{"id":2397,"date":"2017-01-30T21:35:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T04:35:36","slug":"i-am-about-to-become-politically-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/01\/i-am-about-to-become-politically-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"I am about to become politically involved&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<!-- sfs forms added to the_content - adding as a comment so that it will not display, but will it fool spammers?\r\n\t<br>\r\n\t<br>\r\n\t<form action=\"https:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/wordpress\/wp-comments-post.php\" method=\"post\" id=\"commentform1\">\r\n\t<p><input name=\"author\" id=\"author\" value=\"\" size=\"22\"  aria-required=\"true\" type=\"text\">\r\n\t<label for=\"author\"><small>Name (required)<\/small><\/label><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t<p><input name=\"email\" id=\"email\" value=\"\" size=\"22\"  aria-required=\"true\" type=\"text\">\r\n\t<label for=\"email\"><small>Mail (will not be published) (required)<\/small><\/label><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t<p><input name=\"url\" id=\"url\" value=\"\" size=\"22\" type=\"text\">\r\n\t<label for=\"url\"><small>Website<\/small><\/label><\/p>\r\n\t<p><textarea name=\"comment\" id=\"comment\" cols=\"58\" rows=\"10\" ><\/textarea><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t<p>\r\n\t<input name=\"comment_post_ID\" value=\"2397\" id=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\">\r\n\t<input name=\"comment_parent\" id=\"comment_parent\" value=\"0\" type=\"hidden\">\r\n\t<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t<p><input id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"6e8b9d1c26\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\r\n\t<\/form>\r\n\r\n\t<form id=\"setupform1\" method=\"post\" action=\"wp-signup.php\" >\r\n\r\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"stage\" value=\"validate-user-signup\"   \/>\r\n\t<p ><input id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"6e8b9d1c26\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\t\t\r\n\t<p>\r\n\t<input id=\"signupblog\" type=\"radio\" name=\"signup_for\" value=\"blog\"  checked='checked' \/>\r\n\t<label class=\"checkbox\" for=\"signupblog\">Gimme a site!<\/label>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<input id=\"signupuser\" type=\"radio\" name=\"signup_for\" value=\"user\"  \/>\r\n\t<label class=\"checkbox\" for=\"signupuser\">Just a username, please.<\/label>\r\n\t<\/p>\r\n\t<\/form>\r\n\r\n\t<form name=\"loginform1\" id=\"loginform1\" action=\"https:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/wordpress\/wp-login.php\" method=\"post\">\r\n\t<p>\r\n\t<label for=\"user_login\">User Name<br \/>\r\n\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"log\"  value=\"\" size=\"20\"  \/><\/label>\r\n\t<\/p>\r\n\t<p>\r\n\t<label for=\"user_pass\">Password<br \/>\r\n\t<input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\"  value=\"\" size=\"20\"  \/><\/label>\r\n\t<\/p>\r\n\t<p class=\"forgetmenot\"><label for=\"rememberme\"><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" checked=\"checked\"  value=\"6e8b9d1c26\"  \/>Remember Me<\/label><\/p>\r\n\t<p class=\"submit\">\r\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"testcookie\" value=\"1\" \/>\r\n\t<\/p>\r\n\t<input id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"6e8b9d1c26\" type=\"hidden\">\r\n\t<\/form>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t-->\r\n\t<p>I have been following, although somewhat casually, the issues regarding land control and use in the State of Utah, which includes the recently created Bears Ears National Monument. I have read blog and facebook posts, articles, and other information shared by organizations of which I am, or have been, a member, which includes blatantly false and misleading information calculated to instill fear in the public mind that if control of federal lands is returned to the states, our<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> treasured natural parks and other lands and resources will be forever lost and their beauty destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>This evening I decided I will take an active part in this issue. On this \u00a0website, <a href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwesterntrailrider.com%2F&amp;h=ATMxn3Tt5bAKWlt87YyoHive0NP4v9wUVAxleJubRyfmJhbgJnjN3xn_XsvoRrNvEwoud1JhAu-0ChxyBDUDCRzpf1QmCAFUrV0n-ReuXYUyge_BnIoGkVAyA8Ru9-51YsDjcf6NoglGPCNVhv_RNxMZUw&amp;enc=AZNQ11hTJmRPGJmJByh1UMNRNj2pGdxlugiX8dH7Hk4DGUHRcIEVWGs9z1o95fJnsmxPO_8RMmgSjIM7YX_dl-oRMofu_tBiULD2y0W1lMcqpfjUBk4l9XyQcMLhvFKy5DZmSwAZ0VXcyBa8_aqsKxHw7R6-vBRoiMUgLYMie2vykMJgFKb28UJYlyq5UeiP75sRMpKqisocTZlgRuzqrMsk&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">westerntrailrider.com<\/a>\u00a0and on my facebook page Western Trail Rider, I will be publicly supporting the efforts of the State of Utah and other states to return control of federal lands within their boundaries to the states themselves.<\/p>\n<p>While I will invite and encourage educated and civil debate of those issues on this page and on my website, I will not tolerate uncivil or mean-spirited commentaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been following, although somewhat casually, the issues regarding land control and use in the State of Utah, which includes the recently created Bears Ears National Monument. 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