Reply #44: Bush signed one bill protecting 167 sq. miles in the West. There's no way that compares to 2M acres. [View All]

[ClarkUSA]

In fact, call up Senator Barbara Boxer and ask her aides about your premise. I'm sure they will disagree with you as I
read a recent LAT article which quoted her as indicating that these 2M acres never would have been signed into law
under BushCo. BushCo also fought environmental groups in court over opening up wilderness areas to roads and
logging, so I don't know how you could think that they'd actually agree to close off 2 million acres to all development.
Sen. Boxer is working on another bill that will protect a further 2 million acres now that President Obama is sure to
sign that bill into law, too... and many others like it will no doubt be offered up now that President Obama is
in the Oval Office.