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- kona3
Ya know I distinctively remember Trump supporters clamoring for this during Trump's campaign trail. Because drilling at National Monuments is something everyone (big oil) can get behind!!
Well done a-holes.
-----Trump order aims to allow drilling at national monuments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to identify national monuments that can be rescinded or resized - part of a broader push to open up more federal lands to drilling, mining and other development.
The move comes as part of Trump's effort to reverse a slew of environmental protections ushered in by former President Barack Obama that he said were hobbling economic growth - an agenda that is cheering industry but enraging conservationists.
Trump signed the order at the Interior Department in Washington, saying that his predecessors' use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to create monuments marked an "egregious abuse of federal power." He said the order would give "power back to the states" to decide what areas of land should be protected and which should remain open for development.
The monuments covered by the review will range from the Grand Staircase created by President Bill Clinton in 1996 to the Bears Ears created by President Barack Obama in December 2016, both in Utah.
- An "egregious abuse of federal power." In a million years the dipshits supporting him would never understand that Trump is guilty of exactly that.mg33
- I wonder will the Alamo, Bastrop State Park, Fort Belknap, Brown, and Concho monuments be covered by the review? I mean shit, who knows howkona
- much oil and precious minerals could be hiding under the Alamo. Right!?kona
- this is lobby and corporate influence in its purest form, the one thing he vowed not to let happen ... pay to playmonospaced
- I'm speechless. They're just destroying the country right in front of everyone without the slightest bit of guilt, shame or guise.instrmntl
- Dudes were tearing up the sidewalk at the corner. I just walk around it, but I know someone out there is complaining about its inconvenience.omg
- ...the sidewalk eventually went back to its normal state, but now its brand spanking new! We enjoy a couple more yrs of carefree life once again on new concreteomg
- I'm sorry. I'm too busy laughing at you for not being able to comprehend the difference between the Grand Staircase and a sidewalk.kona
- You truly are clueless and ignorant.kona
- this from the same guy who genuinely fails to see the benefit of public broadcasting, so you know he's a despicable moronmonospaced
- i can see a benefit of pbs, but if I can't afford it and I don't need it, then don't make me pay for it. maybe try being a different kind of special.omg
- yup, ignorant, deplorable, stupid and of course, defensive and sensitive too ... perfect storm for trumptardismmonospaced
- lol, what part of "can't afford" missed your brain? Yet you think multi-million dollar companies should be leeching on tax payer's money. i want a refund.omg
- 4chan is calling... Go be amongst your brethren at /pol/mg33
- why you looking to march for resistance? hahaomg
- Yes I already said you fail to see it's worth, no need to double down with a side of dipshit and a heaping load of butt hurt loser.monospaced
- I see it's worth, but it shouldn't be funded outside of an education budget. I'm surprised it was funded at all. How many other dumb things am I paying for?omg
- You gotta laugh at the fuck tards who argue that it's just .01% of the federal budget as if that's not a lot on a trillion dollar budget.omg
- What moron on Trump's team is coming up with these executive orders? I really can't see Trump driving all these executive orders.utopian
- No you don't see the value or else you wouldn't have that view. It's deplorable.monospaced
- There was a time when your values lived up to its purpose for PBS. Since the internet those values have dithered as anyone can now be their own PBS.omg
- There was a time when people with real values saw the value in things like PBS, but now there are just people like you in charge who fail to see it.monospaced
- And to the point here, same assholes are now taking back protection of national monuments, all in the interest of corporate greed. Only dumbasses support this.monospaced