Teague And Defenders Of Wildlife: Both Bad For New Mexico & Border Security

Harry Teague has some rabid allies be they corrupt Congressman Charlie Rangel, union bosses and etc. But, none comes as rabid as the Defenders of Wildlife.

Who are the Defenders of Wildlife? Let’s take a look: (www.discoverthenetwork.org)

1. Defenders of Wildlife has come out continuously against allowing drilling in ANWR so as to stop the United States from becoming free of foreign oil;

2. Defenders of Wildlife has been a staunch defender of the Endangered Species Act which has allowed the federal government to confiscate private farms/property due to the discovery of such things as the ‘kangaroo rat’;

3. Defenders of Wildlife also openly support the Wildlands Project, which is an initiative that seeks to ‘remove all signs of human existence from fully one-fourth of America’s land mass. This would explain Teague’s support of efforts in Congress to make the Otero Mesa a ‘national monument’ and making the Organ Mountains in Dona Ana County a ‘protected wilderness area’ where even border patrol can’t go;

4. Defenders of Wildlife has consistently opposed logging, ranching, mining and even the use of recreational vehicles as being ‘bad for the environment’;

5. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE EVEN OPPOSES THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY THE U.S. BORDER PATROL ALONG OUR BORDER WITH MEXICO. Defenders of Wildlife Executive Vice President Jamie Rappaport Clark stated conspiratorially, “The Border Patrol’s blanket requests for unlimited motorized access to protected parks, monuments and wilderness areas are being made behind closed doors…”;

6. Defenders of Wildlife even oppose the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to finish construction of security fences and round-the-clock high intensity lighting on the Arizona-Mexican border.  The Defenders of Wildlife put the security of American citizens at risk from border criminal elements because they pushed that such barriers “would have ended any hope for further cross-border movement by jaguars, ocelots and a host of other border animal species”;

7. Defenders of Wildlife put American military preparedness at risk. In 2003, Defenders of Wildlife condemned the Department of Defense for seeking exemption from restrictive environmental regulations that hindered training for the War on Terror. Defenders of Wildlife were joined in their effort to stop military training for the War on Terror by such groups as Earthjustice, the Endangered Species coalition and Natural Resources Defense Council;

8. Defenders of Wildlife is a member of the Save Our Environment Action Center (SOEAC) which is a coalition made up of very radical organizations such as Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and World Wildlife Fund;

9.  Defenders of Wildlife have been ardent supporters of re-introducing wolves into New Mexico putting ranchers and children in rural areas at risk;

10. Defenders of Wildlife have supported Cap & Trade legislation increasing taxes and big government authority over the lives of every American;

The Defenders of Wildlife is a radical, anti-freedom organization bent on using big government, higher taxes and oppressive laws to hurt New Mexico’s farmers, ranchers, border patrol agents, energy companies, small business owners and New Mexico’s working families. 

Then it comes as no surprise that Harry Teague is there hero. He supports Cap & Trade. He has done nothing to stop the wolf re-introduction program. He has done nothing to stop the feds from declaring the Otero Mesas as a national monument. He has done nothing to stop efforts to make the Organ Mountains a ‘wilderness area’. He has done nothing to reform the endangered species act to protect farmers, ranchers and other private property owners. 

No wonder then that the Defenders of Wildlife have recently spent thousands on TV ads attacking Teague’s opponent.

A man is judged by the company he keeps. We can’t afford Harry Teague, or his radical friends, for two more years.

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