I'm back from raptor banding and other things.

Thought I'd rejoin tweeters and share this tidbit, which was included
in one of the 950 e-mail messages awaiting my return:

> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Perot Speaks Out

> In a speech yesterday, Sept. 18, in San Francisco, Ross Perot
> shared his thoughts on protecting the environment and saving
> America's endangered species. Here is a direct transcription
> from Perot's enlightened speech:

> "But I will tell you this, I have looked at a few, I was up in
> Washington state and the people were so worried about this huge
> area they wouldn't let them do any timber cutting because of
> these owls, and I finally asked a relevant question. I said 'how
> many owls are there?' Said '20,' and I said 'OK, I suggest we
> send Air Force One out here, transport 'em in absolutely
> first-class comfort to the nearest national park. Now the owls
> can live happily ever after in hundreds of thousands of acres in
> some nearby park, as we can go back to work here.'

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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