An email that I received today contained one of the best quotes I’ve heard in a long time. It’s not that it is just a choice quote but is extremely accurate and pertinent as to the condition we find the state of our country in, in particular our political discourse.
The quote came in answering the questions of a person wanting to know if the Endangered Species Act could be amended in such a way that would, “change the ESA language, not just specific to wolves, but other species that are strangling our economic and social fabric?”
Robert Fanning, founder of the Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd (FOTNYEH), answered the question in the affirmative and explained that he has, for 12 long years, been “chipping away” at not only finding a sensible end to this insane wolf issue but in related efforts attempting to revive the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and put the power of the states back in control of the people in those states.
FOTNYEH has legal standing and the needed documentation to bring suit against the criminal actions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as it pertains to wolf introduction into the Northern Rocky Mountains. It appears with each passing day, as the level of frustration rises within the masses of citizens in the Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and portions of Washington and Oregon, every question raised seemingly can be answered with the implementation of THE lawsuit of FOTNYEH, a suit that will ultimately end up in the United States Supreme Court. (Donations are needed…..Please!)
I have to admit that early on in my writings about the wolf wars, I was skeptical about such a lawsuit – not that I didn’t believe it wasn’t a viable option but because I didn’t believe it would be necessary to ever come to that. But, here we are. There was a point when I began believing Robert Fanning’s idea was perhaps the only one that would work but that it would take a process before more people, like myself, would understand completely the broken wheel and what would be required to straighten the spokes and right the wheel.
As part of that process, we have all been witness to court cases and rulings generating enough ire to glow a 60-watt light bulb. We have watched at local, county and state levels, attempts to create legislation that would somehow alleviate the pain and suffering, only to result in deeper and sharper affliction. And, we can testify to the recent corrupt, greedy and agenda-driven actions of our national Congress to play games with wordsmithing a rider to a federal budget bill that some believed would actually result in getting control of wolves into the hands of the states.
Once a person has experienced and fully understand what has gone on here for many, many years, then and only then can a real appreciation of Robert Fanning’s quote be realized. Fanning has been relentless in sending out truck loads of documents that contain the facts and what will ultimately support his case. His frustration comes through in knowing that few people take the time to read the facts.
The quote:
“The first step in this journey is to read the documents. Unfortunately, rather than reading the documents 308 million Americans would rather reinvent the wheel by issuing their own unsolicited opinions like meter maids on crack handing out parking tickets. ”
