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Posted by fayeroe on January 11, 2009, at 9:58:51
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by Sigismund on January 10, 2009, at 21:25:03
" Tim DeChristopher, a 27-year-old environmental activist and economics major at the University of Utah, was protesting the auction outside a government office building in Salt Lake City and decided to see what would happen if he went inside. Instead of being immediately hustled out, he was asked by a clerk, "Are you here to bid?"
He showed his driver's license and was given a paddle, no questions asked. Then, as his incredulous roommate looked on, DeChristopher started bidding. "It was just raise my arm as often as possible, Bidder No. 70," he told a reporter, "I was trying to make it obvious I was there to disrupt the auction."
But before you could say, "Going, going, gone," DeChristopher had "bought" 13 lease parcels - around 22,500 acres - for some $1.7 million and, according to BLM officials, driven up other bids by about half a million dollars. At that point, people started to complain and he was taken away by BLM security. Among his competitors: Kerr-McGee, a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum, the country's second biggest independent oil producer."
Sigismund, Texas Chic, Rose, in my traveling years, my dog Tippy and I spent time covering most of Utah. I was either photographing a rodeo or we were on our way to another state for one.
Utah is the most beautiful state for me because I like the rugged, rocky landscape. I was headed for Green River one day and I exclaimed to Tippy that this is "like driving through a landscape painting". Tippy nodded. :-) I saw a sunrise west of Green River that will never be outdone, in my heart.
Robert Redford is behind the push to save the beautiful national areas (our lands) and this young man is out front! I am so proud that a "youngster" would step up and do what others din't have the ***** to do. The BLM is made up of people who aren't used to someone throwing a monkey wrench in their plans! YEA, Tim DeChristopher!
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Edward Abbey is smiling and rolling a joint right now, in the heavens where all good activist live."The Monkey Wrench Gang"Siggy, thanks for bringing this to the poster's attention. oxoxxo pat
Posted by Phillipa on January 11, 2009, at 12:28:40
In reply to Re: To stop it changing + make me cry, posted by fayeroe on January 11, 2009, at 9:58:51
Fayroe I've never traveled this part of the US actually been out of the country more and traveled east coast did get to San Francisco once. Didn't know Utah looke like this thanks Phillipa
Posted by TexasChic on January 11, 2009, at 19:54:12
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by Sigismund on January 10, 2009, at 21:25:03
This is what it reminds me of:
http://www.philosophy.ucf.edu/pcs/sm1.jpg
-T
Posted by kath on January 11, 2009, at 20:02:04
In reply to Photo, posted by Sigismund on January 10, 2009, at 21:14:52
to his fund. Even though they successfully met the $45,000. downpayment, the land he 'bought' costs 1.8 Million. I donated $10. ($12 something US) I know not everyone can afford to, but I respect what he's doing & wanted to do a small part. If 1 million people donated $1 - that would be a million dollars right there!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention Sig.
Kath
Posted by fayeroe on January 12, 2009, at 5:35:32
In reply to I donated by PayPal, posted by kath on January 11, 2009, at 20:02:04
> to his fund. Even though they successfully met the $45,000. downpayment, the land he 'bought' costs 1.8 Million. I donated $10. ($12 something US) I know not everyone can afford to, but I respect what he's doing & wanted to do a small part. If 1 million people donated $1 - that would be a million dollars right there!
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> Thanks for bringing this to our attention Sig.
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> KathKath, Obama's campaign was run by internet donations, for the most part.!
I sent $10 to this young man about three weeks ago! It is exciting to know that there is such a connection between people concerning a college activist who had the fortitude to stand up against corporate monsters and we are helping it happen!!! We fought the BLM in New Mexico, over river rafting and kayakers, in our small community and they are a nasty foe. We called them the Bureau of Livestock and Mining. If you can't kill it with cattle, then mine it to death....in this case, drill, baby, drill. xoxoxo pat
p.s. the places that I've been in Utah, NM, Colorado, Wyoming,Nevada, the Idahos and Montana are so breathtakingly beautiful. I long to return. Your action has me hoping that our grandchildren will still own parts of heaven. Nothing like camping out and hearing wolves howl and coyotes chatter to one another.(and owls quarreling) Thank you, Kath...you've brought me to tears now....xoxoxo Pat
Posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 14:43:29
In reply to To stop it changing, posted by Sigismund on January 10, 2009, at 21:18:06
It's too obvious to state, but anyway.......I am (even now!) surprised that (people professing to be) Christians, who attend their church services which emphasise the glory and wonder of Creation and God should see fit to auction it off for oil (of all things).
Posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 15:16:07
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo » kath, posted by fayeroe on January 12, 2009, at 5:35:32
I've only just read the article.
I was just blown away by the photo and thought you might like it.
That bit about 'to stop it from changing' was to stop the picture from changing on the Truthout website.
But what a bloke hey?
To go into an auction and buy more than a million dollars worth of land in protest!So that no one feels put down, let me tell you a sad story about where I live.
Until WWI this area was rainforest, a big patch of forest called the Big Scrub.
Until then there had only been cedar getters to change it for the most part.
After WWI the government divided it up into small blocks which were allocated to the returned soldiers, provided each block was cleared within 2 years.
So they stood on platforms up in the forest in the rain with crosscut saws and sawed the whole priceless forest down and burned it on the ground, except for what timber they had use for in their buildings, fence posts and later banana boxes.
Then it became dairy country.
After the closure of most of that industry it is still used for some beef cattle.
Now houses are being built on it.
It's heartbreaking really.
Posted by fayeroe on January 12, 2009, at 16:06:49
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo, posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 15:16:07
> I've only just read the article.
> I was just blown away by the photo and thought you might like it.
> That bit about 'to stop it from changing' was to stop the picture from changing on the Truthout website.
> But what a bloke hey?
> To go into an auction and buy more than a million dollars worth of land in protest!
>
> So that no one feels put down, let me tell you a sad story about where I live.
> Until WWI this area was rainforest, a big patch of forest called the Big Scrub.
> Until then there had only been cedar getters to change it for the most part.
> After WWI the government divided it up into small blocks which were allocated to the returned soldiers, provided each block was cleared within 2 years.
> So they stood on platforms up in the forest in the rain with crosscut saws and sawed the whole priceless forest down and burned it on the ground, except for what timber they had use for in their buildings, fence posts and later banana boxes.
> Then it became dairy country.
> After the closure of most of that industry it is still used for some beef cattle.
> Now houses are being built on it.
> It's heartbreaking really.heartbreaking, really. beef cattle!
iwish that you could see the magnificent land that they are trying to give away........
Posted by kath on January 12, 2009, at 17:41:47
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo, posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 15:16:07
How awful Dec!
Things like that are more than I can think about & there are SO many things like that!
:-(( Kath
Thx for bringing the picture to our attention! With it came the article.
K
Posted by kath on January 12, 2009, at 17:43:32
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo, posted by fayeroe on January 12, 2009, at 16:06:49
> iwish that you could see the magnificent land that they are trying to give away........I wondered if it was lovely like the photos.
I didn't read all the information. Do you know if there's much of a public outcry about it?
Kath
Posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 21:15:34
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by TexasChic on January 11, 2009, at 19:54:12
Where is that?
Posted by TexasChic on January 12, 2009, at 22:59:43
In reply to Re: To stop it changing » TexasChic, posted by Sigismund on January 12, 2009, at 21:15:34
Italy, I'm not sure where. I just knew it reminded me of pictures I had seen of the Italian countryside, so I googled "Italian countryside".
-T
Posted by Sigismund on January 13, 2009, at 2:26:07
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by TexasChic on January 12, 2009, at 22:59:43
How about Malta?
Posted by fayeroe on January 13, 2009, at 7:43:27
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo » fayeroe, posted by kath on January 12, 2009, at 17:43:32
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> > iwish that you could see the magnificent land that they are trying to give away........
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> I wondered if it was lovely like the photos.even prettier......like a huge landscape painting.....
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> I didn't read all the information. Do you know if there's much of a public outcry about it?
>
> Kaththe environmental groups have filed a lawsuit but the BLM is fighting that..as always. Robert Redford is very much against it. I wish he would throw in a large amount of his "$"..Maybe he has and we just don't know it...All animal activists are getting involved. There are lots of wildlife that will lose their habitat if companies drill or mine for coal.
