PBS, The National Parks, Lizards, etc.

PBS aired a popular program about our national parks, and another program about lizards.

Dr. Eric Pianka University Texas Austin, has been studying lizards for 40 years! And is still studying lizards. One would think the professor would know all there is to know about lizards after 40 years, but, the taxpayer grants just keep pouring in. The professor has to spend those taxpayer grants on something, so he counts lizards.

PBS produces nature shows using words like spectacular to describe the violence in nature. I often wonder if the producers of these violent nature shows, like showing the cannibalistic lizards eating their own kind, enjoy the spectacular scenes, or do the violent scenes satisfy the vicarious sadism of the producers.

And PBS always has the subtle but ubiquitous message that climate change is a crisis and is affecting the habitat, even as they show the lizards have lived since before the dinosaurs died out and have survived many climate changes.

I avoided most of the recent PBS airing of the Ken Burns special about the National Parks. I glanced at it for a few minutes to confirm what I expected, that it would be a tribute to the God, State, not the parks.

The reviews gave the show high marks. Inspirational and other edifying adjectives were used to stamp an approval of the government run National Park System.

I think that a private company can buy beautiful land and preserve it as an attraction that will pay for itself by fees. Has anyone ever heard of the Walt Disney Corp or Kampgrounds of America, KOA?

Certainly millions of people want the natural beautiful landscape preserved, so why do you have to force them to do so? These millions of people would gladly pay, voluntarily, to preserve those wonderful scenes of nature. At least one would think they would voluntarily pay since they place so much importance on the parks. Maybe they just want to use force on others to get others to pay for what the environmentalists think is important.

The socialists and environmentalists insist that only the government, with its ability to confiscate property, can do good things.

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." – H.L. Mencken

I think the urge to save the environment is the urge to rule others. Those with this urge to control others cannot control themselves.

Charles Tolleson