Given that they sincerely believed that the whole universe was created by some mystical magic-man with a white flowing beard 6,000 years ago, should Christian terrorist groups in America be allowed to shape or even dictate public environmental policy?
By: Ringo Bones
Maybe it was just the current resulting escalation since the
Fox News Network successfully convinced the conservative white supremacist Christian
right back in the mid 1990s that climate change / global warming is a hoax
perpetrated by left-leaning scientists, but the latest military adventurism by
American Christian terrorists back in January 2, 2016 that resulted in the
taking over of the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the
U.S. state of Oregon supposedly as a “protest” to the treatment of two cattle
ranchers convicted of arson only highlights the resolve of these Christian terror
groups in the United States that they really mean serious business even if
their core beliefs tend to more often than not clash with current scientific
findings and will continue to do so as time goes on. Given that these white
supremacist Christian militia groups in the United States – often dubbed by the
mainstream media as “domestic terrorists” to appease the right wing of the US
Republican party – sincerely believe that the entire universe was created 6,000
years ago by some mystical magic-man with a white flowing beard, are they
really in a position to shape the U.S. federal government’s public policy when
it comes to the environmentally sustainable use of public lands?
From an environmental perspective, the occupation of the
Malheur National Wildlife Preserve by these so-called white supremacist
Christian terrorists / domestic terrorist / militia groups poses an immediate
threat to the wildlife refuge given their “core beliefs” more often than not
make them do things that treat these fragile ecosystems like an inexhaustible
resource just by proclaiming that white supremacist Jesus will fix it after
they done their callous ecological scorched-earth policies. The unlawful
occupation also represents a larger movement by the conservative extreme right
of America to put state and local authorities in charge of public lands, which
often results in unregulated logging, minerals extraction and crude oil and
natural gas drilling / fracking. What happened in the first few days of 2016 in
Oregon may set a precedent for how federal lands will be protected and managed
in years to come.
The Audubon Society of Portland – based in the U.S. state of
Oregon – issued a warning back in January 3, 2016 that the 188,000-acre refuge
contains “some of the most important bird habitat on the Pacific Flyaway” and
the unlawful occupation “violates the most basic principles of the Public Trust
Doctrine and holds hostage public lands and public resources to serve the very
narrow political agenda of the occupiers.” The Malheur National Wildlife
Preserve is also home to one of the biggest wetland restoration efforts ever
undertaken.
The Christian terror group currently occupying the federally
owned facility is lead by a 40-year-old Nevada rancher Ammon Bundy who also
claims that he is a (self-styled?) Mormon Militia leader and is also one of the
three sons of Cliven Bundy, who back in 2014 posted a video tirade on You Tube that
has more N-word count than a typical late 1990s rap / hip-hop artist /
performer often uses about how the federal government violated his rights. Despite
the significant financial breaks the federal government already extends to ranchers,
the Bundy Family has been refusing to pay land use fees for years. If these “Christian
extremists” occupy the federal facility any longer, they could rename it as the
“Ammon Bundy Preserve for the Armed and Cranky”.
