I voted for Bush because his daughters were so much hotter than Kerry's. Whoever has the hottest daughters in the upcoming election gets my vote
That's a lie, but I will be selfish. I live in Alaska where we can sled, hunt, fish, and basically do whatever we want anywhere we want to. The friggin liberals will take that away if they get the chance. These things are important to me and it's important that my kids(when I have them) be able to enjoy them too. I don't give two sh!ts about the rest of the world, they can take care of themselves.
On a side note, remember HR 1975 and the proposed closing of 24 million acres in the Rockies? I wrote our congressman in our great state of Alaska and got a response a few days ago... seems like our congressman is on our side!!
Dear Mr. Rauen,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding H.R. 1975, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) would designate approximately 24 million acres of lands in Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , and Wyoming as units of the Wilderness preservation system and as newly established areas called Biological Connecting Corridors and the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System. H.R. 1975 additionally designates nearly 2,000 miles of Wild and Scenic River systems in the five states. It also creates new federal reserved water rights that would preclude future development upstream of the Wilderness areas.
These designations essentially "lock up" an area equal to Connecticut , Delaware , New Hampshire , New Jersey , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and Vermont , combined. This area, larger than 19 individual states, would become inaccessible to most Americans. There would be no roads and minimal handicapped access.
H.R. 1975 is essentially a component of The Wildlands Project, a campaign launched by radical environmentalists whose ultimate goal is to make at least half of the North American continent a wilderness. They believe the world is facing an "extinction crisis" not seen in 10,000 years, and their solution is to devise a massive, government-imposed " rewilding " that involves "Cores, Corridors, and Carnivores" (called the three C's). Under the three C's the government must impose large new Wilderness Areas (Cores) and biological connecting corridors (Corridors) for keystone species (Carnivores) where human uses are prohibited or phased out.
It's no surprise that the majority of Members sponsoring H.R. 1975 are from States that have little or no Federal land and would be unaffected by the bill. However, as Alaska 's Representative for the last 35 years, I am well aware of the consequences of having such a large percentage of our state in Federal ownership. This draconian legislation could set a dangerous precedent for future Outside attempts to lock up more of our State. For these reasons, I share your concerns regarding H.R. 1975, and I can assure you I will be working actively against it.
Once again, thank you for expressing your views on this issue. If you haven't already, I would encourage you to sign up for my e-newsletter at
http://donyoung.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm and my YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RepDonYoung . Doing so will allow me to provide you with updates on this and other important issues. If I can be of any assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
DON YOUNG
Congressman for All Alaska