By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 23, 2016
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The Pirate in the Oval Office is not only fleecing American citizens out of more than 265 million acres of public lands and waters, he’s rubbing their noses in his park acquisition on his way out of the door.
Barack ‘Captain-Kidd-you-not” Obama spent Father’s Day weekend hanging out in the park.
Plebeian campers held up in traffic jams getting to two iconic parks were detained in celebrating Father’s Day camp-outs while patrician Obama got to survey his personal kingdom: “National Parks -- spectacular natural treasures that are available to everybody, not just the lucky few -- have been called America's best idea. Under my administration, we've protected more than 265 million acres of public lands and waters -- more than any administration in history. I've been proud to build on the work of the giants of conservation and environmental protection who came before me, like President Lincoln who first protected the Yosemite Valley in 1864, and President Teddy Roosevelt, who spoke so eloquently about why our strength and future as a nation relied on protecting our precious natural resources.”Anyone knows that “protecting our precious natural resources” is a far cry from taking them outright. The big problem is that Obama as a modern-day ‘Barbarossa Bro’ has made more than 265 million acres of park land a now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t American asset. Not counted among the robber barons, Presidents Lincoln and Roosevelt would never have turned America’s resource-rich parklands over to the greedy, over-reaching United Nations.
“Rising seas could destroy vital ecosystems in the Everglades and at some point might even threaten landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Doing nothing to stop those changes is not the example we want to set for the next generation.”Given Obama’s abysmal failure in dealing with Islamic terrorism, there’s no guarantee that there will even be a “next generation”.
“But there is more we must do to protect our parks and to protect this planet for generations to come. Make no mistake: The biggest challenge we are going to face in protecting them is climate change. “That's why we've worked so hard to jump-start a clean energy revolution and to build a solar industry that's growing by leaps and bounds. That's why we're tackling carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan here in America and by rallying the whole world to tackle climate change together through the Paris Agreement.
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“OFA is one of the groups working to support effective responses to the threats of climate change. If you're ready to stand up for decisive action on climate change, you can add your name with them today. “Climate change is no longer just a threat; it's already a reality. Yosemite meadows are drying up. Bird ranges are shifting further north. Alpine mammals are being forced further upslope to escape higher temperatures. We're also seeing longer, more expensive, and more dangerous wildfire seasons -- fires that are raging across the West right now. “In the coming years and decades, rising temperatures could mean no more glaciers at Glacier National Park and no more Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park. “We have to take seriously the idea that these treasured places could be marred or lost to history. We can't deal with it later or think that it's somebody else's problem. And we can't let climate change deniers carelessly suggest that we don't need to get serious about the carbon pollution being released into our atmosphere or that we should scrap an international climate treaty that we spent years putting together. We can't afford to go backward.”Much of America’s prized parklands were already “lost to history” when they were handed over to the U.N. As for not affording to go backward, Obama’s walking America right to the cliff’s edge with the nightmare-come-true scenario of Hillary Clinton as his favored White House replacement, and Obama running the U.N. Meanwhile it’s not safe for anybody now that Barry’s come out of the school bathroom and into the parkland.
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