Posted on 09/19/2004 9:25:02 PM PDT by Mo1
I'm just sorry the environment has become such a partisan issue. Pres. Nixon actually made more environmental laws than any other president... clean air, clean water, etc. Now, I can't even go to any public meetings without hearing Pres. Bush bashed. I tried to go to one about national parks, and it was total bait and switch. I was in hostile enemy territory, surrounded by yellowing, elongated, and filthy toenails, a horrid stench, and an angry lynch mob.
Yick.
I get slammed by the local enviros since I advocate Stewardship of teh land.
I.e. removing dead trees and such to prevent hyperdestructive wildfires and controlling pest species such as mosquitos that are completely useless for the food chain.
(Nothing relies on them completely for it's dietary needs. If all mosquitos went extinct here, there would be no ecological collapse.)
You should see and hear the things I get called when I mention either of the above.
;-)
You've just got to check out post #213 on the skull thread. LOL
Are you serious? When do you speak to them about those issues? You are very brave. I think the dead trees should be removed, thinning done, etc. but out here, (apparently from what I've read) only about 2 - 3% of the lawsuits are from enviros, and it's typically the townspeople who don't want to do the thinning. I mean, we've had some serious fires the last few summers, and it all could have been easily prevented...
Ran across them while hiking.
They were 'communing with nature' (necking) and were trying to proselytize about the greatness of nature and the evils of man.
oh, BROTHER
Move to Austin - we love our bats, here...the minor league hockey team is named the Ice Bats.
Cheers, bat lovers.
I need a smiley that's rolling its eyes. That post just takes the cake.
Oh, that is very interesting about Austin! Now that you mention it, I remember hearing some of that. I didn't realize there are so many cat AND bat people here at DD! So, I was preaching to the choir :) Silly me, I forget I am talking to intellectuals since I am so used to dumbing down in our liberal town.
This was an obit in our Southeast Missourian yesterday. May he finally rest in peace.
Unfortunately the people who run it are leftie loonies. They had a study going for years and wanted to implement the plan they had developed. These folks proposed a plan that would close most of the park to humans, while they, the "concerned ones", attempted to return the fauna, flora, species, et al to pre-European settler times!!!!!!
the locals (who love and support the park) got wind of this, over one thousand people showed up to the public meeting, that went 12 hours longer than normal, and only 200 or so people got to talk. They were livid. anger seething towards the loonies.
so the park "tabled" that agenda.....for now. The head rangerette (always some feminazi involved with this kind of stuff) was quoted as saying.....get this....
"I guess they're just not ready to do the right thing"
AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Well.. there was the time the missus and I were out hiking and came upon a couple who were skinny dipping in the creek.
I was SO tempted to grab their clothes and walk off with them....
How dare you ruin the pristine wilderness for us all!
You and your sister have what they call reeeeally dead, reeeeally white, European male ancestors.....
:-)
LOL!
Yes, we do.
*chuckle*
But hey, I at least advocate keeping the woods in pristine un-burned condition.
You need a whole sweater full of buttons to pull it off.
And bumper stickers, of course, a mandatory peace sign.....
and then you have to frown and look really pissed off and angry and mutter......
Hey, I like my venison and quail flash charred.......
That's a great piece Westy....thanks for posting it.
I like mine well charred, I just don't want to burn down most of my hiking trails to do so.
(Though I would toss a few eco-liberals onto the fire just for fun.. but you couldn't COOK over it afterwards..)
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