Judge tosses federal plan to allow more snowmobiles into Yellowstone 4

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   John former Marine Posted 11:09 pm
   15 Sep 2008

   Fat asses will complain...Walking a mile is far enough but if they had to actually walk a dozen miles or more to see the wonders of Yellowstone they're rather hire a lobbyist.  Gotta get a fuel-burning snowmobile to carry their fat asses around on.  
   National Parks are becoming exclusive retreats for the wealthy.

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   mtvyfan Posted 5:44 am
   16 Sep 2008

   Thanks for judges!!It seems that a judge has more knowledge on NPS' standards than they do!

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   John former Marine Posted 12:14 am
   17 Sep 2008

   No, NPS has to bend...Political appointees of the correct pedigree are selected to run the Department of the Interior and they, in turn, pressure career Park Service officials to lower standards.  There are a few renegades out there who refuse to bend but they just get replaced.  It's the American people to blame here...and it's very clear to me.  There's a reason that our National Parks are spending more on road building/repair than on park rangers.  It's because Americans couldn't care less if they don't gain any understanding of the places they visit, they just want a spectacle, something to occupy their short attention spans that they can drive by in a big mother-ship RV.  If you tell them you're not gonna build roads and campgrounds for them, they'll stop supporting the parks.  When I was working as a park ranger at Grand Canyon, I had to deal with annoying questions like "why can't I ride my dirt bike in the canyon?" every day.  The only people more annoying were the Bible thumpers who wanted to know where they could buy a "geology" book on how the canyon was created in one day by a great flood.  Americans are ignorant, selfish, wealthy, sheeple.  When the price of gas gets really high and the economy crashes, fewer of the tourons will be driving "through" the national parks and more genuine good people will be visiting to truly enjoy and understand them.
   In the meantime, thank goodness for the judges.

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   Wolverine Posted 9:54 am
   17 Sep 2008

   John's Correct About AmericansAn environmentalist from Europe told me about 25 years ago that parks in the U.S. more closely resembled Disneyland than parks in his part of the world.  I was arrested, along with others, protesting development in Yellowstone and uranium mining in the Grand Canyon just outside the park (great example of why nuclear power must be eliminated).  The fact that we had to protest activities that should not have existed in the first place speaks volumes about the people in this country.

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