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1 posted on 09/29/2004 6:56:22 AM PDT by presidio9
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Damn, there goes the cost of oak cabinets.


35 posted on 09/29/2004 7:22:42 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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Nothing against oaks, but they should have made it the sequoia b/c they're already protected. No extra law needed.


38 posted on 09/29/2004 7:41:12 AM PDT by tx4guns (Guns don't murder people; stupid people murder people.)
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Making the Oak Tree the National Tree is a great idea. It is strong and beautiful (most of the time - except when the leaves start falling - i just wish all the leaves would fall off when they turned brown).
41 posted on 09/29/2004 8:21:25 AM PDT by Core_Conservative (The Democratic Party is the Fraternal Order of Excretory Sphincters.)
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"represents the fundamental characteristics of this great nation: strength, endurance and beauty."

Yeah...but it's got small nuts that fall off and get eaten by rodents. Where's the strength in that? I want a tree with some real cajones.

44 posted on 09/29/2004 10:10:19 AM PDT by Fredgoblu
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I feel much safer already knowing Congress is on the job.....


48 posted on 09/29/2004 11:05:06 AM PDT by NRA1995 (John Kerry goes for a tan and comes out as Agent Orange)
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The oak tree, said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, is present in all 50 states...

I didn't know we had oak trees in Hawaii. Someone needs to point them out to me...

49 posted on 09/29/2004 11:06:16 AM PDT by etcetera (All men are endowed by their creator with the inalienable right to shoot back.)
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Ahhhh,
Southern Live Oaks,
Ancient, strong, covered in spanish moss...

The most beautiful trees on earth.


50 posted on 09/29/2004 11:08:28 AM PDT by najida (Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I am.)
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This is gonna confuse the dems.

They already penned in Gore as their national tree.

51 posted on 09/29/2004 11:10:37 AM PDT by SGCOS
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Red oak, white oak, and blue oak - All American oaks.


52 posted on 09/29/2004 11:16:16 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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How about the state tree of Wyoming? The telegraph pole!


53 posted on 09/29/2004 3:46:31 PM PDT by mallardx
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THE ONLY TREE IS THE LIBERTY TREE... THESE IGNORANT UNEDUCATED BUNCH OF HACKS>.

American Liberty Elm!!!!!!!!!!!


54 posted on 09/29/2004 3:49:40 PM PDT by Porterville (Men have learned to shoot without missing ...and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig)
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I thought AlGore was the national tree.


56 posted on 09/29/2004 3:52:11 PM PDT by meyer (Proud member of the Pajamarazzi!)
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There are larch here. Strange tree like it's from another planet. Not good for anything but to make you wonder what it's good for.


57 posted on 09/29/2004 3:54:58 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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Former Vice President congratulates our new national tree, before rescinding
his congratulations and challenging the oak for the title in court.

58 posted on 09/29/2004 3:56:12 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Actually, the American chestnut would be a greatly more suitable choice for national tree. The American chestnut practically built this country (structurally, that is). Unfortunately, most of the chestnuts were wiped out by the blight. Some researchers are working to strengthen the resistance of the remaining trees and, perhaps, reintroduce this great tree into its former range.

Read more about the American chestnut:
The American Chestnut Story
American Chestnut History

60 posted on 09/29/2004 8:49:37 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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Which oak?

White oak?
Blue oak?
Canyou live oak?
Black oak?
Oregon oak?
Poison oak?
Coast live oak?
Monarch oak?
Northern red oak?
Pin oak
Bear oak?
Swamp pin oak?
Chestnut oak?
Post oak?
Chinpaquin oak?
Drarf Chinpaquin oak?
Emory oak?
Graceful oak?
Tharp oak? (I knew Tharp.)
Graves oak?
Robust oak?
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

61 posted on 09/29/2004 9:00:24 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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