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Yesterday I attended a California off road expo in Victorville, Ca. The main purpose was to bring togeather outdoor groups who use public lands for recreation. The forests and deserts are quickly becomming off limits to people like off roaders, dirt bkiers, prospectors, and horse back riders. It appears that the environmentalists want to give all of us the boot.

 

If you are old enough to vote please look at your congress  and senatorial candidates  See how they stand on the wilderness act. Vote against anyone who supports it. My guess is that if they support the wilderness act they will also oppose gun ownership. Lets kill two birds with one stone and liberate our public land.

Open your eyes ladies and gentlemen. This is a real big problem.

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You should see what the Environazi's have done to Montana's economy.   They shut off millions of acers of good loggable forrest.   Dozens of saw mills went under, thousands of jobs lost.....    And because of the lack of logging, we have had catastrophic fires for the last 3 summers.

 

Then the disgusting excuses for Americans have the audicity to sue the timber companies trying to salvage any timber from the burned areas because it "might disturb the habitat", and of course one liberal, money-fueled judge from Missoula (Missouula is to Montana what San Francisco is to the USA)  granted their cease-logging request

 

These terrorists might as well be wearing brown shirts.   The more that speak up against them the quieter their media-ehanced voices become.   They are out for the utter destruction of America, and all it was founded on, and won't stop until they control all of the land.  

 

Ever notice that Earth Day is on Hitler's Birthday??

 

:banghead:  <--- Notice there's no green in those colors

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I wish I could get a copy of an article that I saw yesterday. It was titled " Walking Harmful to the Forest". You are said it torque. These people want to set aside every inch of land they can. The overall plan includes a wildlife corridore that spans huge tracts of land from Alaska to Southern California.

Humans are the enemy to them. Watch out for the Conservancy Groups. Work to stop the Wilderness Act. Get the Fiensteins out of office. Elect Presidents who will put sensible people in charge of the forest service and BLM.

:banghead:

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