One of my newest heroes ...Introducing Eric Pianka..A brilliant Ecologist, Herpetologist, Ecologist and what else can I say..http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/eric.html

So Dan rather is finally suing CBS. Of course many act as if he is a resentful old man, or crazed, or for empty headed republicans ( sort of redundant, isn't it?) , the evil head of the old liberal media. This despite ample evidence the fix was in for George to get a pilots job, despite his failure to pass the test or any other qualifications, and the history of his actually not showing up for duty. My dog knows the fix was in. So do my dead relatives. Hell, my nephew's gecko knows that anything that was ever done for, by, or near dubya means the fix was on. So repubs, for once just shut up, and quit defending your own delusional lunacy. You are supporting a criminal. For more reading go here:http://www.gregpalast.com/dan-crashes-bush-flies-high/

Here are some pictures from research this summer, one of the reasons I didn't post in an eternity. I will say it simply: the forests of Northern Wisconsin are in dangerous shape. In 20 years, much of diversity will be long lost.