And you sir, are no Ed Abbey

Counterpunch has an article titled thus: "How to Make Bruce Babbitt Look Like Ed Abbey: Salazar and the Tragedy of the Common Ground," regarding the tragic appointment of Ken Salazar to the head of the Department of the Interior. You should just read it. It cautions against the cooperative play-nice comments from the conservation community, warning about Salazar's record and what can be expected in terms of environmental protection in his DOI.

...Big Green’s docile genuflections to Salazar won’t make those table-scraps go down any smoother.

No kidding. If we read one more article with The Wilderness Society/Sierra Club/Defenders et al praising Salazar's potential, we might just puke.

Given Dirk Kempthorne's record as Bush's DOI, his endorsement of Salazar should make Salazar himself blanch. Why don't the Big Greens see this as problematic?

And so, while we appreciate the nay-saying by the media-dominating Center for Biological Diversity, why, pray tell, haven't they talked about the perils of public lands livestock grazing? Even in the extended Democracy Now interview, CBD didn't manage to discuss this issue- what's up with that? Is oil development the only issue these days?

Ah, Ed Abbey. Where did you go? Fortunately, your words live on: This web page randomly loads five quotes from Cactus Ed each time you visit.