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« on: January 03, 2006, 05:50:10 PM »
First you have to sell off all that federally owned land. Then, yes, abolish.
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2006, 05:52:48 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2006, 06:10:09 PM »
Quote from: A18 on January 03, 2006, 05:50:10 PM
First you have to sell off all that federally owned land. Then, yes, abolish.

Agreed.  You know, if the government sold off land and it's other annuities, it'd have the money to end social(ist) (in)security.  It'd be hitting two birds with one stone.

More private property rights, less economic burdens.
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2006, 06:15:16 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2006, 06:57:15 PM »
No.
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2006, 07:33:26 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2006, 07:44:54 PM »
This is yet another department that should never have been created in the first place. Ideally, all federal lands (excepting those used by the military or federal government agencies) would be privatized, and the department would be abolished. Sadly, this is not going to happen.
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2006, 07:51:13 PM »
The Department of the Interior is our effort as a society to carry out the will of a force that is bigger than all of us.

To attempt to abolish it is spitting in the face of a higher force, not just an agency.
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2006, 08:01:18 PM »

There is nothing wrong with the government setting aside land on a national level for preservation.  I'm just sad that there isn't more done to preserve more land across the US, especially the areas with old, natural forests.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2006, 08:23:03 PM »
Quote from: Bandit3 on January 03, 2006, 07:51:13 PM
The Department of the Interior is our effort as a society to carry out the will of a force that is bigger than all of us.

To attempt to abolish it is spitting in the face of a higher force, not just an agency.
And what precisely is this so-called "higher force"?
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2006, 08:53:37 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on January 03, 2006, 08:23:03 PM
And what precisely is this so-called "higher force"?

The force of nature that governs us all and commands us to live by its will.
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2006, 08:54:20 PM »
Quote from: Bandit3 on January 03, 2006, 08:53:37 PM
Quote from: Emsworth on January 03, 2006, 08:23:03 PM
And what precisely is this so-called "higher force"?

The force of nature that governs us all and commands us to live by its will.

Which is?
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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2006, 08:55:22 PM »
no, after all, Jessica simpson doesn't think so.  She thinks the secretary of the interior picks out the carpeting and wallpaper.
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2006, 08:56:40 PM »
Quote from: Bandit3 on January 03, 2006, 08:53:37 PM
The force of nature that governs us all and commands us to live by its will.
That is a rather interesting concept, to say the least.

How do you know that this "force of nature" will always want the Department of the Interior to be around?
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« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2006, 08:59:32 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on January 03, 2006, 08:56:40 PM
Quote from: Bandit3 on January 03, 2006, 08:53:37 PM
The force of nature that governs us all and commands us to live by its will.
That is a rather interesting concept, to say the least.

How do you know that this "force of nature" will always want the Department of the Interior to be around?

He's tuned in
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« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2006, 09:01:13 PM »
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on January 03, 2006, 08:55:22 PM
no, after all, Jessica simpson doesn't think so.  She thinks the secretary of the interior picks out the carpeting and wallpaper.

Did she really say that?
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« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2006, 09:03:05 PM »
Quote from: A18 on January 03, 2006, 09:01:13 PM
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on January 03, 2006, 08:55:22 PM
no, after all, Jessica simpson doesn't think so.  She thinks the secretary of the interior picks out the carpeting and wallpaper.

Did she really say that?

hahah yes, she got an invite to the white house and congratulated the sec'y of the interior on the carpeting and wallpaper be picked out in the white house.

Avril Lavigne would never say thatr, a smart freedom fighting democrat she is.
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« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2006, 09:03:50 PM »
Quote from: A18 on January 03, 2006, 09:01:13 PM
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on January 03, 2006, 08:55:22 PM
no, after all, Jessica simpson doesn't think so.  She thinks the secretary of the interior picks out the carpeting and wallpaper.

Did she really say that?
When she met Secretary Gale Norton during a White House tour, she said, "You've done a nice job decorating the White House."
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« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2006, 09:04:19 PM »
LOL. I knew she was dumb, but not that dumb. Hot though.
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« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2006, 10:12:49 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on January 03, 2006, 07:44:54 PM
This is yet another department that should never have been created in the first place. Ideally, all federal lands (excepting those used by the military or federal government agencies) would be privatized, and the department would be abolished. Sadly, this is not going to happen.

Wow, my thoughts exactly!
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« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2006, 02:20:54 AM »
No.  Why abandon our national parklands, including some of the only traces of wild areas left in this country, to development and commercialization?
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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2006, 06:36:56 AM »
No, and its budget should be increased.
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