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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (417308)	6/21/2003 12:10:16 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm talking about mainstream democrats. Afghanistan was totally bi-partiaan united war effort. Iraq was different. That's where Bush crossed the line, especially now that we know how poorly he planned for it. The invasion was the easy part.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (417308)	6/21/2003 1:36:11 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

W continues the War on our Wilderness: Unless a federal court overrules a deal between the Interior Department and the State of Utah, the Bureau of Land Management will give up its right -- and abandon its duty -- to protect millions of acres of Redrock canyonlands and other historic Western lands. The agreement pertains to public lands managed by the bureau that are so wild, so unspoiled that they would qualify for consideration by Congress as permanently protected wilderness areas. Until now, the agency has served as the caretaker of these remaining remnants of wild American landscape, first identifying "wilderness quality" areas under its jurisdiction and then taking steps to ensure that mining, drilling and other companies don't get their hands on these lands before Congress can act. But in April, Interior Secretary Gale Norton agreed to surrender -- permanently -- the agency's authority to identify these wilderness areas. Not only that, by revoking a handbook that agency staff has used as a guide to protecting wildlands, the agreement puts at least 6 million acres of remarkable Utah landscapes at risk, including Fisher Towers, Cedar Mesa and the Book Cliffs. NRDC and our partner groups are challenging this agreement in court. If the agreement is allowed to stand, it will lead to more drilling, more mining and more roads in wildlands not just in Utah but across the American West. » SAVE THE REDROCK WILDERNESS: Tell Secretary Norton to reverse the "No More Wilderness" policy CC