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Environmentalist Wacko Quotes By John Hawkins Environmentalist wackos are anti-progress, anti-capitalism, anti-American, anti-poor, make spectacularly incorrect predictions about the climate, and quite frankly some of these people have MORE FRIGHTENING beliefs than al-Queda (I haven't heard any Al-Queda spokesmen talk longingly about a planet without humans on it). You may think I'm exaggerating, but you won't after you read these quotes... Attack Of The Socialist-Luddites The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state. - Kenneth Boulding, originator of the "Spaceship Earth" concept (as quoted by William Tucker...

Sunday, August 11, 2002 N.M. Suit Sets Off Habitat Backlash By Tania Soussan Journal Staff Writer     A successful New Mexico court case challenging habitat protections for a small, endangered bird has sparked a wave of similar lawsuits by ranchers, farmers and developers.     It all represents a turn of events in endangered species litigation.     Environmental groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, had racked up a series of legal victories in recent years. Their lawsuits forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate "critical habitat" more quickly — protecting the area essential to an endangered...

<p>RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The federal government and environmentalists are locked in a bitter dispute over the answer to a thorny question: When is a burned tree no longer alive?</p> <p>The debate has resurfaced as the Forest Service tries to log fire-killed trees in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere in the West as part of an effort to reduce fire threats.</p>

Firefighters forced to deploy emergency shelters By JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press 7/25/02 11:36 AM BEND, Ore. (AP) -- Flames overran a 20-person crew battling Oregon's biggest wildfire, forcing them to deploy their emergency shelters. Eleven firefighters were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation and released from a hospital here. They returned to fire camp at 3 a.m. Thursday, said David Widmark, spokesman for the Northwest Interagency Fire Coordination Center. The firefighters were members of a contract crew known as Ferguson 53 from somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, hired by the U.S. Forest Service to fight the Tool Box...

<p>The fallout from this year's forest fires is accomplishing wonders -- such as the sight of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle running into the protective arms of the Republican-controlled Forest Service. Quick, someone get water to revive the Sierra Club.</p>