Environmentalist gangs ! I thought that was the code word for the Marijuana
growers association - commonly referred to by law enforcement experts as
environmental space cadets !
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"Don T" wrote in message
news:C6CKb.23110$lo3.11673@newsread2.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
> You -DO- realize that more and more people are beginning to figure out
what
> the real agenda of the "Sierra Club" ( fuck me, ain't the Sierra's in
> California and Mexico? Then just what the fuck is a "Sierra Club" doing in
> Hawai'i? ) and the rest of the radical "environmentalist" gangs actually
is.
> In greater and greater numbers WE, the people, are telling them to fuck
off
> eat shit and die choking.
>
> --
> Don Thompson
>
> "The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is
before
> them, glory and danger alike, and notwithstanding go out to meet it."-
> Thucydides
>
> "Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of Freedom:
> Therefore they do not believe in dying completely."-
> Albert Camus
>
>
> "redvet" wrote in message
> news:vvlq8d6br2q389@corp.supernews.com...
> > The Honolulu Advertiser
> >
> > Sunday, January 4, 2004
> >
> >
>
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar....html/?print=o
n
> >
> >
> >
> > Group outlines Stryker concerns
> >
> > By Karen Blakeman
> >
> > Advertiser Staff Writer
> >
> > The Army is speeding ahead with its plans to
> >
> > install a Stryker Brigade in Hawai'i, giving only
> >
> > lip service to the impact that the vehicles and
> >
> > required training scenarios are likely to have on
> >
> > the state's environment, the Sierra Club charged
> >
> > yesterday in a 32-page letter.
> >
> > "We are concerned that the Army, the Pentagon and
> >
> > our elected leaders are viewing the environmental
> >
> > review process for this project as a mere
> >
> > formality instead of using it as the
> >
> > decision-making tool it is meant to be," said
> >
> > Jeff Mikulina, director of the club's Hawai'i
> >
> > chapter.
> >
> > The Sierra Club also accused the Army of
> >
> > expanding its plans for the Stryker Brigade
> >
> > without properly studying the effect those
> >
> > changes were likely to have on the environment.
> >
> > It contends that although the Army has made
> >
> > progress in its stewardship of land it uses in
> >
> > the state, problems with inadequate cleanup at
> >
> > old sites and issues such as the recent fire in
> >
> > Makua Valley do not bode well for the impact of
> >
> > the new Stryker Brigade.
> >
> > The Army said it would carefully review the Sierra Club's comments.
> >
> > The Sierra Club letter was submitted to the Army
> >
> > as a response to the government's three-volume,
> >
> > 1,500-page draft environmental impact statement,
> >
> > which was released Sept. 30. Yesterday was the
> >
> > last day for the public to submit responses.
> >
> > "The Army is pleased the Sierra Club provided
> >
> > comments on the draft environmental impact
> >
> > statement," said Troy Griffin, spokesman for the
> >
> > 25th Infantry Division (Light). "These comments
> >
> > will be reviewed, considered and addressed with
> >
> > the same deliberate process as the other comments
> >
> > on the document received during the public
> >
> > comment period."
> >
> > Griffin would not comment on the specific
> >
> > allegations by the Sierra Club, saying the issues
> >
> > were better addressed through the environmental
> >
> > impact review process.
> >
> > The Stryker is a 19-ton armored vehicle that is
> >
> > light enough to airlift, has eight wheels instead
> >
> > of treads and is said to be extremely
> >
> > maneuverable. Stryker Brigade combat teams
> >
> > include 3,600 soldiers designed to be deployed
> >
> > anywhere in the world within 96 hours.
> >
> > Stryker Brigades are the Army's answer to critics
> >
> > who, at the end of the 20th century, contended
> >
> > the service was incapable of deploying fighting
> >
> > units quickly enough to respond to scenarios
> >
> > likely to arise in the 21st century. The first
> >
> > Stryker brigade, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., is
> >
> > being tested in Iraq.
> >
> > It was reported last month that Secretary of
> >
> > Defense Donald Rumsfeld has approved a Stryker
> >
> > Brigade for Hawai'i.
> >
> > The Stryker Brigade is expected to be operational
> >
> > in 2007, equipped with new lightweight 155 mm
> >
> > howitzers and new Comanche helicopters scheduled
> >
> > to be in service in 2009. The Stryker would be
> >
> > the 2nd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division
> >
> > (Light) and be based at Schofield Barracks.
> >
> > State elected officials, including Sen. Dan
> >
> > Inouye and Rep. Neil Abercrombie, have lauded the
> >
> > Stryker Brigade as a means of ensuring a
> >
> > continued military presence in Hawai'i and an
> >
> > economic impetus for the state. The Sierra letter
> >
> > also points out that government money has been
> >
> > set aside for the improvements that would support
> >
> > the Stryker, including upgrades to Hickam Air
> >
> > Force Base, which would transport deployed
> >
> > vehicles by C-17 aircraft.
> >
> >
> >
> > These statements and actions seem to indicate
> >
> > that the military plans to go forward with the
> >
> > Stryker Brigade, regardless of the findings in
> >
> > the environmental studies, Mikulina said.
> >
> > The Sierra Club also said that training with
> >
> > Comanche helicopters and 155 mm howitzers was not
> >
> > considered in studies leading to the military's
> >
> > original environmental impact statement and
> >
> > should have been. A new or amended draft
> >
> > environmental impact statement should be prepared
> >
> > and submitted for public comment, the letter said.
> >
> > The Army will review the public comments it has
> >
> > received before deciding whether to issue a final
> >
> > environmental impact statement.
> >
> > Reach Karen Blakeman at 535-2430 or kblakeman@honoluluadvertiser.com.
> >
> > © COPYRIGHT 2004 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
> >
> >
> >
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