I am Al Gore

[Dinkshooter]

I was just told by a motorhead/gearhead I am just like Al Gore. I want to lock up everything and keep everyone out, as I support this newest proposal:

http://www.whiteriverwild.org/

He then stated it's not fair, my father is to old to get around out there

 

[Lawnboy]

Granola! Your not welcome on my 4 wheeler

 

[noharleyyet]

I am Al Gore

Stay away from the jelly donuts...you'll be back down to one, two chins tops, in a 5-6 weeks.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Where is manbearpig? Half man, half bear, and half pig..

 

[MattK]

greenhorn- Wouldn't that make 1 1/2...shouldn't it be 1/3 man 1/3 bear, 1/3 pig? Does sound better using half though.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

AL GORE on Manbearpig

 

[Dinkshooter]

Al Gore does not want the local rednecks to find this Hidden Fact in the Hidden Gems proposal:

"The Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal would close less than 6 miles of motorized routes and less than 8 miles of designated bike routes on the White River National Forest".

Proof further that any owner of a ATV cannot read.

Manbearpig does exist.

 

[Buschy]

Thank you for enlightening me Greenhorn and Dink. I'm now a believer of manbearpig. Al Gore would never misinform anyone and he is one of the most credible people I know!

How do you go about protecting yourself from manbearpig?

 

[Khunter]

"How do you go about protecting yourself from manbearpig"

manbearpig is deathly afraid of ATVs: the louder, smellier, and farther off of established trails you get with your ATV, the safer you are from manbearpig. Those hapless fools (they always seem to be yelling something at the top of their lungs that almost seems like it is directed at you) you pass while breaking new trail up the mountain each morning while sitting astride 700 CCs of manliness will be hollowed out carcasses after manbearpig is done with them.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Mr. Anti Hidden Gems gave me the riot act, and then told me to go read his bumper sticker. It said “You can kiss my Hidden Gems…………….both kinds”.

By the time he left the office, thanks to a marker, paper and packing tape, his bumper sticker said “I love Hidden Gems”.

I held off on putting “Both Kinds” on the new one. I know what a chicken.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Can't wait to listen to this tonight:

Atop the hot topics of the moment this week is our representative in the U.S. House, Democrat Jared Polis, holding a community forum on the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal at 5:30 p.m. today at Battle Mountain High School.

Battle Mountain is appropriately named today, given the positions of residents for and against the proposal.

The original proposal was to add 450,000 acres of designated wilderness to the White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management property, pretty much to include more public land below timberline to these protections.

Today, that acreage has been whittled a bit to 342,000 acres after the Hidden Gems group removed areas for snowmobile use, mountain-bike trails and other concerns.

You've read and will continue to read the letters to the editor on both sides of this one. Some love it, and some hate it. Passage of these lands into designated wilderness therefore will be a battle.

The wilderness designation would ban “extractive” uses of the public wildland for mining and drilling along with motorized uses that include mountain bikes as well as off-road vehicles and snowmobiles. Access by horseback would be allowed.

The Forest Service last year expressed a good deal of reluctance to go along with the proposal led by a coalition of environmental groups, preferring a tiny fraction of new land earning the designation.

The agency seldom has been a catalyst for naming wilderness areas; historically that's largely been the work of citizens groups and politicians. And so it is with this proposal.

As for citizens themselves, well, that's what the congressman's community forum this evening is all about. This is one of three, the other two in Boulder and Breckenridge.

The mindsets of those for the proposal and those against it don't leave a lot of room for compromise. But even those who hate the very idea should acknowledge that the Hidden Gems folks have made some effort to accommodate motorized forest users by keeping popular areas open to such.

Still, the main point for opponents remains openness to all the public, while the main point for advocates is that some small fraction of the wildlands (and wildlife) should be protected from human impacts.

Should be quite an interesting conversation tonight. Hope you can make it.

 

[Dinkshooter]

I am guessing it might sound like the end of this clip:

http://media.southparkstudios.com/clips/222625/?searchterm=Rednecks

 

[Randy11]

I got in an argument on MM over the impact wolves are having, and made this up. Never posted it, probably should've.

 

[danr55]

Well AL, Can you give an old guy a tip on how to make it with Tipper since you can't get there anymore?

 

[Dinkshooter]

600 people showed up. The cream of the crop.

The best dirka dirka dirrr moment? Ol Tred Barta showed up. I was wondering what side he would be on now. You can probably guess. He went on some tangent how he is opposed to wilderness because the Obama Administration can lien wilderness while they cannot lien regular forest property. And the old standby how the Chinese already own all our National Parks Etc.

He needs his meds adjusted.

 

[elk_hunter]

LOL, sounds like a rockin' good time. But I'm guessing in the spirit of giving, you bought a few rounds for the boys after the shin-dig, Dink?

 

[Dinkshooter]

The anti wilderness crowd was there selling t-shirts. I asked my buddy if he wanted to buy one and burn it in the parking lot afterwards. He declined.


Sexy to see a bunch of middle age fatties with 2 t- shirts on