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From: amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Who Made The Following Statements??? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 21-Jan-84 12:17:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 21 12:17:53 1984
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     Mike,
      I believe you missed the point, correct me if I'm wrong, Reagan
     was implying that the amount of forest and woodland areas, on the
     contiguous 48 states, is equivilant to what it was 200+ years ago.
     He wasn't talking about the colonies alone. He meant the entire
     area that was to become the United States,not just the original
     13 States (or colonies if you prefer). In light of this I believe
     you are in error in your statements,based on your assumptions. I
     agree that the land area covered by the original 13 States is smaller
     than the area covered with forest of the continental U.S., however this
     isn't the main point Reagan was trying to make. He claimed there was
     as much forest land,in the entire land mass of the U.S.,as there was
     over 200 years ago, not just the colonies themselves.

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