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Jimmy's a good man. We need more like him.
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Even if he was incompetent as President, he is a good man and nothing can change that.He has done a lot of good over the years as a citizen and it is fair to applaud him for that. He hasn't been President for 42 years so it is time to let that go and just appreciate a great American that he is.
Jimmy's a good man. We need more like him.
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The Alaskan wilderness belongs to all of us. The people there are welcome to enjoy the wilderness. Not pave it.
King cove is almost 50% ethnically native, not to mention the rest of whom have have that as their home regardless of the home of their ancestors. Considering that and their historical ties to the land, I'd say they have a little more say than the average lower 48er.
I don't have any claim whatsoever to the lands of my ancestors, either. Nor do I have any claim on the land my neighbors live on, or the nearby park.
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I would sooner take the children away or force the residents to move than pave a road through the Alaskan wilderness. I wouldn't do those things either, though. People get to choose where and how to raise their children. Children don't get a say so in virtually anything that affects them. "Think of the children" is not a good argument. Also the whole population is like 1200 people. We're talking about a relative hand…
We destroyed our local wilderness long time ago to make our lives safer and easier and more comfortable - and now we're judging others for wanting the same for their town...
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> people shouldn't be allowed to upgrade their infrastructure ever? In a wilderness area? No.
Whole US were a wilderness once... you're basically punishing them for not destroying their nature earlier on, like the rest of us did...
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> people shouldn't be allowed to upgrade their infrastructure ever? In a wilderness area? No.
Whole US were a wilderness once... you're basically punishing them for not destroying their nature earlier on, like the rest of us did...