LAST EDITED ON Apr-24-15 AT 10:10PM (MST)[p]Flatlaner, I pretty much agree, right down your list. Including the paradox regarding folks that hate the Fed and at the same time demanding services from it. Reminds me of ranchers/farmers (many in my own family) and school teachers,( many in my own family) who rail against government of any shape or size, and then b!tch constantly about the size of their subsidizes, price of their milk, the size of their salaries, and their benefits packages. Come on people ................. I can not, no matter how hard I try, understand that kind of logic............oh, lets see, maybe that's because there's no logic there to understand.....it's madness.
Listen, I hate big government, I hate big "bad" government worse, we've had plenty of big "bad" government for a good lone time. Both parties are big and "bad", at the Federal level and some misbehave terribly at the State level as well, including my Republican brothers in Utah. Big government is a blight on the original American experiment. The more cocaine you take, the more cocaine you need and want.
Because I believe that, does not mean I'm opposed to national public multiple use lands, any more than I'm opposed to a national military, a national Interstate State highway system, a national Foreign Affairs Dept. etc. etc. There are some Federal systems that work and some that are down right necessary, for national security etc. That was the reason the 13 fought together and stuck together, though it was difficult for those highly committed to liberty and independent, newly free men, to agree with Washington and others, when they argued that as "united states" we needed "some" Federal systems, to keep the "United", united.
I believe the public lands system is one of those and I willing to add it to the list of good government and wish it would stay Fed.....................because "all Americans" can then benefit from it, and "all American's can each pay a "little" to have it available. BUT IT MUST STAY MULTIPLE USE, or I'm out.
Now, if the Feds will keep it multiple use, like it was before the Fed began restricting access, and "taking it" by allowing the greenies to close access due to "stripped owls" and "prairie dogs", I'm for keeping it under Federal management. I'd rather take the small payment made by every American to keep it viable, as long as all Americans and the Fed understand the payment amount is not static. As the States' needs grow, as the value of the land, in those State's that own it grows, from it's natural recourse and future production that may come from these lands. The States own the land, they "must" be appropriately compensated, so those States can afford to make this land avail to the rest of the country. If that's what we're talking about, under continued Fed management, I'm your huckleberry.
If the Feds and the rest of America aren't willing to step up, pay the bill, even as it gets continually larger, maintain the multiple use concept, as is was original designed, then I'm out, and I'll take my chances with the State managing it.
Why? The answer to why is, why would I?
If the Feds continue to lock me out over sage grouse, snails, tweety birds, ground squirrels, or for "any other reason" be it red rocks, deep holes in the ground, or bubbling mud pots, it may as well belong to the King of Siam or TriState's wealthy African hunting buddies. Given to the greenies or sold to Warren Buffet makes not one bit off difference to me. If I can't park my a$$ on it, at will, it's of "ZERO INTEREST TO ME" I don't care how big the bucks that live on it are, nor do I care if I can gather up thousands of dollars to hunt one of them. Once those bucks go under either system, they're either amusement park features or live stock too me.
It makes no difference to me how big the deer in Yellowstone National Park or on the Alton Ranch are, those deer are worthless and yes, "VALUELESS" to me. Not a damn bit different than looking at a good quarter horse in a pasture. I can see deer like that in a zoo anytime I want, which is not very damn often.
Gone is gone, by bird, by train or by airplane. When it comes to multiple use and the hunting, fishing, etc that goes with it I won't tolerate gone, unless I'm force to, no matter who takes it, greenies, antis, Ds or Rs. Like the chairman of my fan club, piper, says, their all trying stick'en in old 2lumpy right now. True that is boy's, but................it ain't just me that's take'n it front and back.
Can ya feel it now?
DC
