Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 17:29:55 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: Open season on Horseshoe Crabbers & Birders? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tom, Of course I will respond, but not at length because I agree this thread is probably getting tiresome. First of all, I am not among those who spend a lot of time and money chasing birds, so don't lump me with that crowd. Your response places you right amongst those who are part of the problem. There wouldn't be environmental problems but for this attitude. Bush is clearly your kind of president: he in deed does put people first. He is willing to sacrifice virtually any part of the natural world to improve our beloved economy. Your comments to me contradict most of what Maryanne said, most of which I said I agreed with. Which makes me wonder why you agree with them, too. Infinite population growth coupled with infinite consumption is the root of the problem and points to why there won't be much left of this planet particularly if we keep electing economy-minded presidents. I understand the healthy forest initiative has passed in the House. A central theme of the initiative is to get environmental laws, citizen rights and the courts out of the way of the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the timber industry. Unfortunately, the legislation will reduce the public's voice in forest management and eliminate any obstacles that stand between timber companies and old, valuable trees. This is endangered ecosystem. The horseshoe crab will be endangered. But to save jobs they will go. Now here's my question, Tom - What will your beloved laborers do once they are gone? I repeat what I said earlier. THE RESOURCES OF PLANET EARTH ARE NOT INFINITE! Thank you and goodnight, Jerry ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================