VDARE - Steve Sailer: Park Inflation–Obama Inflates The San Gabriels To National Monument Status … In The Name Of Diversity! (It is unusual and somewhat otherworldly to have a mountain range of that size up against a mega-city. In the late 50s and early 60s I spent many hours there hiking with my dad, and was depressed years later to learn that mountain gang graffiti had become common. One more piece of paradise gleefully throttled by our open-borders overlords.)

Park Inflation–Obama Inflates The San Gabriels To National Monument Status … In The Name Of Diversity!


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When I was a kid, there was a clear hierarchy of National Parks (e.g., Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon), National Monuments (second tier attractions like Death Valley and Joshua Tree), and National Forests (e.g., the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles). But there has been a steady pattern of park inflation over the decades with numerous National Monuments getting bumped up to National Parks. And now, President Obama is using his visit to Gwyneth Paltrow’s house to inflate the ho-hum San Gabriels to National Monument status … in the name of Diversity! The Washington Post explains ...

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