Virginia Arthur's Blog - Posts Tagged "gop-distraction"
Want to Know Why the GOP Won't Impeach Trump? He's the Best Distraction To Dismantling Our Environmental Protections and Public Lands System They Have Ever Seen...
With the upside for Trump being he is a real estate developer, first and foremost, so the arrangement is "convenient", rife with opportunities for corruption: remove protections for public lands (make up some reason why) then soon, maybe later, a Trump development shows up on them, a little payola for those that helped (but later). Could never happen? Wow. Can I move into your bubble?
There is no "never" to this precedent-cy (not a typo). Right now anyway, to the integrity-challenged GOP, Trump is the greatest distraction they have ever seen, a dream in fact, as long as they can complete their own agendas...They will only consider removing him when it flips too far from their interests, otherwise he is a big fat orange haired buffoon they can all hide behind.
This presidency is about the environment--removing land protections and undermining environmental protections. Yes, we are all tired but we can't stop.
What public lands do you take for granted? Go to all the time, love? What public lands are within 100 miles of your home? Make a list then go to the BLM office, the USFS office, the NPS office and ask them if any of your lands are up for sale, swap? You may be blown away by what you find. Report back.
It is appalling that in the farce of this disastrous precedent-cy, two white men are deciding the fate of our public lands therefore the fate of the communities that border them. The pressure to remove these protections coming from other white men, the motivation primitive: extraction, logging, destruction, greed. (Really? Still? C'mon.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7PS...
Contact your legislators, send a donation, make your list, act on it. Not sure how to allocate donations? Your time? This is money, time that will definitely benefit your entire community, such as the small businesses that thrive near public open lands, that little bakery on the edge of Point Reyes or Cape Hatteras...what small businesses exist near your public lands?
These are actions that definitely benefit ALL of us but more importantly, the innocent creatures that rely on these ever diminishing lands for habitat. It's a nifty partnership, you see.
To Get You Started:
http://earthjustice.org/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-much...
https://sierra.secure.force.com/actio...
http://www.protectourpublicland.org/
https://www.lcv.org/
http://wilderness.org/keep-our-wild-p...
https://www.tpl.org/save-our-public-l...
http://www.conservationnw.org/what-we...
https://www.outsideonline.com/2100586...
Thank you.
There is no "never" to this precedent-cy (not a typo). Right now anyway, to the integrity-challenged GOP, Trump is the greatest distraction they have ever seen, a dream in fact, as long as they can complete their own agendas...They will only consider removing him when it flips too far from their interests, otherwise he is a big fat orange haired buffoon they can all hide behind.
This presidency is about the environment--removing land protections and undermining environmental protections. Yes, we are all tired but we can't stop.
What public lands do you take for granted? Go to all the time, love? What public lands are within 100 miles of your home? Make a list then go to the BLM office, the USFS office, the NPS office and ask them if any of your lands are up for sale, swap? You may be blown away by what you find. Report back.
It is appalling that in the farce of this disastrous precedent-cy, two white men are deciding the fate of our public lands therefore the fate of the communities that border them. The pressure to remove these protections coming from other white men, the motivation primitive: extraction, logging, destruction, greed. (Really? Still? C'mon.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7PS...
Contact your legislators, send a donation, make your list, act on it. Not sure how to allocate donations? Your time? This is money, time that will definitely benefit your entire community, such as the small businesses that thrive near public open lands, that little bakery on the edge of Point Reyes or Cape Hatteras...what small businesses exist near your public lands?
These are actions that definitely benefit ALL of us but more importantly, the innocent creatures that rely on these ever diminishing lands for habitat. It's a nifty partnership, you see.
To Get You Started:
http://earthjustice.org/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-much...
https://sierra.secure.force.com/actio...
http://www.protectourpublicland.org/
https://www.lcv.org/
http://wilderness.org/keep-our-wild-p...
https://www.tpl.org/save-our-public-l...
http://www.conservationnw.org/what-we...
https://www.outsideonline.com/2100586...
Thank you.
