[jonKranked]

http://ecopolitology.org/2010/03/22/7-things-glenn-beck-doesnt-know-about-public-lands-policy/

7 very good points. definitely worth a read.


2 of the best, essentially that bleck spouts pure BS:

4. “But look at how it’s distributed: It’s overwhelmingly in the West. Nevada is almost 90 percent federally owned land. Alaska is nearly three quarters federally owned. Compare that to the East. States are in the single digits. Even Texas is only 2 percent federally owned land.”


The vast majority of federally-owned land in the American west is that way because back when they were literally giving it away, no one else wanted it (more on this in point no. 6, below). Second, when the United States embarked on its western expansion, it realized that there should be more some planning involved with the vast expanses of “vacant” land. In essence, they wanted to avoid the kind of land use planning, or lack thereof, that took place east of the Mississippi in this country’s formative years.


5. “Why isn’t government rushing to “protect” land in, say, Connecticut or New Jersey?
The simple answer: because someone or something besides the U.S. Government likely already owns it.

 

[sanjuro]

I took his book out of the library, "Arguing With Idiots", and it has some of the most obviously specious logic I have ever seen.

 

[jonKranked]

I took his book, "Arguing With Idiots", and it has some of the most obviously specious logic I have ever seen.

At first I was gonna make a joke about how he made a coloring book, or had enough literacy to write a book.

Then I googled.


He actually did write a book.


It belongs in the self help section.

 

[Dartman]

At first I was gonna make a joke about how he made a coloring book, or had enough literacy to write a book.

Then I googled.


He actually did write a book.


It belongs in the sad cry for help section.

Fixed.