re: #7 tradewind

And a lot of conservatives are simply sick of the radical environmentalist positions adopted by the left that cost people jobs and even lives. The water situation in CA is a current example… save a two-inch Delta smelt in favor of letting farmers irrigate their crops.

I agree.
But the way to deal with any radical position isn’t to deny that a problem exists; it’s to jump in and offer balancing viewpoints and ideas.