Thanks, Genie.

Points of clarification: Doug, I said "presidents OR radicals of any ilk."

Later on you said,(my emphasis) "It appears to me, though, that our forests have not been managed well, and I place no blame on any political administration." Yet, in your very first post you pointed fingers at Clinton's administration.

Anyway, paint me with a liberal brush, if you will, fueled by the soundbites of a "kept" media and you will never know who I am nor who a liberal might be. And, it doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.

What matters is I am heartsick at the destruction which has the west aflame this summer and everyone needs to lay aside their differences, forget the politicos, and do what they can to keep this from happening year after year. It was only two years ago when Colorado had a couple of other big fires.

kat