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Originally Posted by reelapeelin

I don't blame the environmentalists...they have a valid point...we NEED to clean up the mess we've made of our country...but it can be done in such a way that it doesn't put people out of work and make the gov't look like a bunch of Nazis...JMHO, but again the politicians who do such a poor job writing our laws are to blame here, as well as, in this case, those who decide how to ENFORCE those F'd up laws...in short, the Fed Gov't...

Reel, I completely agree with you about needing to clean up the mess we've made.. In fact, I belong to the Passaic River Coalition, and one of the things I do with them is walk the banks of the river one weekend every year pulling tires, shopping carts, cans, bottles and junk of all kinds, sizes and shapes from the river and it's banks. But when the same enviornmental groups that are doing so much good cross the lines and start telling people what they can and cannot use, what they can or cannot fish for, what kinds of trees they can and cannot cut, what rivers they can and cannot dam (anyone remember the snall darter?) etc, etc, etc, then I think they have crossed the line, have outlived their usefullness and need to be reigned in. I'm all for keeping the enviornment clean, but this particular story is way beyond just an enviornmental issue. Gibson made contributions to the Republican National Committee. Two of their major competors made contributions to the DNC... Guess which company got raided not once, not twice, but three times... Guess which companies didn't get raided at all.. I'm sure it's just a coincidance...in a pigs eye.