You will be receiving a letter from my attorneys as soon as they research your address over this slanderous note. You called me by name in a public forum accused me of sexual deviancy and other assorted slanderous things and I intend to be compensated by you for this! I'm going to squeeze you until your dry Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "rod/christine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 1:04 AM Subject: RE: {W&P} SV: SV: SV: SV: SV: Common Sense
> > > Claes Persson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: rod/christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 4:38 PM > > Subject: RE: {W&P} SV: SV: SV: SV: Common Sense > > > > > > Rod wrote answering Al: > > > === > > > > > > Sheez, should they come to your state and chop down EVERY tree? Better > > > forest management would be to let the forest burn when it is nature > > > doing it (lightning). > > > > > > The "weekend" camper (female no less!) who started the Sequoia one in > > > California was a nutjob for even playing with a lighter or matches! > > > What the hell was she thinking? Must have been a public school > > > education, huh? - you think so? > > > > > > So much of the western part of USA is owned by the gov't (public lands) > > > and managed quite poorly over the years. I don't think it can be blamed > > > > > > on the "leftists" (whatever that means). We are near the Little > > > Missouri National Grasslands - and it is "fairly well" managed, but > > > always is back-and-forth - depending on whether a Jimmy Carter (goofy) > > > or a Ronny Reagan (senile) is inhabitating the Executive Branch. > > > > > > Up here, it is the levels of the six main-stem dams, that hold the > > > waters of the upper parts (States) of the Missouri River that are bones > > > of contention. It all depends on the winter snow packs in Montana - the > > > > > > past couple years have been way below normal - bigtime! The lower parts > > > > > > (States) want the water for barge traffic (navigation) and the upper > > > parts (States) want it for irrigation and tourism. They generate > > > electricity too! The rivers are losing all their native fish species - > > > they are "locked" into the areas between the dam sites. > > > > > > The Indian Tribes lost prime bottomlands (many, many beautiful trees > > > too) when the water began backing up. When the barges (1830's) first > > > began coming up the Missouri and needed firewood to power the barges - > > > the trees (forests) along the river were chopped down and never > > > replaced... so all the animals had no "cover" (nesting) and many species > > > > > > simply went extinct! > > > > > > My opinion is that chopping down entire forests is sheer stupidity. > > > Better management would be to maybe take 5-10 percent of the forest and > > > leave the rest intact. Another 10 years or so, and come an take a > > > different portion of the forest. It could be done without the gov't > > > always building roads at taxpayer expense! > > > > > > Helicopters are a cost-efficient way of selectively taking out trees - > > > one-by-one. This is taking place in parts of Idaho, Montana, > > > Washington, British Columbia, etc. I'm sure it is done in other parts > > > of the world (earth) too. > > > > > > Finally, the Hemp Plant is the answer to the paper problem. But the > > > rightwingers are afraid that some kids might smoke some - and go crazy > > > and have to be put on Ritalin. The Hearst Corporation (newsprint) is > > > always putting out scare stories on marijuana (maryjane) & twisting it > > > wit hemp as being some sort of devils weed, and such nonsense. Such is > > > the life and times in 21st century America. > > > > > > > > > Rod > > > > > > > I think that this is quite a good analysis of the problem. As far as US > > goes. The terrible thing is that deforresting is going on world wide and > > in a scale that's horyfying. South America (the Amazon Basin) All the > > islands like Sumatra, Jawa and the others are deforeted in a terrible > > speed without any atempt to replant. The different kind of animals > > dependent on the rainforrest, from Orangutang and down the scale of > > developement, like birds, lizzards and all the insects soon have nowhere > > to hide. Many of those living things are not even discovered yet, and we > > will never konow what we are missing. Many of the plants are maybe > > hiding substances good for making medecine for humans. Nature has > > usually already the solution to most problems, It has been around much > > longer than the humans, but we will never know as they will be extinct, > > due to greedy forresters before we can find them. > > > > === > > My family lived for a year and few months in the Amazon. A childhood > friend of the wife & i (not us!) became "religious" and became a > missionary for some religious church group. We were asked to "come on > down" and build a school, a few houses, plumbing work, solar & wind > generators erected etc. so on and so forth. > > The Brazilian gov't has snipers who go deep into the jungles and > assassinate the "native indian tribes" - elders and young boys and > girls. Disrupt their mode of living that has been built up over the > thousands of years - where it ends? - when the last indian has been > wiped off the face of the earth. So much for property rights! > > === > > > All this is done by deforresting, taking all and leave nothing to > > protect the ground out of greed, and as you say, Ron, it's stupid, but > > the mighty short time proffit rules. Your idea of taking 10% is old and > > was practised here in Sweeden for many years. But the proffit suffer. > > It's complicated. Then they found that there was better proffit of strip > > forresting a piece at the time. However the planting of new trees have > > been done. If they don't take care of replanting the state comes down on > > them like a ton of bricks. The landscape looks funny, but is not left un > > attended, at least. > > === > > Hemp is the answer. Big business doesn't want to hear about it though. > On a different note - notice that "Sweeden" is spelt with two e's - tis > is how it was when i was a kid growing up. (do we ever want to > completely grow up?) ha. > > === > > > > I'm always hoping that people will get more and more intelligence, but > > sometimes I think that people are just getting dumber. I'm no genius but > > I still feel lonely. To be a genius must be a very lonley life. It seems > > that the rule for too many of the forresters is: Big bucks to day fast > > and as easy as possible, after us - who cares. > > > > === > > Biodiversity makes the world go round - humans and animals! When the > last beehive is sprayed with paraquat & the last antpile has been > torched - guess the asteroid in 2019 will be of little consequence. (sad > face inserted) > > > Rod > > > . > > ___________________________________________________________ > Check out http://clik.to/sf for other lists to join. > > > A93MR48T18 > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Check out http://clik.to/sf for other lists to join. A93MR48T18 ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1dhdK.b1tdRU Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================