Posted by Kath on January 13, 2009, at 18:17:05
In reply to Re: I donated by PayPal..wooooooohooooooooo, posted by fayeroe on January 13, 2009, at 7:43:27
It's simply unbelievably upsetting & shocking. I would think people all over the WORLD would be up in arms. I mean, how can you look at that photo & even imagine that it would EVER be allowed to be anything other than simple wilderness!!!
:-( Kath
Posted by TexasChic on January 13, 2009, at 22:44:16
In reply to Re: To stop it changing » TexasChic, posted by Sigismund on January 13, 2009, at 2:26:07
Yeah, that looks like it too! Isn't it funny how it looks like a little city. But it looks like an elaborate sort of city, like one with clusters of little castles or mosques or something.
-T
Posted by TexasChic on January 13, 2009, at 23:02:42
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by TexasChic on January 13, 2009, at 22:44:16
Posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 1:33:00
In reply to Re: To stop it changing, posted by TexasChic on January 13, 2009, at 22:44:16
Seeing all the Bryce National Park photos makes me think I would like to see the US.
I like geology, plants and animals, probably in that order, with humans coming a long way last, and our modern western way of life somewhere off the scale down the bottom end.
I mean that's in general or something.
I don't hate everyone in particular.
I try to be nice, even if I don't succeed.
Lots of people are wonderful.
I have never understood why I feel the way I do around them.Maybe I should change the subject and mention this movie I saw, if only because a little of it is set in Murmansk in 1939.
Like a lot of American movies the cinema photography was (in this case absolutely) excellent, and unusually, the script was OK.
Posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 1:36:30
In reply to Entertaining antisociability, posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 1:33:00
Posted by seldomseen on January 14, 2009, at 6:44:37
In reply to Entertaining antisociability, posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 1:33:00
Well, I've traveled a lot across this country, most of it by myself. I lost count of all the states I have been to.
While it is no former Soviet Union, the US is huge. There is an immense amount of simply beautiful landscape in this country. There is also a lot of ugly, boring and devastation.
My recommendation for the first trip? Hook up anywhere on interstate 40 and just start driving. It spans the country right through the middle.
One of my favorite places? Lymon, Colorado and the 90 mile stretch from there south to Colorado Springs. Simply breath taking.
I also love Southern California, southern Florida, and Maine. Just watch out if you go to Maine in the summer (Maine winters - well, the warning is evident) there are mosquitos there the size of your head.
I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, but really want to see Mt St. Helens.
Seldom.
Posted by fayeroe on January 14, 2009, at 8:55:04
In reply to Re: Entertaining antisociability » Sigismund, posted by seldomseen on January 14, 2009, at 6:44:37
Posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 15:49:14
In reply to thumbs up! Seldomseen (nm) » seldomseen, posted by fayeroe on January 14, 2009, at 8:55:04
I found one yesterday of some curvey rocks in a cave ther that was amazing, like a wonderful abstract painting, but I can't find it now.
But I did find these
http://www.travelchannel.com/static_files/wallpaper2_1280.jpg
http://pixdaus.com/pics/LNKt1UfE2W6AF86bIt.jpg
For me the idea of snow in the desert (or is it dry country?) is curiously compelling.
Posted by fayeroe on January 14, 2009, at 16:37:14
In reply to Re: thumbs up! Seldomseen, posted by Sigismund on January 14, 2009, at 15:49:14
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/449291402xnfSrd..
(when a sudden rainstorm comes, the canyons are very dangerous.) it is dry and high. :-)
Posted by TexasChic on January 14, 2009, at 19:43:20
In reply to Slit canyons. » Sigismund, posted by fayeroe on January 14, 2009, at 16:37:14
Whoa! That is awesome! It kind of reminds me of caves, the way there's so many different shapes that look like other things. I love caves.
-T
Posted by Kath on January 14, 2009, at 20:00:56
In reply to Slit canyons. » Sigismund, posted by fayeroe on January 14, 2009, at 16:37:14
They are truly amazing!!!
Kath
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