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Patagonia boycotts Outdoor Retailer show in support of Bears Ears...
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"But OR's departure doesn't mean that Patagonia is ready to leave Utah politicians alone. This morning they are launching a campaign to flood Utah Governor Gary Herbert's office with comments in favor of Bears Ears National Monument. The company is using Phone2Action, a site that allows organizations to connect supporters with elected officials. The company will use Facebook and Twitter to share a Phone2Action link which will supply followers with a brief set of talking points and then patch their phone call directly into the governor’s office. Patagonia hopes to generate thousands of calls from Utah citizens with the effort. (Though it also hopes non-Utahns will voice their support as well.)" |
Tylerpratt wrote:^ you should add a rope swing to that arch.Oh wait, Dean Potter already did that. outsideonline.com/1825021/h… |
Rob T wrote: Utah state Representative dares people to stop visiting Oh good, now they're taking the same approach to public lands that they do to alcohol. "We control it so you'll take what we give you, and like it."It can always get weirder. Secret coordination? » Among other questions Utah Republican wants answered: Was there prior notice from Obama’s White House? Chaffetz probes Bryce Canyon tweet welcoming Bears Ears sltrib.com/home/4967844-155… |
a.l. wrote: It can always get weirder. Secret coordination? » Among other questions Utah Republican wants answered: Was there prior notice from Obama’s White House? Chaffetz probes Bryce Canyon tweet welcoming Bears Ears sltrib.com/home/4967844-155…Seriously? Who gives a flying fuck. This is definately what they should be spending tax-payer dollars doing. It's a fucking tweet, get over it. |
eli poss wrote: Seriously? Who gives a flying fuck. This is definately what they should be spending tax-payer dollars doing. It's a fucking tweet, get over it.The 2008 election left Mr. Chaffetz uncomfortable with derivations of the word "hope". |
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It's not just about protecting lands. Many of those who oppose the monument still want to protect the area. |
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In 2018, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz will be up for re-election. The outdoor community & its organizations should aggressively oppose his re-election & shine a spotlight on his contempt for Bear Ears National Monument & meeting with Donald Trump to rescind it. |
T Brad wrote:http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4966790-155/op-ed-utah-invested-in-public-lands It's not just about protecting lands. Many of those who oppose the monument still want to protect the area.I couldn't disagree more with this op-ed by Timothy Hawkes. He is clearly only looking at fossil fuel revenues & the wages that dirty energy jobs create, without examining the external costs that the oil & gas industry passes on to the communities & taxpayers in the form of clean-ups & health problems. Hawkes is assuming the best case scenario in Bear Ears that would support oil drilling without impacting our wild places. Water & wildlife will be impacted by drilling & mining. Once, a national monument has been created, it has NEVER been rescinded by a future president. Furthermore, Utah governor Gary Herbert & the state legislature want to see the Antiquities Act (that presidents use to create National Monuments) overturned, as well. Rescinding either Bear Ears National Monument or the Antiquities Act are RADICAL ideas. The party wishing to do this can not rightfully call itself conservative. Welcome to the Republican Reich! |
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Perhaps it's time to add Arizona to the boycott list. Remember Chaffetz claims paid protestors disrupted his town hall meeting. See where this is all going. |
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If this bill passes the state house in Arizona, it will most likely see a constitutional challenge in court. This bill is clearly about stifling dissent & not about preventing a riot. There are already laws in place to prosecute violent forms of protest & rioting. Those laws are already abused & misrepresented by the police. But this new proposal allows organizers to be charged should their protest gets rowdy or violence occurs from an infiltrator. |
Mark Rolofson wrote:He is basically a spineless coward. At least, Mitch McConnell & Jason Chaffetz did hold town hall meetings.I don't know if you can really give that credit to Chaffetz. He showed up very briefly at the meeting and when he saw that the audience didn't agree with him, he left. Apparently he was "threatened" by an opinion other than his own. |
eli poss wrote: I don't know if you can really give that credit to Chaffetz. He showed up very briefly at the meeting and when he saw that the audience didn't agree with him, he left. Apparently he was "threatened" by an opinion other than his own.I was there and yes he most certainly left 45 minutes early and was clearly flustered by the audience being in almost complete opposition to his agenda. |
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Thank you Broken Chairs for clarifying that about Jason Chaffetz leaving 45 minutes early. Clearly, the agenda of the Republican agenda is being met with fierce resistance & these lawmakers think they can just discount it. In 2 years hopefully Chaffetz will be booted out of Washington. Unfortunately, Cory Gardner isn't up re-election until 2020. |
BrokenChairs wrote: I was there and yes he most certainly left 45 minutes early and was clearly flustered by the audience being in almost complete opposition to his agenda.Hey, speakin' of which, have you been paid for attending yet? We were bused in from Sandy (about 5 minutes away) as some of those "out-of-towners"...ha ha. Interesting spin from him post townhall. I didn't see any out of state plates other than a couple of friends who live up by the capital (in our gerrymandered SL County...split into three districts...!), everyone I spoke to was from his district. Good times... |
Brian in SLC wrote: Hey, speakin' of which, have you been paid for attending yet? We were bused in from Sandy (about 5 minutes away) as some of those "out-of-towners"...ha ha. Interesting spin from him post townhall. I didn't see any out of state plates other than a couple of friends who live up by the capital (in our gerrymandered SL County...split into three districts...!), everyone I spoke to was from his district. Good times...Hahaha, I sent him an invoice and am still awaiting my check. Glad to hear I wasn't the only other "out-of-towner" that was paid to attend. I just read an article on NPR that he is still spreading this "Alternative Fact". npr.org/2017/02/24/51698373… Good times indeed! |
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Very interesting that Chaffetz is denouncing his constituents that criticize him as paid protesters. Republican legislators in North Dakota are also promoting this alternative fact about paid protesters at Standing Rock. |
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I really want one of these hypothetical $1,500 a week paid protestor jobs. Would just dirtbag around the states in the most beautiful republican counties climbing and clearing 50k. What a magical mystery world it would be. |
Mark Rolofson wrote: Once, a national monument has been created, it has NEVER been rescinded by a future president.I ask this out of general curiosity, and not to be inflammatory, but is this true? Example, Mount of the Holy Cross, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount… "Under USDA Forest Service administration, the mountain was proclaimed "Holy Cross National Monument" by Herbert Hoover on May 11, 1929. The monument was transferred to the National Park Service in 1933.[6] In 1950, it was returned to the Forest Service and lost its National Monument status—the number of visitors to the mountain and the nearby "Pilgrim's Hut" had waned, and the expense of full-time staff could not be justified." Perhaps there's the "by a future president" point, but this is an example of a National Monument that was demoted. Yes, Mount of the HC, and surrounding land was made into Holy Cross Wilderness, but that wasn't for 30 more years, in 1980. So there is precedent that National Monuments can be demoted, perhaps it would take an act of Congress, but today's Congress doesn't seem unfavorable to something like this. Just doing a curosory google search, this ain't the only demoted National Monument (or Park) backpacker.com/stories/amer… roadtrippers.com/stories/fo… |
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Thank you Long Ranger. I was unaware of this piece of history. At least from wikipedia, it doesn't appear it was by the president at the time. Mt. Holy Cross went from being a national monument to a national park, but the revenue from it was too little to justify the expense. 10 national park & monuments shows there is some precedent to demote their status. All parks & monuments remained so for 15 years or more, with the exception of Jackson Hole. |
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Many of the people outraged and screaming boycott Patagonia can't afford to buy Patagonia. I do think their stuff should be made in USA . |
