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OmCheeto
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To my knowledge, nobody likes bureaucrats.jim hardy said:I'm wary of bureaucrats. They like to expand their power via creeping infringement. As Parkinson said, "Bureaucrats want subordinates not peers."
One of my favorite stories, whether true or not, strikes me as anecdotally true, as far as human nature goes:
bolding mineMy Dad Worked at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and He Knows What Happens When Ranchers Get Their Way
As my dad recalls, this poor stewardship of the land was what drove the government to limit grazing and buy up ranches:dad said:My first experience with cattle grazing on the refuge lands was in the south part of the refuge near Frenchglen. Several fields between the west side canal and the Donner und Blitzen River were being used for grazing. There were lots of cattle there. I think these cattle were from one of the larger ranches in the area, can’t say which one, but Roaring Springs Ranch comes to mind. The cattle had pretty much eaten just about all available vegetation there. These fields were merely mud and cow dang. It was ugly. We were not able to survey these fields for prehistoric sites until a few years later when the fields were not used for grazing.
Sounds like a reasonable story to me.
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