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GW Bush: EnronVironmental Hero!

Taken from W's weekly radio address.

Does anybody listen to these things?

blah, blah, blah....Another critical environmental priority is the health of our nation's forests. In recent years, millions of acres of forests, rangeland, and communities have been destroyed by wildfires. So last December, I signed the Healthy Forest Restoration Act to reduce the risk of fire, save lives and property, and improve the health of our forests. The law opens millions of acres of forest land to vital thinning projects. And by expediting the environmental review process, and directing courts to consider long-term threats to forest health, the law allows us to protect more of our nation's precious forests...[snip]

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting a strange feeling of deja vu.

This reminds me of possibly the most famous Vietnam war quotes: "We had to destroy the village to save it."

I know that there are ongoing studies in various forest habitats to determine what the critical sizes are to allow the various flora and fauna contained therein to continue to thrive.

With the recent spike in lumber prices, it'll no doubt be argued that the small short term positive economic effect - a slight easing in lumber prices, resulting from the harvesting of timber - outweighs the long term, and likely permanent damage resulting from local extinctions(extirpations), to complete extinction of species.

It's a win-win situation for all.

Or is that none?