Monday, January 23, 2006

Deja Vu All Over Again

"Conservationists' 'Bogeyman'
Congressman Pombo Pushes
Environmental Conservatism
By JIM CARLTON
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 21, 2006; Page A4

WASHINGTON -- Last year, Congressman Richard Pombo and his staff considered selling off 15 national parks, monuments, preserves and historical sites, along with naming rights for visitors' centers and hiking trails, to corporate bidders."


OH MY. I just realized I'm so old now that I'm starting to see things in politics that were tried earlier in my lifetime. I'm now saying, "Hey, I remember when they tried to sell off some national parks. Wasn't that when Reagan was President?"

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