MR. SHULER STANDS UP

It was about a year ago that we woke up to the news that the Bush administration wanted to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of national forest, some of it in North Carolina. Even with both houses of Congress in Republican control, that plan didn't fly.

Bush the Privatizer of National Forests is back. He wants to sell up to 4,000 acres of the Nantahala and Pisgah Nat'l forests in N.C. under the guise of helping rural schools.

To his credit, Heath Shuler (NC-11) is standing up against this scheme.