It’s a bloody joke! Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg, and Sen. Jon Tester are each claiming credit for “solving Montana’s wolf dilemma”. This is akin to sticking a finger in the “dijk” (dike or levee) and declaring the leak has been stopped. Oh, please!

This is nothing short of typical political grandstanding all intended to garner votes. The people still suffer and “putting wolf management back in the hands of the states” is not going to have any remedy for a “wolf dilemma”. But we’ll let the children battle it out as to who really wants to take credit for doing nothing and probably in the long run creating a bigger quandary.

The one person of these two I will give the most credit to is Rep. Rehberg. He first cosponsored and then sponsored his own bill that would have simply taken gray wolves off the list of species that could ever be considered for Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection. However, that bill stalled and nobody is asking why.

The article linked to above states, “Rehberg’s proposal [HB 509, a bill to remove the wolf from ESA consideration] has gone nowhere in the House.” Actually, that’s not exactly true. Rehberg’s bill had 52 cosponsors and action was underway to bring more Congressmen on board with this bill. However, special interest and agenda-driven groups began working behind the scenes to derail this effort. This derailment effort came from some very unusual places.

Some people have been led to believe that their Congressional representatives really want something done about the gray wolves. The extent of their concerns mostly surrounds their efforts to get reelected. If it requires concocting some unconstitutional rider bill to get some votes, so be it. I’m sorry if you don’t believe that but that’s your problem and not mine. Keep voting for these same types of people.

This latest “I’m telling momma” display of integrity pretty much seals the deal for me, not that I really needed any convincing.

I have said it before. The Endangered Species Act is the most draconian law on the books today. It has been used, abused, mangled, manipulated, twisted, leveraged and used for just about everything EXCEPT saving legitimate species that might need help.

There isn’t a Congress alive that would agree to alter the Endangered Species Act so bravely as to exempt a species from it. That’s the real reason Rehberg’s bill got stomped on before a vote could come to the House Floor. Consider the precedence this would set and the power brokering abilities that would be snatched from the jaws of corrupt, selfish, greedy, careless politicians. And we haven’t even talked about the environmentalist belly crawlers.

The ESA has been so severely perverted, mostly through the courts, dishonest lawyers and ignorant judges and lawyers, that it is believed to be the supreme law of the land. And thus all existing laws protecting the rights of citizens have been completely ignored.

Many are guilty of this distortion of truth and as such have discovered its powerful uses. For that reason few want to disturb their golden goose. Why do you think Rehberg’s bill “has gone nowhere in the House”?

Tom Remington

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