...another 'artist' I once admired has to open her stupid mouth for purposes other than entertainment. That must be some mighty potent weed she's smoking! One more dumbass to add to the list.

"What a revoltin' development this is!"

Chester Riley

Anyone who thinks that 97% of this country is developed needs to take the drive along I-10 between San Antonio and El Paso. Word of warning, bring lots of coffee.

Hey Carole.... when you read this, follow this link and download Google Earth.  Just zoom in and pan around the ole U.S.A. and see how much is 'paved'!  You might be surprised.

...of course you have to have one of those computer thingys.

...and of course you would do this because you have probably never taken a real car trip of any length.

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Carole King is another twit who just needs to Shut-Up and Sing.

Btw...She moved to Idaho City quite awhile back, don't know if she is still there, but a lot of old friends from where my family moved to long ago and far away wished she would just go away....and stay away.

La-La-Land of the leftists...they just don't know when to stop...instead they bring more with them eventually...really is sad in the big picture.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

This is funnier than when Sheryl Crow wanted to make it a law that you can only use one sheet of toilet paper. She's an aging hippie who was burned out 40 years ago.

I suggest the next time she flies coast-to-coast, she sits in a window seat and looks down. It should be patently obvious to even one of her diminished attention that the majority of the land is empty.

Carole King is a promoter of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Portection Act (H.R. 980 - 111th Congress) that will completly block all development whatsoever in the northern rocky states.  This is just one of many attempts to block the use of natural gas and oil among the many other natural resources that are in abundance in these states.  Should this legislation pass, the area would be the "look don't touch" area of the U.S.  

Meanwhile, King couldn't be more wrong on here figures of what is and isn't owne and by whom in the United States.  The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture). They are managed by different administrations, such as the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the US Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Bureau of Reclamation or the Tennessee Valley Authority.

This map details the percentage of state territory owned by the federal government. The top 10 list of states with the highest percentage of federally owned land looks like this:

1. Nevada           84.5%
2. Alaska            69.1%
3. Utah               57.4%
4. Oregon           53.1%
5. Idaho              50.2%
6. Arizona           48.1%
7. California        45.3%
8. Wyoming         42.3%
9. New Mexico     41.8%
10. Colorado          36.6%

 Notable is that all these states are in the West (except Alaska, which strictly speaking is also a western state, albeit northwestern). Also notable is the contrast between the highest and the lowest percentages of federal land ownership. The US government owns a whopping 84.5% of Nevada, but only a puny 0.4% of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The lowest-percentage states are mainly in the East, but some are also in the Midwest and in the South:

1. Connecticut      0.4%
2. Rhode Island     0.4%
3. Iowa                  0.8%
4. New York          0.8%
5. Maine                1.1%
6. Kansas              1.2%
7. Nebraska           1.4%
8. Alabama            1.6%
9. Ohio                  1.7%
10. Illinois               1.8%

Even the 10th place is still below the two percent mark. One territory is not specified on the map: Washington D.C. It could be argued that this is the only main administrative division of US territory to be fully owned by the federal government. It could, but that would be wrong – and upsetting to those private citizens who own part of the nation’s capital in the form of their real estate. It would be more correct to state that the District of Columbia by default falls under the direct tutelage of the Federal Government. 

Here is the link to the map, as referenced in the narrative above:  http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/291-federal-lands-in-the-us/

Obviously, Carole King spends all her time in New York, Los Angeles, and other large urban areas, only flying over the rest of the country to get from one to the other.  She needs to get out into the real world and see for herself, although, I suppose she, like most libs, would rather not be confused with the facts.

...a 1970s-era hosebag who waited much too long to be tested and begin antibiotic therapy.  The bacteria have gone to her brain.  But the big question is...why would any serious organization hire her as a spokesperson? 

"Allies to Land at Normandy Tomorrow!"  New York Times headline; June 5, 1944  (h/t M. Malkin)

Of the earth's landmass about 97% is empty. People occupy about 3%. OK, I made that up just like Carole did. But I'm pretty close based on the following:

In the US about 10 is developed. Of course that developed land includes a lot of backyards and parks.

The entire population of the earth can stand on Manhattan island with a little room left over.

Neal Boortz calculated that if you put 2 80-story condos per acre on two south Georgia counties you could house the entire population of the earth. Parking would be on adjacent counties in Florida.

Another Web site provide a number that 10% of the earth considered habitable could sustain a population of 9 billion.

Conclusion: Carole King's head contains slightly more unused space than the earth.

I like so totally get her calculations.  For instance, 97% of the democrats drive me nuts, and the other 28% are pretty good.

Sound about right for left handed math?

Evidently she's never peeked out the window when jetting past Flyover Country.

 Shoot, I live in a city and nowhere near 97% of the land *within city limits* is developed!