Here in the United
States we have been given a chance to reclaim the land from those who seek to
profit and benefit from its destruction.
The “drill baby drill” and “anti-nature” crowd that arrogantly espouses
raping the land in order to satisfy their greed has been denied, at least for
now, the opportunity to further their agenda. Despite spending mega-millions to ensure that
their plans to pollute at will and destroy with impunity be secured, the
citizenry has spoken and we all hope the leadership echoes the people’s will
and not the yearnings of a few. Words
like “conservative” and “conservatism” have been so obfuscated and muddled that
they now stand for avarice, hedonism and vanity instead of preservation,
frugality and a moral conscience. It
would seem that to be a conservative these days is to be one who believes in
polluted waters, toxic air and a ravaged landscape. Even as we see clear evidence of our own
folly when it comes to how we have treated nature there are those who persist
in their denials so steeped are they in narcissistic behavior and materialism. For those of us who dearly love the land and
nature and who have spent our lives trying to protect it let us take solace in this
victory and reaffirm our declaration to work always towards saving the land.
