Many residents of the Rocky Mountain West have been up in arms lately over the President's plan to sell off public lands. Their new hero may be an unlikely one: Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, who said he won't let the plan make it through his Senate subcommittee.
Craig, who controls the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, believes selling public lands is bad policy. His spokesman told a reporter, "I don't really see it going anywhere in Congress."
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke/
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure/
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up/
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY/
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run/
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.