[SierraWasp]

I think you need to search out the series from the Sacramento BEE from 5 or 6 years ago, entitled "Fat of the Land," or something very much like that.

It was written by one of the two Pulitzer Prize winners of the previous series called "Sierra In Peril" in the early 90's. Evidently the guy finally had a pang of conscience and wrote the truth about the fund raising power of these hugely rich EnvironMental NGO's like Friends of the River, Inc., etc.

The series is a real eye opener and answers all the questions being asked here in the last few replies!!!

Calcowgirl, you are a priceless asset to FreeRepublic.com IMHO!!!

[calcowgirl]

Why, thank you, kind sir! :-)