[JohnHuang2]

Sunday, June 16, 2002

Quote of the Day by Maceman

[BossLady]

"It's that kind of thing we're dealing with here — the idiocy of bureaucrats and environmental extremists, who don't want any kind of management in the forest at all," Mr. Tancredo said. "They'd rather see the whole thing burn, then start over again in 100 years."

Amen! Can I get a witness?!!!! :)

[PatrioticAmerican]

hehe, this is classic!

[joyce11111]

The envioro whackos said the same last year when we had tremendous fires here in the Pac. N.W .

But he and other environmentalists agree that they have opposed thinning proposals for several reasons. Many see such projects as loosely disguised attempts to revive the nation's moribund timber industry by feeding it more trees.

They have chased the loggers out of the woods, and, of course that fuels these fires.

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[kitchen]

Every time a news item about this fire comes along I wonder when the Pike NF held their last timber sale.

[Pistacio]

The bad news...Too many tree's!

The good news...the tree's were all being "HUGGED" by enviromental whacko's !!!

[sweetkitty]

Environmental groups also argue that the abundance of timber can be blamed on misguided fire-suppression efforts, like the Smokey Bear campaign. Many argue that wildfires should be welcomed, not suppressed, and allowed to burn unhindered except where they threaten lives.

For the life of me I can't understand the mindset of some people and groups. So in their opinion it is wrong to cut the timber, even though it can be used in a beneficial way, instead they would rather see it burn? They'd rather have animals and other flora and fauna destroyed than to just have the trees cut down? Unbelievable!

[Colorado Doug]

They would not even accept free dozers to help put out the fire. I offered one and I know of another contractor that volunteered equipment and crews. I was a certified wildland firefighter too. They told him that they did not want trees pushed over because the environmentalists didn't like it. They told me to fax my information and they would put it on a list. It took days before the reserves were allowed to fly and drop slurry. I am convinced that there are those with the Forest Service that wanted the fire to burn.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Well just watch john next thing ya know its going to be the firefighters fault for the fire being out of control not the fire starter or tree huggers!

And we all know that cutting down trees is bad for the enviroment right? /sarcasm/

[Grampa Dave]

We should round every enviro whacko who feels there should never be a tree cut down, a fallen tree harvested for timber and never clear out live brush or dead brush on the forest floors.

Then give them a shovel and a fire ax, strap them into parachutes and drop them around a forest fire to see how long their druid religion holds up before they start to fight fires.

The timber, dead trees, live and dead brush build up in our forests after years of Enviral Whackos in control at the Forestry Service 1993 to this fire has made every forest a potential flash point!

Just another example of how enviral whackos can kill innocent people with their pro Druid and anti human lack of ethics.

[tiki]

Cutting them down!!!??? What sacrilege! Then we might be able to put the lumber to good use and create jobs in private enterprise. And then the goverment wouldn't need to employ bimbos who start fires by being total and complete idiots.

On a different note, I just talked to my son who lives near the fires. He went camping last week-end, the wind was blowing and they kept hearing these loud thuds. Trees were actually blowing down in the wind. He moved his jeep because there was a tree nearby and low and behold, it fell just minutes after he moved it.

The trees are so crowded that they aren't as healthy as they should be and they have shallow root systems and the soil is so dry that they were just being uprooted. He says the old timers all say "Let 'em burn"

[lavaroise]

Too many trees and too much oxygen concentration.

[1Old Pro]

There are simply too many trees. "We have so many more trees out there than under natural conditions,"

DUH, maybe we should cut down a few hundred thousand trees. Pine is useful in construction and perhaps costs might come down.

[NorCoGOP]

Just found out my aunt and uncle had to flee their home near Durango due to the Missionary Ridge fire - getting close to the town of Bayfield. Scary situation.

Used to be, back in the 1970's, that a thriving lumber industry was up and running around Pagosa, Durango, Del Norte, etc....all facilities were closed and razed years ago - they are right when they say there is no industry to revive - it packed up and left DECADES ago.