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sonias

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2. I hope not

Reply to kestrel91316 (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:59 AM

Feb 2012

Trees are sacred living things. And they are not partisan. I imagine that even in those little addled teabag brains of theirs they know that these wonderful living things are good for our economy. If that's the only way they can view them, I mean. It certainly is going to cost us more money in the long run - so that's not good.

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Study finds Texas drought killed 5.6 million trees [View all] sonias Feb 2012 OP

Teabaggers wildly cheering this news, I assume. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #1

I hope not sonias Feb 2012 #2

Teabaggers hate environmentalists so much that if WE favor trees living, THEY kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #4

a cycle d_r Feb 2012 #3

Worst than that TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #8

Down here by the coast TBF Feb 2012 #5

The recent rain is fooling people sonias Feb 2012 #6

I live in the East Texas Piney Woods. TxVietVet Feb 2012 #14

30 of them at my house Richardo Feb 2012 #7

Sounds like the area where I live. onestepforward Feb 2012 #9

The only thing I really watered last year was our trees sonias Feb 2012 #12

Current drought map onestepforward Feb 2012 #10

Thanks for that! sonias Feb 2012 #11

Well, it does look slightly better than last summer's map onestepforward Feb 2012 #13

And that doesn't even count the ones that burnt after Ricky prayed for rain. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #15