ID Republican defends Wilderness

[Ithaca 37]

Maybe the GOP will start to smarten up about Wilderness! Let's hear from the usual right wing ultra-conservative wacko looney tunes now? What will they say about their hero defending Wilderness?

"He called the Boulder- White Clouds "God's cathedral," and said, "just because you can put a dirt bike on the top of Castle Peak doesn't mean you should." He closed stirringly:

"We've been debating this for 30 years. We've been saying no for 30 years. It's time to get to yes. It's time to solve this problem. After the last no, there comes a yes, and on that yes, the future depends. We're not doing this for us; we're doing it for untold future generations, so that they have the opportunity to enjoy what is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular places on Earth. And you know, they're not making any more wilderness."

Such passion for the environment had never before been uttered by an Idaho Republican in public.

Simpson wanted maximum reach for his groundbreaking talk. It will air on public radio across southern Idaho. He also chose the audience well, as ranchers and environmentalists nodded approval at an event sponsored by Boise Cascade and the Conservation League.

Ranchers can't sustain operations in sensitive places like the East Fork Salmon River, Simpson said. "Five years from now they'll be gone. Can we do something to give them some economic benefit for the sacrifices they've made?"........

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040815/NEWS010702/408150315/1002/NEWS01

 

[Muledeer4me]

"Let's hear from the usual right wing ultra-conservative wacko looney tunes now? What will they say about their hero defending Wilderness?"

Hero? Your idea of who gets hero statis is much lower then most of us,I cant think of any person in the public eye that stands out as my hero.
Simpson is doing what he got voted to do as any good pubilc figure should do.




"ranchers and environmentalists nodded approval at an event sponsored by Boise Cascade and the Conservation League."

I see this as a good thing
nothing wrong with defending wilderness as long as it's done in an honest manner.
Thats what Simpson has been trying to do with bringing all the sides in on this.
Dont forget it was groups on both sides of this issue that were having problems with his plan.

Ithaca, It's just like you to (Poke a stick throught the spokes) of anyone that is trying to make an issue better.
I would have hoped even you could see the good side of this speech and could have given some encourgement to anyone that might have a problem with it.
Poking at these issues from both sides have gotten us no place fast, now with the progress thats being made on both the Owyhee & Whiteclouds issue I hope the harsh critics on the all side
could leave there poking sticks at home and go about this issue in a more mature manner.
Simpson and other groups are working on it ,now if the wackos on from either side will the stop poking and taking such delight in keeping it festering we all might see an good outcome here.

 

[Ithaca 37]

Read it again, ""We've been debating this for 30 years. We've been saying no for 30 years."

He's a conservative Republican making a speech to the ID GOP telling them they've been wrong for 30 years.

 

[Hangar18]

He's a conservative Republican making a speech to the ID GOP telling them they've been wrong for 30 years.

That doesn't make him right.

"A lapsed Mormon who opposed the landmark 1990 anti-abortion bill and the 1994 anti-gay initiative and tax credits for private schools, he's never been a right-wing hero." Hardly a hero to "...the usual right wing ultra-conservative wacko looney tunes..."