This is just another reflection of the heart of the Bush Administration: torture, war based on lies, invasion of civil rights, (now we hear of death squads), and pollution.

At one time we could dump untreated waste and dangerous chemicals all over the earth - maybe -- and it would dilute or dissipate and not be harmful - perhaps.

But these are not those times. We have to change careless assumptions like that.

I read some history of where I live, in desert/mountains Southwest USA, and it's hard to believe we're talking about the same place.

Cowboys from where I live talked about trees and water and jumping on their horses to go out and shot a few buffalo for diner as casually as we might ...

This is just another reflection of the heart of the Bush Administration: torture, war based on lies, invasion of civil rights, (now we hear of death squads), and pollution.

At one time we could dump untreated waste and dangerous chemicals all over the earth - maybe -- and it would dilute or dissipate and not be harmful - perhaps.

But these are not those times. We have to change careless assumptions like that.

I read some history of where I live, in desert/mountains Southwest USA, and it's hard to believe we're talking about the same place.

Cowboys from where I live talked about trees and water and jumping on their horses to go out and shot a few buffalo for diner as casually as we might pick up fast food.

Well, the trees are gone, the water is scarce, the buffalo near extinct.

Perhaps we don't realize these changes because it happens over a few generations but we all know this is true and if we could put it all on a graph we'd see the trend.

On the other hand I have to mention another thing we sometime see out here is regrowth of a forest. A fire destroys immeasurable amounts of trees and it looks so horrible but 20 years later the forest can grow back.

But like the clip here, there are conflicting interests. But maybe it's time to realize we have to neutralize poisons before dumping them, or those who want to profit by cutting down forest have to include re-seeded forest as one of their expenses.