Caleb, I'm struggling with a few things here. I don't know what to make of the line "You cannot be conservative and be on the side of the concrete pourers and the cement mixers." What does that even mean? Does it mean you can't be in favor of development and be a conservative?
If anyone can truly be said to be on the side of the concrete pourers and cement mixers it's the folks at government agencies like the Bureau of Reclamation - the dam builders. Interestingly, Teddy Roosevelt — lionized (I believe) by crunchy cons — was a big dam enthusiast. even though conservationists now loathe dams.
