Proof Bush is a chimp!

[Generic Other]

I'm watching his speech live from Redmond, Oregon.

He called the forest fires in the NW a holocaust! And he actually said. "We saw big flames jumping from tree-top to tree-top." I kept waiting for him to pull a banana out of his pocket!

Good grief, he's coming to my state tomorrow. I can't stand it.

Now he's saying we have to save our old growth forests by cutting them down or setting them on fire before they burn down on their own.


He's suggesting putting all the unemployed folks in Oregon to work thinning brush. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

Okay all you unemployed Oregonians. Get cracking! A whole state worth of blackberry vines and pine needles to pick up on a steep grade all for minimum wage.

I sure love it when fake cowboys come out west to tell us how to manage our forests. Does he think everyone in the NW works for a logging company? They went out of business after they cut all the timber left on private lands. They farm timber in neat little rows on clearcuts these days. There's enough old growth stands of timber left to provide a week's supply of toothpicks.

He wouldn't know a forest from a Christmas tree farm if he were lost in one.

[wryter2000]

1. LMAO

This is what I mean about DU keeping me sane.

:toast:

[Parche]

2. The Fire

And do you think the fire is suspicious?
Just in time for EVIL to view, and say "See my healthy forest plan"
is the only way to go.
Coincidence? I think not

[Generic Other]

4. They set one fire last June that raged for 3 weeks

That was one of Bush's so-called "controlled burns." So, yes, they do this stuff on purpose when they are being stupid.

[jmowreader]

9. Controlled burns didn't start with Bush

And controlled burns that go out of control on the Forest Service aren't new either.

My father retired from the Forest Service. His last few years with the Service, he was on standby all summer as Fire Camp Manager. I remember several times calling home only to be told, "your dad's gone out on a fire; a controlled burn went out of control."

Some species of trees require fire to grow properly. Longleaf Pines (a species of southern yellow pine) will not germinate unless their seeds have had their jackets burnt off. In the west, controlled burns have been used to clean up the forest floor for nearly a century; in 1910 the Great Idaho Fire almost removed civilization from North Idaho. After the woods started to come back, controlled burns began to be used to get the dead stuff off the forest floor--the same dead stuff that enabled the Great Idaho Fire to wreak havoc.

Controlled burns per se are not stupid. Letting one get out of control is.

[Generic Other]

10. To Bush controlled burn means what they did to Baghdad

How many NW trees do you suppose Bush could identify? A man who doesn't know the difference between a Doug fir and poison ivy is not the one I want managing my forests, thank you.

[maxsolomon]

3. thinning isn't all bad...

the second growth thickets like the capitol forest would be considerable improved for wildlife if thinned scientifically.

of course chimp means to thin out all the old growth & just leave the toothpicks, rock & ice.

hey president dipshit! enjoy mccaw's gauche eastside digs tomorrow. you still don't have enough balls to speak IN SEATTLE. try the public market, clinton spoke there, and he didn't have to screen his audience.

[Generic Other]

7. The Clintons and the Gores went by train across this state

Crowds turned out by the thousands to see them in every town.

No worry that such a welcome will greet Bush. He will be safe in the most exclusive neighborhood in Washington state.

[DealsGapRider]

5. Hahahaha

Hilarious!

[carpetbagger]

6. This has been my proof for years....

(1) Dan Quayle is a Chimpanzee. (See Bush I, potatoe, and the happy campers of Samoa)

(2) George Bush is Dan Quayle.

Therefore,

(3) George Bush is a Chimpanzee.

[Generic Other]

8. I'll go to Texas and tell them how to manage their natural resources

Those blonde toothy Miss Texas wannabees need a lot of help...and we we gals west of the Cascades know just the trick for making beauty queens out of wallflowers.

[Lisa]

11. the real chimpanzees know more about forests than he does!

One of my forest ecology students asked me about "keystone species". I had to hit the books ... apparently apes (gorillas, chimps, orangutans) are considered to be such, because their presence maintains their habitat (through browsing, spreading seeds, etc.). I guess one could argue that the chimps don't "know" that they're engaging in forest management. Well, Bush doesn't "know" either, and it shows when he tries to explain complicated concepts like pyrotechnology and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis.

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