New West is running a short interview with Doug Peacock. Peacock was the inspiration for George Hayduke from Edward Abbey's Monkey Wrench Gang, required reading for the Coyote Gulch offspring.
Quoting Peacock on Abbey, "The world needs an Ed Abbey now, too. When he died, I'd have figured that there would be a hundred Abbey's out there by now, but there's not. I have to credit Ed for being this eternally cranky sonofabitch. There were no sacred cows. He offended everyone, and in such a funny way. I have to say, if he saw the current state of the environmental movement today, he'd roll over in his grave. The movement is pussy whipped. It's emasculated. Afraid of the administration, of corporate donors. They want a cordial relationship with agencies. There's never been a more anti-life time in our history than now with the Bush administration. Anti-wildlife, anti-human-life. Ed cared about freedom and liberty. They weren't just empty words to him. He was coming more and more to the conclusion that wilderness was the only thing worth saving. There's no one around now that has that same kind of moral and physical presence."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
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