"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist". Apparently first coined by a French poet in 1864 and made popular more recently by the fictional character Keyser Soze.
IMO some of the 'greatest' crimes ever committed went either unnoticed or we never knew who profited. The recent Wall Street CDO Mortgage scandal comes to mind.
Today if you haven't noticed there is a land grab going on for our public lands. My copy of Field & Stream came today with a timely editorial. It bears reading:
linkyMeanwhile members of the Senate are already introducing measures that would deprive us of the lands we hold so dear:
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