{"id":6346,"date":"2013-06-23T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2013-06-22T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T03:56:34","slug":"scoundrels-at-abq-journal-insult-and-slander-those-not-out-to-make-a-buck-off-bosque-development-abqbosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/scoundrels-at-abq-journal-insult-and-slander-those-not-out-to-make-a-buck-off-bosque-development-abqbosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoundrels at ABQ Journal insult and slander those not out to make a buck off bosque development #abqbosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14ga6go\">\u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is extremely easy to criticize a project when you come late to the party and are unencumbered by facts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14ga6go\">\u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you tell the Albuquerque Journal is a conservative business booster? That single sentence is viciously insulting to the caring people who oppose developing the bosque, who oppose deviating from preservation into exploitation. But the Urinal, as Jas. Mullany calls it, sells advertising and would love to sell a spread to the good merchants of the New And Improved Bosque-land, now with 20% more fun, coupon attached. But, wait, the scurrilous insults continue\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14ga6go\">\u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Evaluation is needed. Politically motivated NIMBY-ism is not. Albuquerque is bisected by an amazing natural resource that is currently most enjoyed by homeless squatters, drug addicts and juvenile delinquents. Law-abiding, nature-loving residents and visitors should also get to enjoy it. And they must protect it. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14ga6go\">\u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right: the bosque isn\u2019t \u201cenjoyed\u201d by tax-paying citizens or mega-corps, by decent neighbors, by Aldo Leopold or <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1a89fTY\">Dave Parsons<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/11T79j2\">V.B. Price<\/a>. The bosque isn\u2019t \u201cenjoyed\u201d by free-loading wildlife &#8212; coyotes, porcupines, myriad birds. Because it lacks amenities you must pay for, it is \u201cmost enjoyed by\u201d [insert any group you fear or disdain &#8212; liberals, for example]. We are law-abiding, nature-loving residents who also get to enjoy it. [See <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1aDZVr4\">A Walk in Albuquerque\u2019s Bosque \u00bb mjh&#8217;s blog<\/a>.] And we will protect it, especially from the scoundrels at the Journal. [spit on the ground] peace, <em><font color=\"#ff0000\">mjh<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal It is extremely easy to criticize a project when you come late to the party and are unencumbered by facts. \u00bb Editorial: Bosque project deserves real input, not posturing | ABQ Journal Can you tell the Albuquerque Journal is a conservative business booster? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/scoundrels-at-abq-journal-insult-and-slander-those-not-out-to-make-a-buck-off-bosque-development-abqbosque\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scoundrels at ABQ Journal insult and slander those not out to make a buck off bosque development #abqbosque<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albahquerque","category-loco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}