Gas is $6 a gallon, poor families are going hungry, but ok…
Human life should matter more than some self-hating environmentalists’ desire for the earth to be some perceived paradise devoid of humanity.
Jimmy Carter asks court to defend Alaska’s ‘unrivaled wilderness’
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Jimmy was a terrible President. He's still a very good man, and I admire him, and would love to have him over for dinner!
Same. I’d love to talk with someone like him. I can’t imagine a world where a nuclear engineer could even become president. Reality star makes sense to me more as a person who could actually become a president.
President is a tough job and I don’t think I even know what a good one looks like. In my lifetime they’ve all disappointed me in some significant way or another.
Re: Jimmy Carter asks court to defend Alaska’s ‘unrivaled wilderness’
#63Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.
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Why is he a good man?
His work on Habitat for Humanity, for one. It's not virtue signalling for Jimmy, he's out there swinging a hammer alongside everyone else. His work in ensuring fair elections in various countries, for another.
Agreed. He works hard to make the world a better place.
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#65Looking at google maps, there's a ferry about 30 mile ride on the water. I don't know the route they're proposing, but maybe 60 miles over mountains. Ugh. The ambulance isn't going to be going 60 over washboard roads. The good people of Alaska can do whatever they want, but if the concern is medical emergencies, they should seriously consider keeping a plane at the airport, illuminate the airport, and make sure the r…
We built an interstate across an entire mountain range. Just because a road goes over a mountain does mean it can’t be easily possible at highway speeds.
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#66Read Carter's amicus brief https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/amicus-brief-jim... Carter's argument: Regardless of any facts surrounding the purpose of a road, the 1980 ANILCA did not authorise (Trump's) Secretary of the Interior to review and permit development in refuges on an ad-hoc basis, via section 2192(h)(1) land exchanges. A majority of a three-member panel of the Court of Appeals got it wrong. The C…
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Re: Jimmy Carter asks court to defend Alaska’s ‘unrivaled wilderness’
#67Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.
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This logic leads to extinction of many animal species
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Whole US were a wilderness once... you're basically punishing them for not destroying their nature earlier on, like the rest of us did...
We have to stop the destruction of the wilderness at some point, or we'll all die.
Wow, you should see a therapist.
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A well connected, wealthy person with no real worries about their own access to medical professionals and no real roots in Alaska feigning to act for the good of nature but in the process acting against the interest of these communities? Say it aint so.
The Alaskan wilderness belongs to all of us. The people there are welcome to enjoy the wilderness. Not pave it.
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What does 97 year old Jimmy Carter have to gain from making a stand here? I cannot come up with any motivations besides the guy actually just wants to protect the wild. He grew up close to the land, so that makes sense to me.
Jimmy Carter grew up in Alaska? Never heard of that. I can't find a single occurrence of "alaska" in his Wikipedia article. Got any ref? Edit: I don't mind the downvote, but could someone explain if I missed something obvious?
"Close to the land" does not mean "close to that particular land."