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

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 05:58:17 +0000
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  Our freedoms have been horribly eroded in the last few years, especially in the last 7 years. People just let it happen and don't complain unless it directly, and seriously affects them. It is now affecting the meteorite hunter's ability to hunt for meteorites, and that affects us all, including the modest collector.



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From: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com> on behalf of Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 9:25 PM
To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; Raremeteorites
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] President Obama Places Over 265 Million Acres Of Land Off-limits

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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