government vindictivenes

One of his last acts before CLinton left office was to designate millions of acres of land as off-limits federal land, national forests, parks and monuments. These of course were all in the West. Over 50 percent of the land in the western ten states is federally controlled, less that 2 percent of the land in the eastern ten states is federally controlled. We have the resources in this country to be pretty much energy independent. We have the technology to use most of it safely. It will never happen no matter if God himself came down and picked up the coal or oil-shale, squeezed out the oil and poured it into a leakproof tank, leaving not a trace of disturbance. The environmentalists, who naturally populate the EPA, will find a way to stop any development regardless how badly we need it. They will scour the landscape to find an endangered species and if unsuccesful, they will find something and add it to the list. All civilizations come and go adn ours will do the same. The difference is we will lose it because of actions from our own government, the very people we elect to improve and protect our lot. They NEVER look at the law of unforeseen consequences, the powers that be enact sweeping "reforms", ruining peoples lives and livelihoods with never a backward glance. The incompetentcy is mind-boggling.