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To: JohnM who wrote (82249)	3/15/2003 5:43:54 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I distinctly remember when Reagan said this. And the uproar from the left that this "proved" what an idiot he was. Reagan was right! Associated Press UPDATED AT 3:35 PM EST Thursday, Mar. 13, 2003 Ottawa, Coniferous forests around the world may be emitting more smog-causing nitrogen oxides than traffic and industry combined, suggests a report in the prestigious journal Nature. The report, released Wednesday, flies in the face of the accepted view that forests reduce pollution by absorbing it, a theory Canada relied on in demanding credit for forests as pollution "sinks" under the Kyoto climate change accord. But environmentalists aren't about to blacklist Scotch pine trees. They note that forest emissions are part of a natural balance that has existed since pre-industrial times and say man-made emissions are behind most pollution and global warming. Scotch pine needles release nitrogen oxides directly into the atmosphere when exposed to ultraviolet light, says a study led by Perrti Hari of the University of Helsinki. Nitrogen oxides are smog precursors: They combine with other pollutants to form ground-level ozone, a major component of smog. REST AT:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030312.wtree312/BNStory/Front

To: JohnM who wrote (82249)	3/15/2003 6:41:26 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I wanted to keep you up to date with academic thinking the the other coast, John. The Loser Left Mark LeVine, a history professor at the University of California, Irvine, has a revealing piece on the left-wing Web site AlterNet.org. The headline reads " 'Bush Wins': The Left's Nightmare Scenario." The "nightmare" he describes, however, isn't actually Bush winning, but America winning in Iraq: In this . . . scenario, the war is over quickly with relatively low U.S. casualties, some sort of mechanism for transitional rule is put in place, and President Bush and his policies gain unprecedented power and prestige. From my recent conversations with organizers and their latest pronouncements, it is clear that this possibility has yet to be addressed. Waiting much longer could spell disaster for the antiwar movement. . . . In such a scenario, especially if there is no major upsurge in domestic terrorism, the antiwar movement will find itself publicly discredited and politically marginalized; remember the Y2K dooms-dayers? . . . If the movement doesn't move with full effort to lay the groundwork for a Bush Wins scenario the massive organizing and consciousness raising of the last year could well prove fleeting, forcing the movement to start from scratch in mobilizing public opinion a year or two down the road. opinionjournal.com