[Flycatcher]

The Alaska provision allows the state go forward with plans to build an airport access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge as part of a land swap that transfers more than 61,000 acres to the federal government, much of it designated as wilderness. The project calls for a gravel road through the refuge, which is home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds, salmon, caribou and other animals.

Are these people nuts? Do they think a simple road is going to harm any migratory animal? In their misguided reverence for "Mother Earth," these religious zealots (and that's what they are) have thrown common sense completely out the window.

I also noted this:

Hastings and Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, tried unsuccessfully to amend the bill to allow visitors to national parks to carry concealed, loaded weapons. A federal judge last week struck down a Bush administration rule allowing loaded guns in parks and wildlife refuges.

It looks like the Constitution shredders won on that round too. What a sad day for America.

(By the way, I'm back now until April 13, when I hit the field again. Thanks for the ping!)

[jazusamo]

Are these people nuts?

In a simple word, YES!

Look at the caribou population increase after the Alaska pipeline went in. There were dire predictions by the enviro nuts and they were wrong but being wrong didn't slow them down, they still attack and tie everything up in lawsuits.

Good to see you back and will keep pinging. :)