Oh...oh. I live next to Idaho. The place is a mess. This is not good.
"Dirk understands that those who live closest to the land know how to manage it best..."
If he means "geographically closest," then he's full of shit. The people who live geographically closest to national lands are usually too economically invested in the surrounding areas to clearly see any of the issues.
Like many governors in the West, he has pushed for greater state control over management of endangered species and for greater payments to landowners facing losses brought by the law's restrictions.
The landowners to which this refers are by and large those who face livestock losses from the reintroduction of wolves--for which they are already compensated fairly.
He also sued the Bush administration over a decision initially made by the Clinton administration to reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho's Bitterroot Mountain Range. Kempthorne's opposition led the Bush administration to withdraw the plan, according to statements from Interior Department officials.
He fought the Clinton administration's decision protecting federal wilderness from road builders and helped resolve one of the largest water-rights claims in the West, involving the Nez Perce Indian tribe, the state and the federal government.
*bangs head on keyboard* This guy is an ass. I've watched him for awhile now. I was sort of hoping he would be restricted to Idaho.
I'm wondering if it will be two days or three days after he's in office before he starts handing park land to developers _and_ giving them millions for past inconveniences. Not the first day, he'll be too busy cashing in all of those bribes from lobbiests. Just look at his environmental record in Idaho, his decisions are entirely based on who has the biggest wallet.
it should be noted that all of my friends who lived in Idaho moved out in the last three years, and they're _all_ better off for it.
I keep wondering when the american people will revolt, and yet they never do. *sigh*
You have to remember, The Idiot's exit plan for Iraq is the Second Coming. And since Jesus should be here Any Minute Now, it doesn't make a whit of difference what we do to the planet either.
Sometimes I wish I was still religious so I could cut a deal with [Divine Entity] to be there when The Idiot gets judged. Just as an observer.
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Date: 2006-04-13 10:59 pm (UTC)"Dirk understands that those who live closest to the land know how to manage it best..."
If he means "geographically closest," then he's full of shit. The people who live geographically closest to national lands are usually too economically invested in the surrounding areas to clearly see any of the issues.
Like many governors in the West, he has pushed for greater state control over management of endangered species and for greater payments to landowners facing losses brought by the law's restrictions.
The landowners to which this refers are by and large those who face livestock losses from the reintroduction of wolves--for which they are already compensated fairly.
He also sued the Bush administration over a decision initially made by the Clinton administration to reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho's Bitterroot Mountain Range. Kempthorne's opposition led the Bush administration to withdraw the plan, according to statements from Interior Department officials.
He fought the Clinton administration's decision protecting federal wilderness from road builders and helped resolve one of the largest water-rights claims in the West, involving the Nez Perce Indian tribe, the state and the federal government.
*bangs head on keyboard*
This guy is an ass. I've watched him for awhile now. I was sort of hoping he would be restricted to Idaho.
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Date: 2006-04-13 11:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-13 11:58 pm (UTC)it should be noted that all of my friends who lived in Idaho moved out in the last three years, and they're _all_ better off for it.
I keep wondering when the american people will revolt, and yet they never do. *sigh*
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Date: 2006-04-14 12:54 am (UTC)Hey, c'mon... The guy's a mountain biker. You can't get any closer to nature than that without buying an SUV!
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Date: 2006-04-14 10:16 am (UTC)You have to remember, The Idiot's exit plan for Iraq is the Second Coming. And since Jesus should be here Any Minute Now, it doesn't make a whit of difference what we do to the planet either.
Sometimes I wish I was still religious so I could cut a deal with [Divine Entity] to be there when The Idiot gets judged. Just as an observer.
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Date: 2006-04-14 12:00 pm (UTC)Unless you fall off your bike as often as Dubya does...
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Date: 2006-04-14 05:14 pm (UTC)--Jer