Federal lands, “Utah-style”

Three Republicans running for election this year discussed weakening the Antiquities Act and Endangered Species Act, dropping the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate and rewriting federal public lands policy to require state approval of new regulations.

“It’s not that lawmakers in the East — and for me that’s everything east of Denver — it’s not that they’re evil, they’re just stupid,” he (Bishop) said, drawing chuckles from some in the audience. “When we talk about public lands to Easterners, they just don’t have the same concept. They think everything is Yellowstone.”

I would say they might think everything “should be” Yellowstone, and who’s to say they are wrong.  It’s their land too.  Maybe Bishop is the one who is stupid.

“”It’s going to take an educational effort, not just a political effort” to push back against what he called radical environmental groups, he (Romney) added, referencing decisions such as Trump’s national monuments order, which has been challenged in court by Native American groups, environmental groups and others.  “There are some in the environmental lawsuit industry that may not care very much about the underlying facts,” he (Romney) said. “They’re just going to file lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit because that’s how they get paid.”

The underlying facts are what the lawsuits are based on.  And apparently “radical” means “willing to go to court.”

1 thought on “Federal lands, “Utah-style””

  1. “Maybe Bishop is the one who is stupid.”
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    Frankly I’ve always found the ideologues from both sides to be the mirror image of each other and deserving of one another’s company.

    “They’re just going to file lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit because that’s how they get paid.” & “The underlying facts are what the lawsuits are based on. And apparently “radical” means “willing to go to court.”
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    I have no idea what kind of money they make from these lawsuits, but I’m sure it’s more than enough to keep them from shoplifting hiking boots and bedroom slippers from Walmart.

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