Stewart Wechsler for president!

Stewart Wechsler wrote:
> The solution to that drug trafficking and associated problems is to
> decriminalize the drugs putting the organized crime dealers out of
> business, but the feds may never do that because the powerful "drug
> lobby" might withhold their contributions to their campaigns I(or
> weild their poser in other ways) and the Feds may not be able to fund
> future Iran-Contra type operations.
> Garbage is unsightly, but rarely a big problem for the wildlife. The
> lizards, snakes, and spiders even use it as cover.
> The barbed wire fences drove the Buffalo (as well as the Plains
> Indians) into functional extinction. Let's not let more fences drive
> more species into extinction or out of this country due to government
> fed paranoia (and influential fence building contractors).
> (Everything we do and say ((or fail to do/say)) is in one way or
> another political to one degree or another. Anything that is in
> opposition to those in power is always considered "political".)
> Advcating for wildlife is always political.
> Stewart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Jeff Gilligan [mailto:jeffgill at teleport.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:49 AM
> *To:* Dennis Paulson; Tweeters
> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Re: Border Wall.
>
>
> My comments are not in regard to a possible wall in Texas. I bird
> in Arizona with some regularity. Many birding areas there are now
> trashed by illegal immigrants. Many parts of Buenos Aires NWR are
> now rubbish heaps. Safety for those birding in even non-remote
> areas is an increasing problem because of the narco ?traffickers.
> An arroyo near Green Valley that I have birded for years is not
> littered with empty back packs that were used by drug smugglers.
> The remote trails in the Huachucas and Santa Rita Mountains are
> regularly used by smugglers who want to avoid detection on the
> highways. I know people Green Valley who say they have seen drug
> transfers being overseen by persons brandishing AK-47s ? just off
> the frontage road to the freeway.
>
> Jeff Gilligan
> Portland/Nachotta, WA/Green Valley, AZ
>
> On 11/10/07 9:23 PM, "Dennis Paulson" <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> I looked back at the No Texas Border Wall website and found
> that dozens of tweeters have signed the petition. Thank you so
> much!
>
> With the threat of terrorism paraded in front of us
> unendingly, it will be very difficult for environmental
> considerations to take precedence over "homeland security" in
> this matter of the border wall. We can hope for one or more of
> these alternatives:
>
> 1. Congress repeals or changes the Secure Fence Act of 2006
> which allows DHS to build the wall.
>
>
> 2. Congress repeals the 2005 Real ID Act.
>
>
> 3. Enough folks cry loud enough that Congress pressures DHS to
> stop.
>
>
> 4. The constitutional challenge by several environmental
> groups wins and strips DHS of its powers.
>
>
> 5. No more funding is issued by Congress to finish the whole wall.
>
> 6. The Borderlands Conservation and Security Act (HR 2593)
> will mitigate some of the Secure Fence Act's most destructive
> aspects. This has not been taken up by Congress yet, but our
> representatives should be urged to do so. You can learn more
> under "Take Action" on the website.
>
> Dennis
>
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> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson at comcast.net
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