tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post3816193841764847087..comments2024-03-28T10:53:52.502-06:00Comments on Well Seasoned Fool: Yeah We Are Irrational, But Who Cares?Well Seasoned Foolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-34671166138148920512017-05-15T16:33:32.806-06:002017-05-15T16:33:32.806-06:00Should have said EPA.Should have said EPA.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-12015463917952032332017-05-15T15:54:47.323-06:002017-05-15T15:54:47.323-06:00Trifecta of rural government fuckery: BLM, USFS, a...Trifecta of rural government fuckery: BLM, USFS, and BLM. And that is just the Federal Government. Ask Wyoming residents about their Fish and Game.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-362772026055395652017-05-15T15:52:23.400-06:002017-05-15T15:52:23.400-06:00Worked out of Seattle for 18 years and remember fu...Worked out of Seattle for 18 years and remember full well the Spotted Owl debacle. Let's not forget the Shorelines Management Act. I benefited because I owned a boat slip and no more were built for some 15 years.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-40319220571489908592017-05-15T13:22:49.838-06:002017-05-15T13:22:49.838-06:00You can include the BLM in that toxic mix. Stupid ...You can include the BLM in that toxic mix. Stupid government hacks doesn't even come close to describing them...Brighttp://brighidsplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-2061088239205765462017-05-15T10:13:14.895-06:002017-05-15T10:13:14.895-06:00I could assign sole responsibility of my living in...I could assign sole responsibility of my living in a hell hole called Illinois to the EPA. I am not going to die here, however, I can guarantee that.<br /><br />Growing up in Oregon was great, and I enjoyed the great outdoors as much as the next guy: fishing, hunting, camping, boating, swimming, hiking, Oregon had it all. Then came time for me to hit the job market, and the EPA decided that the spotted owl had to be protected from logging, and they shut down the federal forest lands to all logging. At that time, mid 1970's, most everybody in Oregon had connections to the lumber industry, and unemployment of my age group, 18-26 years old, shot up to 50% by 1975. You couldn't even get a job at a McDonalds in Oregon then, and if you did, you were the eldest son of the franchise owner. Second and third sons, you're on your own.<br /><br />I had to eat, so I left the state I grew up in, and in the fullness of time, never to return. Thank you, EPA.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-16494198809565989932017-05-15T02:23:49.390-06:002017-05-15T02:23:49.390-06:00Their game plan seems to stall forever until every...Their game plan seems to stall forever until everyone has died. Solve the problem? Not in this universe.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-51204455133970516222017-05-14T23:09:47.811-06:002017-05-14T23:09:47.811-06:00There are coal seam fires in the US that have been...There are coal seam fires in the US that have been burning for over 1000 years. <br /><br />The USFS is made up of a different sort of oaf than the EPA crusader rabbits, but the bureaucracy enables them. When mediocrity is the standard of greatness and they sub rosa eliminate any bright rising stars, the Peter Principle reigns supreme - in the USFS.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-26577156308775411672017-05-14T20:25:36.432-06:002017-05-14T20:25:36.432-06:00Wow, I guess they're hoping it will just go aw...Wow, I guess they're hoping it will just go away. And yes, they NEED to be held accountable!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-44263461933311618602017-05-14T11:57:24.742-06:002017-05-14T11:57:24.742-06:00USFS right up there with the EPA. Lots of coal min...USFS right up there with the EPA. Lots of coal mine fires smoldering around the country. When one flared in Glenwood Springs, a contractor approached the USFS at the start. Told them he had three dozers nearby and could have the fire smothered in an hour. Was told to, "let the professionals handle it".<br />http://www.postindependent.com/news/coal-seam-fire-memories-still-burning-a-decade-later/Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-19331696305468728112017-05-14T09:27:51.568-06:002017-05-14T09:27:51.568-06:00The EPA is massively arrogant, generally incompete...The EPA is massively arrogant, generally incompetent and the combination of the two means - TRAIN WRECK. The incident on the Animus River was graphic, but is by no means isolated. I spend a few weeks in the San Juan range every single year. This year may be the first exception to that rule in a long time. Yes, the mining did rape the land, but things have found a lot of equilibrium in the past fifty years and nature has scabbed the wound. Naturally the first thing that the EPA did (metaphor) is to rip the scab off.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com