.
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