tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788575.post2820065498045167304..comments2024-01-11T22:45:53.276-08:00Comments on Tom King's CRM Plus: Mark Trail (Not Territory)Thomas F Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788575.post-2211111750434322592013-12-29T04:22:30.737-08:002013-12-29T04:22:30.737-08:00I guess you mean the story of my encounter with --...I guess you mean the story of my encounter with -- well, let me just tell the tale. During Jimmy Carter's administration I was working for NPS (yes, really!) in DC, writing regulations 'n stuff, and there was an article in the Wash. Post about how Jimmy liked to collect arrowheads out in the peanut fields. So, being a good little archaeo, I wrote him a letter telling him that while I sympathized with and respected his interest, I thought that as president he ought to be a little careful about letting it be represented as a fun thing to do, since there are these laws, etc. etc.<br /><br />Well, this is really a story about how the bureaucracy works, or worked back when it did work, in the 1970s, because my letter was duly logged in at the White House and routed to both the Secretary of the Interior and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for preparation of a response. Both of whom routed it to me to do the actual drafting. Being purer of heart then than I am now, I declined, and alas, the letter never got answered. Jimmy, of course, never saw it. I don't recall a Ford/Carter debate connection.Thomas F Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788575.post-2532290119609862442013-12-27T11:44:17.300-08:002013-12-27T11:44:17.300-08:00The cartoonist did not specifically mention that t...The cartoonist did not specifically mention that the artifacts came from private land - he just assumed that the readers would assume that. So, there's no problem. <br /><br />This would also be a good time to tell the story of the Jimmy Carter letter (the Ford/Carter debate, and arrowhead hunting). I know how it goes, but I like hearing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com