Rest in Peace Rural America

Your turn is coming... Some warped thinking is taking this country to a bad place. Unnoticed, a Fourth Branch of Government has been created which cannot be held accountable for inappropriate actions. Inexperienced regulators put firefighters in harms way. Regulators say: You will know what 'we' want when you get your permit approved. Hundreds of miles of streams are damaged by avoiding use of site specific and historical facts, peer review by experienced professionals, logic, and common sense. Kids need a fishing license to play with tadpoles. Unreturned fishing reports can mean jail time. Putting bells on kids in Grizzly country. Using Clintonese by saying: likely to result; is interchangeable with would. It is okay to hoard this country's resources and maintain poor conditions in third world countries. If no management, locking up areas, and eliminating access means big-fires, this is okay. Let populated areas control rural areas. Without changes, a lot of good things are going to disappear. Rural America has brought us practical, honest, patriotic, hardworking, family folks, and they deserve better than they are getting. Rest in Peace Rural America - You have done well.