Live trees in the US have always been considered unofficial enemies of the republican party. They just sit there, not contributing to the economy and taking handouts from the federal government for their “protection.” Thankfully this is coming to an end. Live trees have officially been added to the Bush administrations “Axis of Evil” and it’s now open season on those lazy bastards!

All sarcasm aside, Bush got his “Healthy Forest Initiative” passed. This is essentially a handout to the logging companies – much less restricted logging priviledges and crippling of the courts abilities to stop it.

It’s really aggrivating how they take advantage of the publics short attention span by giving things names like “Healthy Forest Initiative.” Nothing about this bill will make the forests healthier. Unless you consider “healthy” to be equivalent to “murder” in the same sense that Bush is “liberating” Iraqis.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=3&u=/ap/20031203/ap_on_go_pr_wh/healthy_forests