I like Rinella's "Gun-toting, conservative, tree hugger" description. I'm 50 years old and I can identify with it more every day I read news like this.
More than 90% of my home state of Iowa has been "modified" to support farming. I've been a registered Republican my entire voting life, but each year it gets harder to commit. The GOP has had majorities in the Iowa House and Senat for years now, and they've done nothing but encourage further destruction of what's left of the habitat in this state while turning a blind eye at erosion and pesticide, nutrient, and bacteria runoff. The waters in this state are poisoned and only getting worse.
On habitat, preventable environmental issues, and conservation, there seems to be more common ground with moderate democrats and independents than the Republican establishment these days. If this road and the mineral deal were US initiatives and the US would be the sole benefactors, I may be able to support it. But how is this project putting America first?
More than 90% of my home state of Iowa has been "modified" to support farming. I've been a registered Republican my entire voting life, but each year it gets harder to commit. The GOP has had majorities in the Iowa House and Senat for years now, and they've done nothing but encourage further destruction of what's left of the habitat in this state while turning a blind eye at erosion and pesticide, nutrient, and bacteria runoff. The waters in this state are poisoned and only getting worse.
On habitat, preventable environmental issues, and conservation, there seems to be more common ground with moderate democrats and independents than the Republican establishment these days. If this road and the mineral deal were US initiatives and the US would be the sole benefactors, I may be able to support it. But how is this project putting America first?
