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MisterP

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8. the new libertarian argument, in fact, is that public lands should be abolished since they're just

Reply to aggiesal (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 03:31 PM

Aug 2013

secret land grabs to be sold to CronyCapitalistsTM (that's what the Agenda 21 conspiracy theories say)

the Hunt brothers, Georgia Pacific, James Watts, and DuPont told Ayn Rand and Heinlein to get it on and create them a pseudophilosophy that lets them have their cake and eat it too, and boy did they ever!

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Fracking Bill Could Take the �Public� Out of Public Lands [View all] formercia Aug 2013 OP

Are these people nuts? . . . aggiesal Aug 2013 #1

Yes, they are Nuts. formercia Aug 2013 #2

the new libertarian argument, in fact, is that public lands should be abolished since they're just MisterP Aug 2013 #8

Cool :) Lenomsky Aug 2013 #3

By all means, let's open up federal lands to fracking--because it's safe and secures the country AndyA Aug 2013 #4

Bad bill. Hopefully it does not get through congress. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #5

as long as any particular set of State reglulations are MORE stringent than Federal ones, Volaris Aug 2013 #6

Easier for Big Frackers to bribe one state legislature/governor at a time. Divernan Aug 2013 #7

State Houses are WAY too easy to BUY. bvar22 Aug 2013 #9

In WI ours is actively for sale. They paved the way with a law that allows no-bid sales of public Ed Suspicious Aug 2013 #11

They sure do need to update their fracking rules. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #10

Ohio's plan for fracking in state forests theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #12

geesus - what a brazen land grab, these people need to be stopped wordpix Aug 2013 #13

Thanks for the post locks Aug 2013 #14

"fracking regulations, which are more than 30 years old" - really? Who was fracking 30 yrs. ago? wordpix Aug 2013 #15

wow, less than 300 years and we've 'managed' to ruin a lot of 'pristine lands'. Sunlei Aug 2013 #16

+1000, if Congress were really serious re: cutting the deficit, they'd charge modern lease fees & wordpix Aug 2013 #17

...and make sure there is a Bond requirement formercia Aug 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author wordpix Aug 2013 #18