Comments on: Whitman Resigns; Bush Taps Bunyan as Replacement http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/ America's favorite blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Chicory http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1090 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1090 Considering her track record at the EPA, just imagine what she will be able to do on the home front. Considering her track record at the EPA, just imagine what she will be able to do on the home front.

]]> by: Eva http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1091 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1091 Two words: Agent Orange. Two words: Agent Orange.

]]> by: t.a. http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1092 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1092 forest thinning is absolutely necessary. a century of blocking natural fires has left the forests full of material that shouldn't be there. fire should have cleaned up things, but human intervention has screwed that up. the trouble with the law bush is backing is twofold: one, it stops citizens from getting involved, mostly by reducing options to go to court (a favorite trick to stop environmentalists). also, the thinning will be done, if the administration gets it way, but timber companies -- and they will have the right to harvest more profitable trees. you see, the stuff that needs to be thinned is raggy-ass crap, twigs and scrawny trees (that can't grow very well cuz it's too crowded). so they will cut down the big guys what will make them money -- the trees that thinning is meant to benefit. oops, well that sucks. anyway, the basic science is sound, and the need is real. it's just the application of these that is totally fucked. forest thinning is absolutely necessary. a century of blocking natural fires has left the forests full of material that shouldn’t be there. fire should have cleaned up things, but human intervention has screwed that up.

the trouble with the law bush is backing is twofold: one, it stops citizens from getting involved, mostly by reducing options to go to court (a favorite trick to stop environmentalists). also, the thinning will be done, if the administration gets it way, but timber companies — and they will have the right to harvest more profitable trees. you see, the stuff that needs to be thinned is raggy-ass crap, twigs and scrawny trees (that can’t grow very well cuz it’s too crowded). so they will cut down the big guys what will make them money — the trees that thinning is meant to benefit. oops, well that sucks.

anyway, the basic science is sound, and the need is real. it’s just the application of these that is totally fucked.

]]> by: N in Seattle http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1093 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1093 Bush (in this context, even the prez's name is part of the joke) clearly learned his environmental policy from an Army guy he didn't serve with in Vietnam -- "We have to destroy that forest in order to save it." Bush (in this context, even the prez’s name is part of the joke) clearly learned his environmental policy from an Army guy he didn’t serve with in Vietnam — “We have to destroy that forest in order to save it.”

]]> by: Will-o'-the-Wisp http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1094 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1094 Does anyone in this world (or in any other) spell "phosphorus" correctly? Does anyone in this world (or in any other) spell “phosphorus” correctly?

]]> by: adam http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1095 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1095 t.a. - I agree with you that thinning is necessary. But the Bush approach merely uses that fact to do something unhelpful and greedy. As you point out, it's a gross misapplication of the principle, like giving cyanide to a patient who requires chemotherapy - yes, they need need a chemical treatment, but... t.a. - I agree with you that thinning is necessary. But the Bush approach merely uses that fact to do something unhelpful and greedy. As you point out, it’s a gross misapplication of the principle, like giving cyanide to a patient who requires chemotherapy - yes, they need need a chemical treatment, but…

]]> by: Ken, Just Ken... http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1096 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1096 I think Georgie-boy might want the rest of the country to look like Texas. Who needs trees or swamps when you can have miles and miles and miles of prairie brush? West Texas, Simply gorgeous. I think Georgie-boy might want the rest of the country to look like Texas.
Who needs trees or swamps when you can have miles and miles and miles of prairie brush?

West Texas, Simply gorgeous.

]]> by: Don http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1097 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1097 Hey Will-o: Only one -- Want to join me? "Ghosghorus" -- "gh" as pronounced in the word "enough". Do you know what common English word is spelled "ghoti"? Hey Will-o:

Only one — Want to join me?

“Ghosghorus” — “gh” as pronounced in the word “enough”.

Do you know what common English word is spelled “ghoti”?

]]> by: N in Seattle http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1098 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1098 ... "o" as in "women" ... … “o” as in “women” …

]]> by: ghani http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1099 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/05/21/whitman-resigns-bush-taps-bunyan-as-replacement/#comment-1099 .. "ti" as in "attention" ... .. “ti” as in “attention” …

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