oh, and i just love how bush tries to justify his pro-logging plan

"There's nothing wrong with people being able to earn a living off of effective forest management," Bush said during his visit to Squires Peak.

"There's just too many lawsuits, just endless litigation," Bush said in Central Point, Ore. "There's a fine balance between people expressing their selves" and using lawsuits to block "common-sense forest policy," he added.

Touted as a fuels-reduction package, Bush's plan goes beyond just preventing wildfires. Part of his plan would allow a tripling of logging over current levels in the Northwest, even in forests where large fires are rare.

right. tripling logging is NOT going to prevent forest fires. forest fires are naturally occuring events, and suppression of them over time has led to overgrown underbrush. i don't think the timber companies are interested in logging underbrush...i was ready to yell at my newspaper this morning. argh!! hello?? bush?? yeah, you. we do need more logging - the removal of bushes from office. how many more years to we have to endure?