[at-l] Politics & the List

[jim]

   I not a long time AT-L subscriber, but I'm not sure I've ever seen a list of "rules".  I know Ryan doesn't like abusive "flame wars" and has kicked folks off for such abuse.  
   In America, there is not much that doesn't involve politics in one way or another.  The AT was established via a long *political* process, in addition to the critical efforts by the pioneers in actually building the trail.  The AT was a model that is still pertinent today.  As others have pointed out, its not a partisan issue, the are trail and hiking proponents and opponents on both sides of the aisle.  And while we castigate the current occupent of the White House, just this week he gave an award to the Sierra Club for environmental activities.  Go figure.  
   A rails-to-trails project that I'm currently working on is *very* political and we're trying to gather political support at the local and state level.  That's just the way things work in America.  And, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, as bad as that is, its much better than any other system!
My two cents.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Bullard 
  To: Frank Looper 
  Cc: bogey at toast.net ; at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Politics & the List


  ............. And I agree with Frank that if one of the rules of AT-l is that we avoid discussions of politics, we should honor Ryan's rule. That's what I think.

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