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If you want to know what the Trump Administration thinks of our public lands, just look at the BLM Flickr page.
Prior to the Trump Admin, the BLM Flickr stream was a showcase of beautiful landscapes and iconic animals on our public lands.
For example, here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/32604113543/
Or here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/31828924941/
Now, the Trump Admin has turned it into a showcase of strip mining and extraction industries.
For example here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/33895351165/
Or here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/33545780762/
If you go to pornhub you can see the Trump Admin's video playlist of them them blowing mining industry lobbyists. :mrgreen:
Finally, yes, of course one of the roles of public land is for oil and mineral leases where appropriate, but that they think this is the soul purpose of our public lands is sickening.
If you want to know what the Trump Administration thinks of our public lands, just look at the BLM Flickr page.
Prior to the Trump Admin, the BLM Flickr stream was a showcase of beautiful landscapes and iconic animals on our public lands.
For example, here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/32604113543/
Or here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/31828924941/
Now, the Trump Admin has turned it into a showcase of strip mining and extraction industries.
For example here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/33895351165/
Or here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/33545780762/
If you go to pornhub you can see the Trump Admin's video playlist of them them blowing mining industry lobbyists. :mrgreen:
Finally, yes, of course one of the roles of public land is for oil and mineral leases where appropriate, but that they think this is the soul purpose of our public lands is sickening.
Your disingenuous contentions are eminently deserving of dismissal.
Here is the actual BLM Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/albums
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You are accusing me of being disingenuous, and you show a flickr page for the BLM that is not chronological. So the albums you are all seeing is from the Obama Admin BLM.
The link I provided, https://www.flickr.com/photos/91981596@N06/
Is chronological, you will notice that every single picture the Trump BLM has posted is of mining or other forms of resource extraction.
Funny. I looked at the link you provided. Yep. top of the screen shows mining, oil&g, etc.
But just a bit down from that. Oh look, scenic shots with no mining, recreation shots, wildlife. etc.
Your post narrative is a way bit biased.
Jobs, economic growth... the problem is?
So you think strip mining should be the sole purpose of public lands. You don't think any should be preserved for stuff like hiking, fishing, hunting, etc...?
Actually, there should be no public lands. All land should be privately owned.
Actually, there should be no public lands. All land should be privately owned.
Actually, there should be no public lands. All land should be privately owned.
Why do you think that? You don't think the government is doing a good job of taking care of it? Do you think the government is good at doing anything?
You are missing the point.
Those scenic shots, look at the date on them, they are all from the Obama years. The only thing the Trump Admin has put up are pictures of resource extraction.
Images in a flickr photo stream are organized by the date and time they were uploaded. Scroll down far enough and you eventually get to the first photo ever uploaded years ago.
Actually, there should be no public lands. All land should be privately owned.
Why do you think that? You don't think the government is doing a good job of taking care of it? Do you think the government is good at doing anything?
Actually I don't.
They have royally mismanaged the lands, they're keeping logging rates far below sustainable levels, they're not permitting ranchers to raise enough cattle to remain profitable. They are not permitting fires to burn and clear out the stored fuel in the form of underbrush, which results in these superhot dangerous burns, they're closing off access to swaths of land by gating roads, which in turn increases vandalism and poaching and other crimes in the land because it reduces traffic. and we have a misguided policy of protecting old growth forests instead of permitting new healthier forests to take their place. they repeatedly fail to even make a profit off of running public lands when there is so much resource potential!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/naturalresourcesYou are missing the point.
Those scenic shots, look at the date on them, they are all from the Obama years. The only thing the Trump Admin has put up are pictures of resource extraction.
Images in a flickr photo stream are organized by the date and time they were uploaded. Scroll down far enough and you eventually get to the first photo ever uploaded years ago.
So you think strip mining should be the sole purpose of public lands. You don't think any should be preserved for stuff like hiking, fishing, hunting, etc...?
People lack perspective, There is far far more lands for "hiking and wildlife" than is being used for industry.
You are accusing me of being disingenuous, and you show a flickr page for the BLM that is not chronological. It is a collection of all the albums, not the current photo stream. So the albums you are all seeing is from the Obama Admin BLM.
The link I provided, https://www.flickr.com/photos/91981596@N06/
Is chronological, you will notice that every single picture the Trump BLM has posted is of mining or other forms of resource extraction.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/naturalresources
There are plenty of pre-Trump photos of mining and such. I dont think that Trump is personally choosing what is being posted.
That being said I do get your point and I am sure that is all that Trump see's in our public lands. After all it is land and Trump is a real estate tycoon. Most real estate people see empty land as opportunity.
Questions for you? Do you believe the oil and gas wells were installed in the last 90 days? Yes or No
Uploading a photo into an album with that date stamp has nothing to do with when the image was taken. I also see no date stamp on the photos. Where are you seeing the date stamp?
Hint for you. Read NEPA. Then get back to me. Major mining operations takes years to complete an EIS.
Actually I don't.
They have royally mismanaged the lands, they're keeping logging rates far below sustainable levels, they're not permitting ranchers to raise enough cattle to remain profitable. They are not permitting fires to burn and clear out the stored fuel in the form of underbrush, which results in these superhot dangerous burns, they're closing off access to swaths of land by gating roads, which in turn increases vandalism and poaching and other crimes in the land because it reduces traffic. and we have a misguided policy of protecting old growth forests instead of permitting new healthier forests to take their place. they repeatedly fail to even make a profit off of running public lands when there is so much resource potential!
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