Alex, I agree completely with your evaluation of the movie. I guess I was feeling rather positive about the message and failed to notice such little flaws, but since you mention them, they were there.

As for reading, I've been really heavy into The Tales of Known Space by Niven for a few days now (and a few of his books all summer).

What is friendster.com

Matt, what all does the 2ndHomestead Act do? What does it entail? I'll stand behind anything you ask me to as long as it doesn't offend environmental concerns.

On the note of political involvement, I have a tree-huger letter to put up. If any of you would spend 5 minutes of your time and go to the link at the bottom of the page, you could help appease Captain Planet. I'm not terribly keen on the blog becoming a big Spam-ish posting site, so if anyone objects to me putting this up, I'll understand completely:

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"On Monday, the Bush administration proposed to repeal protections for 58.5 million acres of America's pristine national forests. The Bush administration proposal would allow many of President Bush's top campaign contributors in the timber, mining and oil industries to log, mine, and drill in pristine areas that provide 60 million Americans with clean drinking water and provide habitat for over 1600 endangered species. Even for an administration that has
weakened so many environmental and public health protections, this proposal is extreme.
The Bush administration proposal would repeal the Roadless Rule that was enacted in January 2001 to protect 58.5 million acres of our last wild forests from logging and road-building. The
Roadless Rule ensures that forests will continue to provide clean drinking water, habitat for wildlife, and endless opportunities for recreation and solitude. It was finalized after decades of scientific study, 600 public hearings, and 1.6 million comments in support of the rule. It is the most popular conservation initiative in our nation's history; more than 2.5 million Americans have submitted comment supporting the rule.

This support has reached into every sector of society. Even major wood products consumers like Staples, K.B. Homes and Hayward Lumber think logging America's last pristine forests makes so little sense that they've written the Bush administration to urge protection of America's roadless national forests. Now, it's only extremist elements of the timber, oil and mining industries that support logging these areas – but it's those elements that the Bush
administration is listening to.

Fortunately, we now have the opportunity to stand up to these powerful industries and send a clear message to the Bush administration that Americans want to protect our last pristine
forests. Please take a moment right now to submit an official comment to Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth. Then - even if you've never done so before - ask your family and friends to help
by forwarding this along; there is no more important time to act.

To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser: http://wildforests.com/wildforests.asp?id=11&id4=ES

posted by Adrian   [10:27 PM]

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