For
over a hundred years, conservation has been a value held in high regard
by a majority of Americans. But if Republicans have their way, all the
lands we have fought to protect as National Parks will be handed over to
private industry.
Last month, nearly every Republican in the US
Senate voted on a budget amendment allowing states to seize public
lands, which means every National Park
in the country would be subject to the whims of state lawmakers who
could authorize the selling of these lands to private industries for
exploitation.
And by exploitation, that means deforestation of
lumber resources, the privatization of freshwater sources, drilling and
mining for oil and minerals, or used as dumping grounds for hazardous
materials. In short, Republicans would be allowing private industries to
buy and rape our public land reserves until they are unrecognizable.
The amendment, known as SA 838, was introduced
by Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski. And it sailed through the Senate
by a 51-49 vote with all but three Republicans in favor while every
Democrat voted against it. A rival bill that would stop the effort to
sell public lands was prevented from coming up for a vote.
Of course, Murkowski spun the amendment as a way to improve conservation.
“When we have an opportunity to consider this
amendment, a vote for it is really a vote in support of — as a priority
of this Congress — comprehensive approaches to land policies to
facilitate economic development, empower States and improve our
conservation systems,” she said.
Here’s a handy image via Gizmodo listing the Senators who voted for and against the amendment.
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1 comment:
TIME TO WAKE UP, SINCE THIS IS A GOOD MOVEMENT BY THE OTHERWISE USELESS SENATE.
THE STATES WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO OWN THEIR OWN LAND, ESPECIALLY THE 20 OR SO IN THE WESTERN BLOCK!!!!!
WHY DO YOU THINK THE FEDS ARE ALWAYS ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE THE STATES AND FAILING SO MISERABLY AT IT?
IT'S BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE SUNK.....THOSE LANDS BELONG TO THE STATES OF THE REPUBLIC!!!! AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NOTICE....
THEY HAVE BEEN OUTGUNNED AT EVERY TIME THEY TRIED TO TAKE ANY LANDS BACK FROM THE STATES AND FAILED MISERABLY.....THE LAST ONE, NEW MEXICO AND NEVADA THEY WERE FORCED TO TURN AROUND AND BE EXILED FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THEY WERE TRESS PASSING.
THESE THUGS DON'T HAVE ANY POWER AT ALL ANYMORE.....ARE PEOPLE BLIND OR WHAT??? THEY ARE TOOTHLESS THUGS!!!!
THE REPUBLIC LANDS BELONG TO THE STATES WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY ARRESTED THE FEDS SO THEY DON'T BOTHER COMING BACK!!!!!
IT IS THE LAW THAT THOSE LANDS BELONG ONLY TO THE STATES AND THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE STATES....THE FEDS ARE SO FOOLISH THEY'LL HAVE TO BRING IN FOREIGN TROOPS TO SHOOT OR TRY TO RECLAIM THE LAND, LIKE THEY DID IN NEW MEXICO & WILL FAIL AGAIN!!!!!
TIME TO WAKE THE HELL UP PEOPLE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?!? THE ORIGINAL REPUBLIC EXISTS AS DOES THE LANDS THE REPUBLIC OWNS!!!!
IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER AGAIN, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY BELONGS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL BANK (READ: CORPORATE FICTION) INCLUDING EVEN ROD CLASS HAS A CONFIRMED DATE WITH DETENTION CAMPS ALONG WITH LITERALLY ALL THE CORPORATE CITIZENS....
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