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  • Bush Fights Fire-Fueling 'Greens'

    08/22/2002 4:11:15 PM PDT · by kattracks · 12 replies · 324+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | 8/22/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
    To the dismay of environment-destroying "environmentalists," President Bush today shifted federal policy toward thinning national forests to reduce the risk of wildfires. "The forest policy of our government is misguided policy. It doesn't work," Bush told cheering residents outside Medford, Ore., near the state's largest fire on record. "We need to thin. We need to make our forest healthy by using some common sense. "We need to understand that if we let kindling build up and there's a lightning strike, you gonna get yourself a big fire. That's what we gotta understand." It makes sense to clear brush, he...
  • Bush Unveils Plan to Fight Wildfires

    08/22/2002 7:34:55 AM PDT · by Grampa Dave · 191 replies · 516+ views
    Medford Mail Tribune/Breaking News AP Lead ^ | AUGUST 22, 09:40 ET | Jennifer Loven
    AUGUST 22, 09:40 ET Bush Unveils Plan to Fight Wildfires By JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press Writer CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — Embarking on a three-day Western swing expected to haul in at least $5 million for Republican politicians, President Bush is taking a stand on one of the region's thorniest issues by proposing that more logging in national forests would help prevent devastating wildfires. Bush was traveling Thursday from his Texas ranch to southwestern Oregon, near the California state line, for a briefing on local fires that have ravaged the area and an aerial view of the damage. The president was...