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Zinke, the onion of the cabinet.Just keep peeling off layers to get to the next scam.

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this is the same guy who is getting his golf buddy's tiny contracting company to rebuild the entire infrastructure of PR, right?

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He's pillaging public assets and plans to sell them off

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Lock him up.

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The whole time I'm reading this I'm thinking what is the difference between this scam and Goodwill, Salvation Army, Pat Robertson or Joel Olstien?

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Also too, user fees for national parks are going up a bit. No, not for oil and gas, or logging or things like that. Just for the common people who want to visit. You’ll have to do your own research to see how much they’re going up because my link won’t copy.

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So he's not only a grifter, but a dishonest one? Got it.

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What if I visit a park and bring my own oil-drilling equipment?

Discount?

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Zinke forgot the political SEAL's motto: The only easy to scam day was yesterday

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"If you're going to Alabama Be sure to wear some possums in your hair...."

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Sounds like someone dropped the dime on him since wingnut welfare reform happened and the rich loons tightened the money spigots.

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Here's a link to a local Denver news channel story on it.

Disclaimer: Tourism is a HUGE part of the Colorado economy and Rocky Mountain National Park is a massive draw. This is causing some very serious environmental degradation problems from overuse. Therefore you may find this article a bit slanted in favor of the idea. Still, it's acknowledged as not a really good thing.

http://www.9news.com/news/l...

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How much kickback is Zinke going to get from the power deal?

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Whitefish, Montana. Closer to Teapot Dome, WY than to San Juan, Puerto Rico by a $million$ miles. It's all about building a Trump golf course to house climate disaster refugees.

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All mine are racist cousins; their racist parents all died years ago. One of the perks of aging is getting to watch your older racist relatives die. My Charleston relatives especially.

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And of course, there are multitudes of companies now in Florida, after working to repair damage from Irma, and many would LOVE to head to PR, and are very skilled at all levels of restoration and repair. There is no bottom to the depravity and corruption of the Dotard Administration. Every damn day brings new horrors to our lives.

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