ARE MINNESOTANS READY FOR THE RECREATION-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX?
The above image is taken from Google. The photo was taken by Dan Crane for Adirondack Almanack in NY. This is an example of the horrific damage ATVs do to natural landscapes The following is written by Barry Babcock from Bemidji Minnesota. In President Eisenhower’s famous farewell speech “Military-Industrial Complex” he warned the nation of an out-of-control military build-up of armaments with corporate industry behind this for profits and the dangers it poses for us all. Eisenhower made the point that “… we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…The industrial complex is a socioeconomic concept wherein businesses become entwined in social or political systems or institutions, creating or bolstering a profit economy from these systems.” He also warned us, “As we peer into society's future, we must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of ou
