Bush Policies Prompt Aides to Leave (Extreme Whine Alert)

The Detroit News | Sunday, June 30, 2002 | Elizabeth Shogren

[BOBTHENAILER]

As for the road issue, that's pathetic.

I posted this on another thread earlier and it points out in graphic detail, your road thoughts.

Just a little math to ponder: 60' (timber fire break) times 5280' (mile) times 100 miles, divided by 43560 (sq ft in acre) equals 727.27 acres cleared. At close to 500,000 acres burned to the ground, cleared, wasted and wiped out for at least 10-20years, I would call the trade-off quite good. Bear in mind that 100 miles of a sixty foot timber break is only my guess as to what would be sufficient for a safety margin. Even if it's double or triple that, the tradeoff is more than good. Then again, common sense does not exist with Enviro/nazi's!!!

[Pegita]

Thanks, Bob, for the ping and the read. It's appropriate to insert here THE admonition given to Adam and Eve at their creation:

Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every livng thing that moves upon the earth.'"

Our President knows these words, I'm sure ...

[BOBTHENAILER]

'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every livng thing that moves upon the earth.'"

Very nice. Most enviros probably haven't got that far in the bible.

[EternalVigilance]

Most enviros probably haven't got that far in the bible.

ROFL!! ;-)

[Axenolith]

> 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds
of the air and over every livng thing that moves upon the earth.'"

> Very nice. Most enviros probably haven't got that far in the bible.

They probably think that passage is addressed to lawyers... Who are succeeding...

[MissAmericanPie]

Another in the plus column for Bush. Dang..if he keeps this up my score card may tie.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[madfly]

A little bit here about the early origins of the madness we are dealing with today.

http://moxnix2.homestead.com/global2.html

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE (Part 4 of 9)

By Henry Lamb

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT (1970s)

Not a single vote was cast against the Wilderness Act of 1964 when it

finally reached the Senate. Congress thought it was setting aside nine

million acres of wilderness so posterity could see a sample of what their

forefathers had to conquer in order to create America. The new law was the

crowning achievement of the Wilderness Society, to which its Director,

Howard Zahniser had devoted five years of constant lobbying. Though

unnoticed at the time, the new law signaled an end to the traditional

"conservation" movement and the beginning of a new environmental

"preservation" movement. The conservation movement might be characterized

by the idea that private land owners should voluntarily conserve natural

resources; the environmental preservation movement is characterized by the

notion that the government should enforce conservation measures through

extensive regulations. By this distinction, the Wilderness Society brought

the environmental movement to Congress. Robert Marshall, Benton MacKaye,

and Aldo Leopold -- all avowed socialists -- organized the Society in the

early 1930s and proclaimed their socialist ideas loudly. Marshall's 1933

book, The People's Forests, says:

"Public ownership is the only basis on which we can hope to protect the

incalculable values of the forests for wood resources, for soil and water

conservation, and for recreation . . . . Regardless of whether it might be

desirable, it is impossible under our existing form of government to

confiscate the private forests into public ownership. We cannot afford to

delay their nationalization until the form of government changes."37

This significant event failed to register a blip on the radar screen of

public awareness. Instead, public attention focused on the racial strife,

the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, and the Viet Nam War which tore

apart the convention, the party, and the nation. The First "Earth Day" in

1970, which perhaps coincidentally was celebrated on Lenin's birthday,

April 22, was viewed as little more than a festival for flower children.

The anti-war fervor, again, brought a quarter-million protesters to the

Mall, and Watergate brought down the Nixon Presidency. The Clean Water Act

of 1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 served as beacons to attract

the energies and idealism of a generation of young people who had

successfully forced the world's most powerful government to abandon a war

they saw to be unjust. The 1970s witnessed an unprecedented explosion in

the number of environmental organizations and in the number of people who

joined and supported these organizations.

[BOBTHENAILER]

. Dang..if he keeps this up my score card may tie.

By the time he's through, if we can get the senate in Nov., your scorecard may be a lot better than a tie.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Been brewing way too long. Another good find. Petuniasevan, check out this thread.

[BOBTHENAILER]

. May they soon suffer the same as the people who have lived under their decisions while they were with environmental agencies

Very well said.

[BOBTHENAILER]

the media wasn't too worried when Hillary fired all of the US Attorneys.

I can't even imagine the out cry from the media if Bush would have returned the favor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[madfly]

see #48

[EternalVigilance]

Henry Lamb is a national treasure...nice post!

[madfly]

thanks. He sure keeps at it, and serves it up so we can understand it.

[mafree]

Thanks for all the useful info.

[EternalVigilance]

Here is one of the greatest sources available anywhere:

http://www.eco.freedom.org/el/

[mafree]

Thanks for the link- I appreciate good info on the environment.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I couldn't resist this one though. The reporter's attempts to glorify these high minded, noble crybabies only serves to make them look worse.

Thanks, Bob, I needed that. Remember the Detroit News and WJR, Paul Harvey?

The press crossed the line some time back, but especially in the last few months (the "what did he know" nonsense during wartime). Getting the townspeople outraged enough to storm the local newspaper with tar and feathers may be impossible, but at least we have each other...we band of few. (^:

[Still Thinking]

Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every livng thing that moves upon the earth.'" Our President knows these words, I'm sure ...

So did the last one; it's just that HE thought it meant that he got all the Monica's he could stand.