[SierraWasp]

Why on earth would you type something as adamant as that? (grin)

Yes, it does my heart good to see this and also to listen to the new chairman of the "Resources Committee" named "Doc" somethingorother on Hew Hewitt, today!

It sounded like he too, was "pickin up what I've been layin down" over the past 20 years!

Gratifying to hear ANY Congressperson preach the gospel according to the Waspman after seemingly squandering 5 of the best years of my life trying to turn back the tide of GANG-GREEN GovernMental EnvironMental Commonism that wishes to herd us all off our personal domains in the west!!!

None of 'em are ever up to any danged good!!!

[SierraWasp]

P.S. That new chairman really stressed the need to restore "multiple use" and "greater access", including even commercial access for wise resorce extraction for the benefit or our nation's growing needs. For example, he pointed out how we have some of the largest deposits of uranium, yet we import it for our national defense and that's insanely stupid!!!

I would add that we need to restore Multiple Use Reservoirs like the one that was two thirds complete at Auburn, CA that would have been ideal for the regulation of water levels in Folsom reservoir, one on the most heavily used state recreation ares that keeps running out of water, or must dump winter flows out to sea each winter. Talk about a monument to stupidity!!!