"JR" wrote in message
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GregP wrote:

O"B J Conner" wrote:

It's just a preview of the future under the neo-con oligarchy. If
anyone
voted for Bush and his gang of thieves you don't have a bitch coming.
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It will come regardless of whether neo-fascists are running the
country. The one difference is that without their influence there
would be a chance that at least some waters would be limited
on an egalitarian basis, such as lottery.

The limiting of access to private land--by leasing to guides and
outfitters, as is happening throughout the West, or by long-term leasing
to exclusive "clubs", as in the NYT story--is probably bound to happen no
matter who's in office. The wholesale divestiture of public lands, on the
other hand, is an entirely right-wing agenda.

All true, I think. But there is more to the picture. At least in some
places......like here in Wisconsin......the access limitations currently
being imposed in the west simply cannot happen without a major change not
only in current law, but also in the very philosophy upon which that law is
founded. Here, virtually ALL water is publicly owned and the public's right
to use those waters is guaranteed so long as it can be gotten to and from
without trespassing. I am convinced that any fundamental change in these
policies would result would in a bloodbath that would make last week's
little embarrassment look like a typical ROFFian slapfest by comparison.

Wolfgang
remember cameron dam!