Sunday, April 1, 2007

Good-Bye To Nature


I am sitting here depressed thinking about the future of our national parks with this $3 billion deal the President made. Public comments are due April 2.They are a specific set of 3 questions you have to answer, so whatever will be happening is pretty much already decided in the big picture. First of all, we hardly have the money to fund his war so were is he getting billions more from? I imagine privately backed big oil has something to do with it. They just can't wait to develop every piece of land left. This deal is a proverbial "wolf in sheep's clothing" for sure. Privatize everything until somebody is rich and the rest of us are screwed! When I camp, I want to see the natural world, not a thousand more campers and RVs packed into an "urbanized" campground. I've been to Yellowstone 90+ times in my life and last year was the first time I ever set foot in any visitor center there. Why go in a building to learn about the stuff when you can go outside and form your own opinions? Heck, read some books before you take a trip to learn some history or geology or whatever your interests are. These places do not need any more commercial expansion. They need to be kept as natural as possible because a lot of these areas are the only remaining habitat for the only remaining animals. It will be a sad world when they are completely gone, except for the ones in cages. This President is dismantling our natural environment from behind the scenes. People focus on the war and gas prices and all the resignations and scandal. He is sitting back comfortably ripping apart all we have worked so hard to save, thinking nobody will notice. Well, I notice.

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