{"id":752,"date":"2009-07-31T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2009-07-31T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T04:43:09","slug":"metaphor-for-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Metaphor for Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/60lo_090721_trees.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/60lo_090721_trees.jpg\" alt=\"60lo_090721_trees\" title=\"60lo_090721_trees\" width=\"550\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-751\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/60lo_090721_trees.jpg 550w, http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/60lo_090721_trees-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Driving from Missoula to Helena the other day:  Gorgeous blue Montana sky, brilliant sunshine on the soft green grasses, rich dark swaths blanketing the mountainsides.  God&#8217;s country.  It&#8217;s why we live here.  But then you look more closely, and you realize that the whole forest has become a deadly kaleidoscope of tans and rusts, reds and greens.  All these public lands; little more than a huge tinderbox just waiting for the inevitable conflagration.  National forests, state lands.  Acre upon acre of wilderness &#8211; managed by your federal, state, and local government bureaucrats.  Because they have the expertise and knowledge to know how to take care of things so much better than the private sector.   They&#8217;re responsible for the long and short term planning to assure strong, healthy forests.  <\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t seem like they&#8217;ve been up to the task, does it?<\/p>\n<p>And now they want to manage our healthcare system? <\/p>\n<p>Way to much deadwood for my comfort. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving from Missoula to Helena the other day: Gorgeous blue Montana sky, brilliant sunshine on the soft green grasses, rich dark swaths blanketing the mountainsides. God&#8217;s country. It&#8217;s why we live here. But then you look more closely, and you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=752\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-c8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}