Obama's Pick of Ken Salazar for Interior Suggests Nonrestrictionist Environmental Policies

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Welcome to the brave new Green World Religion...

R.L. Schaefer of CA

Dec 17, 2008 16:51:50 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Aleksander of CA 3:41PM January 09, 2009

Salazar is easily the dumbest Senator, Colorado's wealth creating industries are resource extraction and agriculture. Salazar and Ritter, the Governor, belief tourism and taxes create Colorado's wealth. Tourism is ephermal - no wealth, no tourism. The US has had the greatest destruction of wealth over the last few months in the history of the world, actual wealth destruction, not as a percent of GDP. At this point the US is essentially bankrupt, Under Salazar/Obama more restrictions will be put on resource extraction, more land will be put off-limits, fewer jobs will be created and less wealth or no wealth will be created. Oh, yeah, he will be "moderate."

Stan Bennett of TX 10:58PM December 17, 2008

I wish you were right Michael, but with Environmentalism firmly ensconced as the State Religion with Obama and Gore as the High Priests, I reckon we can look froward to more dogmatic and intolerant regulatory policies - These policies will translate into more locked gates, closed areas, recreational restrictions, higher fees, greater expense for business and industry, higher prices for food and products, and ever decreasing access to the outdoors for families with young children, the aged, the infirm and the handicapped.

Welcome to the brave new Green World Religion...

R.L. Schaefer of CA 4:51PM December 17, 2008

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