| The make-up of our environment,
the management of our environment, and the use of our environment, like our
art, is a reflection of ourselves. Utilizing the plants and animals that were
here 100, 1,000, or 20,000 years ago is only smart and useful. Minimizing or
attempting to eliminate harmful plants and animals, be they "native"
or "invasive" is only sensible. Fire ants that kill people, like
poison ivy that kills people, should be controlled or eradicated. Specifying
certain plants and animals simply because of an "Invasive" label is
foolish but empowers other agendas that we should all fear and oppose.
Preventing harmful new arrivals and eradicating such species when they arrive
is only sensible and desirable. Public lands should have timber cut, be
grazed, and be managed for hunting, fishing, trapping, and the widest range of
public uses while minimizing fire threats and harmful plants and animals that
harm private lands. All of these things are possible and the duty of our
government..
If we do not reject these lies, things will
only get worse. More private property and property rights will become Federal
dominions like the dominions of ancient kings. State government Constitutional
responsibilities will become historic curiosities to be longed for by future
generations. Proposed Invasive Species and expanding Endangered Species
authorities will surely criminalize pets, non-native plants and animals of all
stripes, circuses, hunting, fishing, and trapping; to say nothing of the
existence of thousands of rural communities and countless aspects of what we
consider our unalienable way of life. Anyone doubting the incremental
achievement of these outcomes has not paid attention to recent Federal
legislation, Federal regulations and their enforcement, Federal court
decisions, and the propaganda/lobbying/lawsuit actions of the numerous radical
groups underpinning the lie about Native Ecosystems.
My grandmother used to say, "you can
watch a thief but you can't a liar." For too long we have ignore the
liars among us and this has to stop or a dark future awaits us all. 
16 February 2004
This article and other recent articles by Jim
Beers can be found at
http://www.allianceforamerica.org/bb/viewforum.php?f=91
Jim Beers is available for consulting or to
speak
Contact: JimBeers7@earthlink.net |
Back
