My favorite story of the week: Hayduke Lives: Tim DeChristopher’s Heroic Act of Creative Civil Disobedience.  In short – a University of Utah student posed as a bidder in one of the BLM’s parting-shots mineral-rights auctions, bid up the parcels by about $500K, and walked away winning $1.8M worth of leases around Arches National Park.  Of course, he had no intention to actually pay, was detained and now faces federal charges.  But until it’s resolved, those leases are protected from exploitation, and the process of the auctions is undergoing greater media scrutiny.

What else is inspiring though, is that he is trying to raise the $45K initial payment in order to keep his bid legitimate until the end of the Bush administration, and then there’s a good chance the new administration will keep them off the books.  In just a few days, he’s attracted $37K – plus a bit from me - and I’m hopeful that he can fill the rest in the remaining two days.

Bush, our turn to prescribe “two of these”!