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Vee Jay got a kick out of a little NY Times article which came out about July, 15 2002: "The Thirty Years' War July 15, 2002 By RICK BASS YAAK, Mont. Where I live, some people decide whether to wave at each other, or even speak a greeting of the day, based on whether the person across from them supports protection of the last roadless areas here. This despite the fact that the timber in these areas is a nonissue: roadless areas are the farthest, most rugged, least productive areas, which is why roads haven't been built there yet. It's estimated that the last remaining roadless areas in our national forests - a total of about 58.5 million acres across 39 states - contain less than two-tenths of 1 percent of the nation's timber. Yet the divisiveness over such an insignificant amount of timber casts a poisonous pall over entire communities. Some powerful elements in the timber and mining industries are trying wherever they can to scare local millworkers and businesses into believing we can't afford to protect these lands. Here in western Montana this can mean warnings of mill closings and labeling environmentalists as terrorists." "The Wilderness Act of 1964 passed the House by 373 to 1. I am still naïve enough - and patriotic enough - to believe that a vote for protecting our last roadless areas can still pass beyond the brittle barriers of party lines: that conservatives can still know what it means to conserve, and liberals what it means to liberate. That we can have joy and logging, both; that we can survive, and then flourish, with our wilderness." Read the full article at NY Times: Here's what we think...
Why do you suppose King George maintains such ridiculous positions?
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