[blam]

"As to Ted Turner, it figures. IIRC he owns more of Montana's private land than anyone else -- which drove prices up 103 times."

John Malone Becomes The No. 1 (US) Land Owner, Passing Ted Turner

[Condor51]

Interesting, and this will po Ted. Now he'll have to buy more land to be #1 again. Maybe Ted will buy Belgium, or some other bankrupt European 'country' like Spain. :-)

Anyway, good for Malone. That linked article says all that land Malone bought and owns will be open to the public (for hunting, fishing, hiking and such). And when he dies it will be passed down to the public (states) as Conservatories. But unlike Malone, when Ted 'goes' he'll make darn sure his land will somehow stay PRIVATE PROPERTY and off limits to the us peons.

Now I certainly have nothing against Private Property, and even 'No Trespassing' or 'Keep Out' signs. Just when that Private Property is owned by some limousine liberal hypocrite who espouses 'Share The Wealth' -- but at the same time he is guarding every square foot of that land they own with an Armed Security Force that could invade and overthrow Canada.