There has been a lot of talk about FDR lately - mainly having to do with the great depression and the similarities with the current economic meltdown. But i want to talk about Teddy Roosevelt, lover of the outdoors, big sky country and founder of most of the National Parks we enjoy today.
Interestingly there was no mandate to create national parks. There was no EPA nor were there groups protesting for the preservation of the national natural treasures - he just did it and he did it because it was the right thing to do and at the time it might have seemed silly, rash or pie in the sky.
I guess the point is that sometimes what is truly brilliant at the time seems silly or foolish. But when you think about Yosemite, Yellowstone or Acadia - who would say Teddy made a bad choice. With global warming and so many other serious environmental issues facing us - in retrospect Teddy really did take us into the great wide open! Will you take your business into big sky country?
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