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Show welfare in the form of public lands for private consumption. Snippets from Jerry's piece and comments: If there's little wisdom to the rest of what the government is up to environmentalism, for all its warts, is astonishingly smart in the long run. Go ahead, will hate it Shoot at it But I rest easier knowing that my bankrupt be standing over my grave thanking me for leaving exactly one nice thing: a clean and charming landscape here and there. great-grandki- load sheriffs deputy ... OJne of the federal cope decided to detain on I smell a story with two sides if not a silly rumor. Nonetheless, Jerry is right. When government authorities start competing for the same turf no good can come of it off-du-ty society is a strange enterprise. Unless you're Obeying the law in today's in a coma, no one, but no one, goes through a day of his life without breaking laws. If s like walking across town without stepping on cracks. But, in the spirit of community, you don't have to obey laws, really. You merely have to honor the spirit of law. Where I come from, the sheriff sets the tone of local enforcement. This is militia movement gospel, by the way, and it makes perfect sense if you are blessed with the right sheriff. You must have a sheriff as wise and as respectable as Roger Mill ward, sheriff of Teton County, Wyoming. Few places are as blessed. A sheriff who specializes in selective enforcement, the Declaration of and a general ignorance of the classics won't And me taking his side when the Feds start Independence; for example poking into his turf. When annoying laws are passed, honor their spirit and danged if they aren't easier to live with. Or vote out the bastards who passed them. If you can't vote them out, you're in the minority, at which point you are screwed because it turns out you don't like democracy. If it is allowed to go on things could get ugly .... I hope Jerry is not joining the chorus of voices who want to establish a shooting war with the government just because democracy has not been rewarding the right namely, me, myself, and I. These temper tantrums are plaguing the West people lately. There's no future in that. When bullets fly, notice who usually wins? law-lad- en axe-grindi- Miners, stockmen, oilmen and so on have been portrayed as plunderers of the land. I am shocked. Go figure! I have been trying to figure out what a wilderness is. A person knows it when he sees it unless he plumb doesn't like wilderness. Where on earth did certain people in the environmental movement get the crazy idea that the way to enforce their political beliefs is by the use of police powers i Officer! That man is stealing my car. Could you use your police powers to enforce my political belief that robbery is wrong? The present course that the ruling powers have set, width is government by force, is not roorldng and it will never work. Another way of saying this is, "There are some laws that I will not obey and that's all there is too it." I can only offer Bob Dylan's advice: "To live outside the law you must be honest." Yes, the government is too big, too clumsy, and in its' current form has lost a lot of its usefulness considering its cost Jerry's problem is not with the government really, but with voters and with democracy. Environmentalists got where we are fair and square. Voters approved every bit of it All that claptrap about not trashing water sources, air quality, and landscapes in general? Voters want it that way. The August September issue of the Zephyr will be on newsstands July 19 the other day. She About the second old woman. I saw her on congratulated herself for belonging to three oppressed minorities at once. She was in a wheelchair a senior female cripple. She proceeded to bitch about the "apartheid" against her and her kind. It tak supreme gall to equate the miseries inflicted on certain South Africans with, say, no dedicated wheelchair ramps on all new Boeing 757s. But that's the new America: "I am not an individual who controls my own destiny. I am part of group and my group is being victimized because your group seems to be having more fun." That's what too much moaning about land use regulations consists of: "I am a victim because I no longer have special status. I used to be able to dump old tires anywhere I felt like." Yes, life is unfair that way. As Americans, as humans; as conservatives, we have to adjust to unfairness. I don't expect anyone over 25 to see the wisdom in protecting public lands, annoying as it is. CLIMBING GUIDE SERVICE (Beginner to Advanced lessons) We have the BIGGEST selection of climbing gear in the Southwest. Hiking Backpacking Sandals T-shi-rts |
