HIPPIES

Scanning the bubble-gum newspaper of the United States, USA Today, I came across this piece last week. It seems a new concern growing amongst the green segment is new homes along the border of National Parks.

“The development is prompting concerns about "edge effects." The term refers to the idea that residents near parks bring pets that prey on wildlife, lead to urban-type development that increases storm runoff and often drive off-highway vehicles that bring intrusions and noise.”

Not happy with owning 900,270,000 (yes, that’s over 900 MILLION acres), nearly 40 (“Did you just say forty?”), yes, 40% of all the land in the United States, these tree huggers are worried about the 600 feet OUTSIDE of the boundaries.

"We are trying to see if we can have influence outside our boundaries. That has always been a difficult thing for national parks," said Kevin Skerl, an ecologist for Cuyahoga Valley National Park.”

Give a hippie and inch and he wants a mile (not that he can spell it).

To quote Eric Cartman, “I hate hippies”