[meteorite-list] President Obama Places Over 265 Million Acres Of Land Off-limits

From: Dennis Miller <astroroks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 04:25:34 +0000
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This recent land grab is courtesy of California Senator Dianne Feinstein. 82 year old
Senator who hates energy, peoples freedoms, and too few regulations on everything!

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> On Feb 12, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> I do agree that the government is terrible at administering anything,
> be it a local neighborhood dog park or a national forest. BLM rules
> are a mess and the enforcement is inconsistent at best.
>
> But, one thing to remember is that government officials do not come
> from another galaxy and force their way into Congress. They are the
> cream of the private sector crop and we put them there. If government
> sucks, it's because we keep electing people who suck. Worse, 99% of
> the the choices we get to choose from also suck to roughly equal
> degrees.
>
> What do we expect when we let a bunch of CEO's, lobbyists, hedge
> funders, washed out lawyers, and ego-tripped doctors run the
> government? And we get a selection of idiots to pick from every four
> years - some of those idiots have Ivy League credentials, and some do
> not, but they all suck.
>
> Until the masses demand competent candidates based on merit and not
> charismatic fools with deep pockets, we will keep getting the same
> treatment every four years.
>
> I don't care if the president or our congresspeople are black, white,
> male, female, religious, atheist, socialist, libertarian, gay,
> straight, or whatever. But, I think we should demand competence.
> Congressmen which no knowledge of science should not sit on committees
> responsible for funding scientific projects. Presidents or congressmen
> with no war-fighting experience should not be starting wars, etc. And,
> by extension, BLM rangers and officials should not be making or
> enforcing the rules of land management unless they have some degree of
> expertise in the academic/scientific/engineering or field aspects of
> the resources they govern.
>
> So, back to meteorites and rockhounding - this is what happens when we
> elect people to oversee resource-rich lands who no background or
> interest in geology, forestry, or related fields. The rank and file
> BLM field rangers might know their business, but they do not know the
> intricacies of the entire body of federal regulations that they are
> trying to interpret and enforce. The bureaucrats at the top of the
> chain are so far removed from the field, that they have no expertise
> with rocks, minerals, or natural resources - they are a bunch of
> former lobbyists, white collars, and people who have never had their
> hands dirty.
>
> That's my two cents, actual worth may vary widely. ;)
>
> PS - I do not think Adam intended his post as racist or Islamophobic.
> People are getting a little too touchy these days. But, there is a lot
> of bigotry out there, so those are the days we live in and sometimes
> appearances matter more than substance. We have to be careful about
> what we say, where, and how we say it - and, how other people might
> interpret what we say or play semantics with our words. It sucks, but
> that's how it is.
>
> [/rant]
>
> Best regards and happy huntings,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 2/12/16, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Where I grew up in the Northwest, if a person is angry or disgusted, they
>> use the person's entire name to emphasize a point. I knew there was trouble
>>
>> when my mother called out to me, "Adam Charles Hupe, What have you done?"
>> instead of just, "Adam." People are far too sensitive these days. I do
>> not like it when a politician of any sort makes unilateral decisions without
>>
>> public input.
>>
>> Rock hounding used to be considered a healthy pursuit. Now a huge corridor
>>
>> is completely off limits practically in my back yard here in the Mohave
>> Desert.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
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