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The Western Strategy
The Idaho Statesman reports:
Protesters in Idaho and all around the country suggest President Barack Obama is waging war on capitalism, gun ownership and even small-town values.
But no one is accusing him of assaulting the traditional resource values of the American West - not even the Idaho Cattle Association, which was ready for the fight after Obama was elected last November....In fact, in the most high-profile Western decisions so far - on wolves and salmon - the Obama administration followed the lead of Republican George W. Bush.
It was a stark difference from the start of the past two Democratic administrations.
Jimmy Carter attempted to kill Western water projects in his first year. Clinton sought sweeping grazing and mining reform.
But nine months into his first year, Obama has avoided the anger often generated by Democrats on Western land and wildlife policies.
"The Obama people have learned from Clinton's first 90 days," said Idaho Democratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick.
Read the whole thing here. From a libertarian perspective, this is a mixed bag -- it's good to avoid new regulations, not so good to keep those subsidies in place. But it certainly suggests the Democrats are taking their western strategy as seriously in office as they did on the campaign trail. Whether that's good for liberty remains an open question.
creech|9.24.09 @ 1:13PM|#
Obamessiah looks about as comfortable in that hat as Dukakis did
in a tanker helmet.
I suspect that the "Western issues" are pretty far back on the
chuckwagon burner, but the Sierra Club and the cow flatulence
banners will have their day in the big sky country yet.
|9.24.09 @ 1:31PM|#
There are a lot of looks a brother can pull off that a white man
can't. The shaved head for instance.
A cowboy hat ain't one of them.
kinnath|9.24.09 @ 1:44PM|#
Watching the Demcrats come apart at the seams is almost as good as divided government.
Jeff P|9.24.09 @ 1:45PM|#
Why do cowboy hats bend up on the side?
So they can fit three in a pick-up.
|9.24.09 @ 2:15PM|#
He looks very reptillian in that picture.
Some brothers can pull off a cowboy hat, but not many. Parato is
right about one thing, an eight ball always beats a que ball.
tekende|9.24.09 @ 2:25PM|#
In fact, in the most high-profile Western decisions so far
- on wolves and salmon - on pretty much every major
policy decision so far, the Obama administration followed
the lead of Republican George W. Bush.
FTFY
24AheadDotCom|9.24.09 @ 2:30PM|#
It wasn't them learning from past mistakes. Instead, it was the actions of one great libertarian.
Mike M.|9.24.09 @ 2:30PM|#
Good grief, he looks totally ridiculous. Talk about being all hat and no cattle. How many seconds did he manage to stay on the mechanical bull for?
Citizen Nothing|9.24.09 @ 2:41PM|#
-- a white man can't.
-- an eight ball always beats a que (sic) ball.
Fuck you all.
|9.24.09 @ 3:05PM|#
Fuck you all.
You go right on believing your head doesn't look like a cyan-shaded
egg. Granville Waiters had a better helmet than you ever will.
Lord Jubjub|9.24.09 @ 3:37PM|#
As far as Dukakis goes, I would like to point out that NOBODY looks good in a tank commo helmet.
Juvenile Lurker|9.24.09 @ 4:09PM|#
Q: How is a cowboy hat like a hemorrhoid?
A: Sooner or later, every asshole gets one.
|9.24.09 @ 5:06PM|#
Disproof by counterexample.
But you can't tell if he has the Krist Novoselic slavic snowman
countour with a profile shot.
Warty|9.24.09 @ 5:19PM|#
Krist Novoselic slavic snowman countour
No idea what that means, but I doubt a dude named Vandenbosch has
it. It sounds awesome though.
Mike M.|9.24.09 @ 7:16PM|#
Anybody seen the latest creepy Obama school-children
indoctrination video?
Let's be perfectly straight about this: not only is that scene
creepy as hell, the teachers who are doing this are clearly
violating federal law, just like Yosi Sargent was when he tried to
convince artists to use their NEA grants to help Obama.
Public school teachers are not permitted to push their partisan
political agendas on schoolchildren during school hours when
they're getting paid to teach. This is absolutely 100% illegal. If
I were one of the parents, I would tell the school to remove my
child from this teacher's brainwashing sessions, or I would
threaten to sue them.
|9.24.09 @ 7:41PM|#
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/map-owns_the_west.jpg
it would be nice that instead of government owning the west
citizens did instead.
|9.24.09 @ 9:06PM|#
Krist Novoselic slavic snowman countour
It means if you look at him nose-to-nose there are big dents in his
head above the ears, giving his head a vague figure-eight shape.
Not an attractive look for a shaved head.
anonymous|9.24.09 @ 10:01PM|#
Hmmm, I just read through a shitload of Blazing Saddles quotes and I couldn't figure out which one to use. Fuck it.
jtuf|9.24.09 @ 11:11PM|#
I expect Obama to push for environmental regulations in developing nations over the next four years. That way, he makes environmentalists happy without alienating anyone who is able to vote agaisnt him.
|9.24.09 @ 11:21PM|#
I just read through a shitload of Blazing Saddles quotes and
I couldn't figure out which one to use. Fuck it.
We need to go back and get a shit load of dimes
|9.24.09 @ 11:58PM|#
I'm gonna be in the minority here, but:
He looks good in that hat. I don't like his policies, but his
clothes are well-chosen.
@|9.25.09 @ 9:31AM|#
Aresen | September 24, 2009, 11:58pm | #
He looks good in that hat. I don't like his policies, but his
clothes are well-chosen.
That picture is cropped. He's wearing assless chaps as well.
Jeethus Chrith!
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|9.25.09 @ 12:21PM|#
@ | September 25, 2009, 9:31am | #
That picture is cropped. He's wearing assless chaps as well.
Uh, DUDE.* If you knew anything about riding you would know that
ALL chaps are "assless".
*DUDE is used here in the western sense of an inexperienced or
naive person, lacking knowledge in cowboy ways.
@|9.25.09 @ 1:40PM|#
Aresen | September 25, 2009, 12:21pm | #
Uh, DUDE.* If you knew anything about riding you would know that
ALL chaps are "assless".
Uh, dude, if you knew anything about comedy you'd know that
"assless chaps" refers to chaps with nothing beneath them but
ass.
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