Alaska is going to sue the Obama administration for blocking the construction of a 10 mile long road necessary to give people in a remote village access to emergency medical care.
Alaska is going to sue the Obama administration for blocking the construction of a 10 mile long road necessary to give people in a remote village access to emergency medical care.
The lack of a road has led to the deaths of 19 people. And why is the Obama administration allowing these people to die? Let me quote Interior Secretary Sally Jewell:
During an August visit to Alaska, Jewell was told that building a road that connects King Cove and Cold Bay was vital. But in December, Jewell rejected the road saying it would jeopardize waterfowl in the refuge. “She stood up in the gymnasium and told those kids, ‘I’ve listened to your stories, now I have to listen to the animals,” Democratic state Rep. Bob Herron told a local television station. “You could have heard a pin drop in that gymnasium.” [emphasis mine]
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Alaska is going to sue the Obama administration for blocking the construction of a 10 mile long road necessary to give people in a remote village access to emergency medical care.
The lack of a road has led to the deaths of 19 people. And why is the Obama administration allowing these people to die? Let me quote Interior Secretary Sally Jewell:
During an August visit to Alaska, Jewell was told that building a road that connects King Cove and Cold Bay was vital. But in December, Jewell rejected the road saying it would jeopardize waterfowl in the refuge. “She stood up in the gymnasium and told those kids, ‘I’ve listened to your stories, now I have to listen to the animals,” Democratic state Rep. Bob Herron told a local television station. “You could have heard a pin drop in that gymnasium.” [emphasis mine]
The support of my readers through the years has given me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Four years ago, just before the 2020 election I wrote that Joe Biden's mental health was suspect. Only in this year has the propaganda mainstream media decided to recognize that basic fact.
Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Even today NASA and Congress refuse to recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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Alaska, welcome to the underside of the bus. It’s getting a bit crowded under here though.
I used to laugh at a bumper sticker I saw occasionally: “Nuke the Whales.” I knew it was absurd, but it reflected a growing frustration with the extreme actions of the environmental movement. Now, national food prices are rising because one of the primary production areas, the Imperial Valley of California, is being denied water ostensibly because of a small fish. The Bundy family has been under assault by the BLM ostensibly because its grazing cattle are disturbing the habitat of desert tortoises. Now we’re told quick access to hospital care must be denied because of the impact on local waterfowl.
A culture such as this cannot be repaired. It is time to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior and consider what might be a more reasonable, effective and responsive replacement. Or, in the alternative, cut off funding for both agencies and require each office within them to reapply to the Republican-controlled House. Are you listening, Mr. Speaker? Frustration is growing with your leadership, too.
Why is it that people in DC think they know what is best for Alaska? It is easy for the people in the Ivory Tower to tell other people that living in mud huts is good for them.
I would suggest that Alaska build the road. What, really, are the Feds going to do? Alaska is holding the cards here. Oil? Yep, they’ve got that. Send in troops? The Guard is state controlled. Unless the Community-Organizer-In-Chief wants to send in regular Army, that’s going to be a bit tricky. Cut off Federal programs? Maybe it’s time to give the finger to the Feds, and see just how much stomach they have for a fight.
This Administration hasn’t given the rule of law much respect; why should anyone else?