This week, it was announced that budget cuts would now include canceling the Mars missions. However, Rep. Cliff Steans (R-FL) wants to go further. In a recent speech, Steans called for the selling off of national park lands. We have previously seen states sell off park lands, government buildings and other property — even as we burned hundreds of billions in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In a town hall meeting Belleview, Florida, on February 25 that Steans stated “we don’t need any more national parks in this country” and that we need to “actually sell off some of our national parks.” That is a remarkable proposal since national parks are the most successful program in the government with rising demands of citizens visiting parks and sites. One would think we would be expanding the parks not cutting off one of the most popular government programs.
Here is the full statement:
I got attacked in a previous town meeting for not supporting another national park in this country, a 200-mile trailway. And I told the man that we don’t need more national parks in this country, we need to actually sell off some of our national parks, and try and do what a normal family would do is — they wouldn’t ask Uncle Joe for a loan, they would sell their Cadillac, or they would take their kids out of private schools and put them into public schools to save to money instead of asking for their credit card to increase their debt ceiling.
Putting aside the thousands of jobs and millions of recreational hours supplied to citizens through these parks, we continue to show a bizarre sense of priority in sending billions abroad to fund wars in countries with growing anti-American sentiments. Instead of saving hundreds of billions of dollars, we will instead continue to cut educational, scientific, and environmental programs that protect our future.
Source: Think Progress as first seen on Reddit
Thats right Bron, my real names is Francis Sawyer but everybody calls me stalker. Any of you guys call me Francis and I’ll kill ya.
Idealist707, the “therapist” program is called Eliza.
It is loosely based on the theory and style of client centered therapy developed by Carl Rogers.
Bdaman:
“I ran him off Ms. Blouise. He got mad at me and left.”
how did you run him off? If he left it was his decision to take.
Some one who could take on Fritz Hollings (if I remember correctly) isnt going to be intimidated by an anonymous poster on a blog.
If he is, then maybe he didnt really take on Fritz Hollings.
“If a Senator could not scare me, why should I worry about a lot of anonymous trolls and sock puppets.”
Vince Treacy
Laws yes, Roger, that, over
“I too have been in contact with Vince off the blog and the stalking was a good part of the reason he left. …”
Is that Buddhaislaughing?
“……you’d almost think it was a script”
What I said.
Remember the psychiatrist program early 80’s which I tried out. It was a spoof of course. Fun. Reacted to key words in your response with canned phrases and questions. Said to have confused many proffs.
Not claiming any copyright or ownership, just feeling good over the concept (or nearly so) exists. Does this auto program have a scientific name?
Laws yes, Tom.
m-o-o-n
That spells climate change.
Pasture,
Don’t forget the drug tests for Congress.
After reading the infighting amongst the commenters above I looked out at the moon. No not that. What makes you all snpe at each other so?
We could save money or recoup some money by taking some things from Congress. Rent out the offices in the Capitol to lobbyist. They rest their feet in the Congressmen’s offices all day anyway. End CongressMedicare as we know it. End Congressional Penions. Make the Congress work 52 weeks a year with time off for good behavior. Cap the salary at 1980 levels and reduce them to said levels. Give them four assistants each. Senators get two. Put video cameras on K Street and C Street to record the comings and goings of Congress members. End junkets to any place other than prisons and hospitals. Literacy tests for Congress men and women. Birth certificates published on each member of Congress. Sobriety tests at the door of Congress before they can enter the hall.
That was cute the first four times you did it.
Personally, I’m still waiting for your proof on the Congressional Malpractice thread about me saying that weather isn’t climate.
Gene, let me remind you yet again that you are free to say whatever you like and I’m free to respond however I like. That is unless there something or someone compelling your actions. Those are factors under your control. How I respond to your pablum isn’t under your control.
If you’ve got a problem with that, it is entirely your problem and please don’t you forget it.
Or maybe you’re a little teste anonymous troll.
That would sure explain a lot.
You’re lucky all I did was call you an anonymous troll. Why? Well, because an anonymous troll is exactly what you’re acting like. If others have called you a troll in the past, well maybe, just maybe, that might be because you are one. I started of kind of neutral towards you. I even told you that if you were a troll you weren’t a very good one. Well, lucky for you, your performance over the last week has made me revise my opinion. You’re very much an anonymous troll. Your opinions should be weighted as such, which is to say, not very heavily if at all.
Ahhhh there’s that famous combination, Troll and Bdaman together again. Thanks Gene 🙂 I must admit you’ve come along way. I thought you were slipping with conspiracy boy and chowder head but you must be spending alot more time in the do-jo 🙂 Focus and breathe
Or perhaps a little teste.
Or maybe you’re just an anonymous troll, Bdaman.
Bdaman,
A little testy tonight?
Or maybe your just a stinkin lier
Or maybe I simply know Vince, Bdaman.
Not everything takes place on the Internet.
Poor Roosevelt is probably rolling in his grave. I love our national parks especially those in Virginia on the old battlefields. Virginia is such a gorgeous place.