( Ted ) Turner 'almost done' buying up ranchland

Omaha World-Herald ^ | February 7, 2008 | PAUL HAMMEL

[2banana]

I say we nationalize his land - just like his hero Hugo does...

[Disturbin]

Yeah, I think 2,000,000 acres is “about enough.”

Then again, I’m content with my 1/3-acre.

[RexBeach]

Ted, you magnificent putz!

[Disturbin]

Just think how many illegal aliens you could fit onto that land.

[gramho12]

What an ass....

[Resolute Conservative]

I sure he is leaving it to non-Americans.

[beethovenfan]

Your acreage won’t do you any good when you’re dead, Ted.
Land rich and spiritually poor.

[knarf]

OK ... what's in Nebraska?

Coal?

Oil?

Johnny Carson's boyhood home?

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Maybe he can skip the buying land and get right to the dropping dead part.

[george76]

Acres of land holdings of Ted Turner, as of mid-September:

New Mexico: 1,105,905

Nebraska: 425,221

Montana: 153,963

South Dakota: 141,357

Kansas: 42,479

Oklahoma: 41,689

Colorado: 34,868

Florida: 29,530

South Carolina: 10,757

Arkansas: 1,323

Georgia: 537

[Non-Sequitur]

Beef and buffalo.

[Michael.SF.]

OK ... what's in Nebraska?

Water. One of the countries largest natural aquifers runs under Nebraska, relatively close to the surface in some areas.

[cizinec]

Has anyone read Tolstoy’s short story “How much land does a man need”?

In the end, he’ll get just as much land as Pahom. 6 feet from his head to his toes.

[george76]

[RonF]

A goodly chunk of that New Mexico acreage is next to Philmont Scout Reservation. Perhaps he could be persuaded to donate that acreage to the BSA when he’s done with it.

[babble-on]

Ted wants the Buffalo Commons to be created.

[Michael.SF.]

Map of Oglalla Aquifer (Link at #7)

[Constitution Day]

Acres of land holdings of Ted Turner, as of mid-September:
New Mexico: 1,105,905

WTFIIWNM indeed.

[Michael.SF.]

I am confident that his reasons are not altogether altruistic.