[jae471]

Rep. Major Owens (D.-N.Y.): I have no idea. I'm totally ignorant on the subject.

Sorry. Too easy.

[Alberta's Child]

Rep. Major Owens (D.-N.Y.): I have no idea. I’m totally ignorant on the subject.

This man should be commended. Anyone else in Congress would have considered "total ignorance" one of the major qualifications that was needed before one could pass legislation in a certain area of expertise.

Having said that, it should be pointed out that Major Owens probably represents a district in New York City that hasn't had a tree in decades.

[KC Burke]

Flaming Bump

[lakey]

Waxman's in the middle of a conversation right now....

[BOBTHENAILER]

In January 2001, President Clinton approved the "Roadless Area Conservation Rule," which restricted the building of roads on 58.5 million acres

At the rate forests are burning, the question of Clinton's roadless policy is self evident. Although it will probably be a moot point when we reach 10-20 million acres burned. Pretty easy to drive through a wasteland.

[Mahone]

As one who lives within a few yards of a major western forest, I can tell you this, it isn't just the 'roadless' legislation that has created tinderboxes of mammoth proportions - it is ALL of the envirowacko legislation, lawsuits, propaganda that has all but brought a halt to logging.

We used to have a small mill that provided the major source of employment for locals, the loggers who provided the timber, also thinned the forests and kept them much healthier than any of them appear today - but with all the restrictions from the spotted owl onwards, the logging was halted, the mill went belly up and was sold to a Chinese company and after being dismantled and shipped eastward, now resides in North Korea.

Thank you, Robert Redford and all the rest of the criminally ignorant environmentalists.