Someone's forgotten the lessons of Dr. Seuss....

[fryguy]

Bush League should be reading the Lorax a bit more, instead of trying to deal with the "can't see the forest for the trees" dilemma by chopping them down....

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/24/forest.plan.ap/index.html


SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- The Bush administration on Tuesday eased restrictions on logging old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest, completing a rules change that will allow forest managers to begin logging without first looking for rare plants and animals.

Instead, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management will rely on information provided by Washington, Oregon and California to decide whether to allow logging, controlled forest fires, and trail- or campground-building, agency spokesman Rex Holloway said.

Environmentalists decried the change, saying it would double logging on federal land in the region and have disastrous consequences for rare species.

Regna Merritt, executive director of Oregon Natural Resources Council Action in Portland, Oregon, said the decision ignored environmental science.

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[Viking12]

1. "Unless".....

[Ricdude]

2. They watched the one with the star-bellied sneeches too many times...

...and came to the conclusion that if you can sell to both sides of a war (e.g. Iran and Iraq), you can make lots of money.

They seem to have missed that whole, "looks don't matter", lesson to it.