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[ft-l] Special Alert: Bush Administration FailingNationalParks
Try this from Merriam-Webster:
propaganda:
2 : dissemination of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping
or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
This variety is definitely intended to injure your political opponents. And
isn't even true failing under Disraeli's second class of mistruths: "Damned
Lies"
Bryan
"Si vis pacem para bellum"
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> To Bob: propaganda
>
> n : information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
> Source: WordNet ? 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University
>
> We, on this site are interested in promoting the outdoors and
> preservation of such, which includes the National Parks. If you
> aren't interested in that, why are you on this site? It doesn't
> really matter which administration or whose policies are involved
> but on what is happening because of their policies and decisions.
> We need to let those in power know what their contstituents
> think. Mary Pat Cross
>
> i wish this kind of propaganda could be kept off this site
> > FYI. Deborah Stewart-Kent, Executive Director of the Florida Trail
> > Association asked that I forward to you this Parklines alert from the
> > National Parks Conservation Association .
> >
> > Kent
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Parklines
> > To: Floyd & Linda Ayers
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:34 PM
> > Subject: Special Alert: Bush Administration Failing National Parks
> >
> >
> > ADMINISTRATION EARNS D- ON NATIONAL PARKS
> >
> > NPCA today released a report card that highlights the Bush
> > administration's failure to protect our national parks. As a key park
> > advocate we need your help to stop the administration's actions that are
> > having a devastating effect on the parks.
> >
> > NPCA's detailed assessment illustrates the administration's pervasive
> > pattern of damaging national park policies over the past two and a half
> > years, including:
> >
> > a.. The decision to roll back the Clean Air Act, which
> threatens visitor
> > enjoyment of national parks as well as their health and harms the plants
> > and animals that live in these special places.
> >
> > b.. A top-down mandate to privatize up to 70 percent of all
> positions in
> > the already understaffed National Park Service which will undermine park
> > protection, the experience of park visitors, and efforts to
> diversify the
> > Park Service workforce.
> >
> > c.. A failure to fullfill the administration's promise to eliminate the
> > maintenance and construction backlog. In addition, the
> administration has
> > not yet adequately addressed insufficient park operating budgets, which
> > lead to the maintenance backlog and the failure to address insufficient
> > park operating budgets.
> >
> > d.. The use of the provision in the antiquated 1866 Mining Law, Revised
> > Statute 2477, to encourage county and state governments to claim
> everything
> > from wheelbarrow ruts and stream beds as roads and pave our national
> parks.
> >
> > The president and the Secretary of the Interior are charged with
> > protecting our National Park System. This administration has not met its
> > commitment and in fact has pushed through policies that threaten nearly
> > every facet of park protection.
> >
> > We need your voice, your passion, and your time. The only way
> to protect
> > our national parks is to work together to ensure that decisions made by
> > Congress and the administration protect our parks. Millions of Americans
> > cherish our national parks but they need your help. Only if you take
> action
> > will parks receive the protection needed so that future generations can
> > still enjoy hiking to the top of Mount Rainier, exploring the cliff
> > dwellings of Mesa Verde, and stepping back into history at Gettysburg.
> >
> > There are many ways you can help. Send a letter to your representative
> and
> > senators, letting them know that they cannot stand by and let
> our national
> > parks become irrevocably damaged.
> >
> > In addition, you can:
> >
> > Getting other people involved is critical. We have over 32,000
> activists
> > but if everyone who received this email sent it to just 10
> people we could
> > reach 320,000!
> >
> > We have drafted a sample letter to the editor on our letter to
> the editor
> > page that you can tailor and send to papers in your own area.
> This reaches
> > out to more members of your community and can help get the
> media involved
> > in covering the story and raise awareness with members of
> Congress and the
> > administration.
> >
> > You can bring the park protection message to your friends and community
> > members by organizing a get together, or utilizing an existing way folks
> > come together such as a Kiwanis or Rotary Club or church group, you can
> > share your concerns for and commitment to our national parks and at the
> > same time get them to write letters to decision-makers urging their
> > leadership to protect the parks.
> >
> > Your tax deductible donation will help us to continue the fight to
> protect
> > our national parks and you will receive our National Parks magazine that
> > will help bring the parks right to your door.
> >
> > Over the years, park advocates have been the key to protecting our
> > national parks and we need your help now more than ever. Thank you for
> your
> > dedication and commitment to our national parks.
> >
> >
> > Visit us online at www.npca.org
> >
> >
> >
> ******************************************************************
> **********
> **********************
> >
> > Kent L. Wimmer, AICP
> > Florida National Scenic Trail Liaison
> > Florida Trail Association, Inc.
> > kwimmer@fs.fed.us
> > (850) 523-8576 (w)
> > (850) 523-8578 (fax)
> > (850) 386-8442 (h)
> > Mailing address:
> > USDA Forest Service
> > National Forests in Florida
> > 325 John Knox Rd, F-100
> > Tallahassee, FL 32303-4160
> >
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