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Flag at Campsite 27
My Gadsen Flag
As much as horrifies my liberal friends I really love my Gadsden flag.
You donβt know how long Iβve wanted to own my own Donβt Tread on Me Flag but was too embarrassed to spend the $8 to buy it.
Iβm a life long liberal Democrat who loves guns and burning things that government is involved in too much in our private lives. Β Iβve always kind of liked the Tea Party message of defending the second amendment, individual empowerment and less government interference with the lives of private citizens.Government shouldn’t regulate individuals like it does large corporations. You might say my views are closer to Malcom X and Huey Newton then Donald Trump or Paul Ryan but I couldnβt find an inexpensive Black Panther flag that I liked. Moreover, nobody knows what the meaning of the Black Panthers is anymore. The Panthers flag just isnβt that nice color wise, especially next to my Blue Marble Earth Flag or now my Rainbow Flag. I thought about getting a Molon Labe flag but I didnβt like the colors or the military undertones. Iβm not a war monger but I believe in citizen empowerment and the right of self-defense and self-reliance.
Iβve long flirted with the Tea Party because I love the Man (lol!) and his aerial highway patrols as much as the next person, but I also think that Obamacare has helped a lot of people even if I think that the subsidies should have been a lot more generous for middle class families. Why canβt government help people get healthcare and an affordable college education without spying on our emails or beating up on the farmers just trying to do their jobs? Animal rights and environmental extremists have gotten much too much control in our society today. People who are ill informed and act only emotion, have no role in our governing. Iβm more concerned with air pollution from coal power plants and large landfills then marginal farmers in the mountains grazing cattle and rednecks burning trash and riding quads in the woods. Not every acre of land should be declared wilderness. We can have public lands with great backcountry camping and trails, hunting and fishing but we can also have logging and mineral production to help pay for upkeep of the land.
I believe we can have a government that works for the people and promote the common good without treading on peopleβs rights.
During the Easter Holiday π° in 2016, I camped at the Lean-to on Cotton Hill.
It was a pretty quiet weekend, π I saw a few people pass by on the Long Path but other then that I had the whole mountain top to myself.
Carried the heater up the mountain, so I could warm my face in the morning. π₯ It was mild, but still fairly cold being late March.
The American flag πΊπΈ I had hung in front of the lean-to.
Nice sunset camping π up there.
On Easter, I hiked over the Middleburgh Cliff. π° Nice day but rather hot.
I always like looking the Pitch Pines π² up top there.
Map πΊ of the Cotton Hill Lean-To at Dutch Settlement State Forest.