Re: more Welfare Cowboys? (eco)

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From: Phil Ronzone
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:00

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In article <hsdgDBp4Ct.I88@netcom.com> hsdg@netcom.com (Bob Lange) writes:
    >>Anyone who is stating that our rangelands are being ruined by
    >>cattle grazing is full of shit, ignorant of the fact's and
    >>probably
    >>
    >Actually it is the wilderness that is full of shit, coming
    >from your cattle and subsidized by our taxes. That is the
    >point. No, I didn't just read about it, I have stepped in it,
    >slept in it, and at times watched pristine mountain streams
    >ruined by it. With my own eyes.

Ah, yes, the eco-myth of "pristine" wilderness.

I suppose that 150 years ago, when huge herds of bison were moving around,
that they didn't leave a few kilotons of shit in every stream they
crossed?

Oh, I forgot -- in the good old days before DWEM came to America bison
didn't shit ...

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"I didn't do it, nobody saw me, and you can't prove it!" - B. Simpson

These opinions are MINE, and you can't have 'em! (But I'll rent 'em cheap ...)

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From: phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone)
Subject: Re: more Welfare Cowboys? (eco)
Date: 1995/07/14
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