US national park faces sale.

[GentryDixon]

Governor of Wyoming threatens to sell chunk of Grand Teton unless White House boosts state's education budget.

Some might call it blackmail. The governor of Wyoming calls it desperation.

Governor Dave Freudenthal is threatening to sell off a chunk of one of America's most beautiful national parks unless the Obama administration comes up with more money to pay for education in the financially beleaguered state.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/06/wyoming-grand-teton-national-park

First and foremost, why do we have to hear this from the UK?

This makes me sick. I was born in Wyoming and grew up at the foot of the Tetons. My Dad's ashes are scattered up the Gros Ventre River in Teton Park. The movie Shane was filmed up there, so anyone old enough to remember the movie knows the stunning beauty of this area.

How can a Democratic governor threaten to sell off this pristine land to bloodsucking developers?

Whether this is a ploy to get the Interior Department off the dime or not, it is beyond disgusting. It makes me want to cry.