So Mark Rey, architect of the Bush plan to sell off national forests to raise money for the federal budget, gets a letter in the mail:
"So what is the deal with cutting down the Croatan National Forest? How would you like it if we cut down some trees around your house?"
This from a sixth grader at the Broad Creek Middle School in Newport, North Carolina.
Mr. Rey's response? Flying south to talk to the class and to defend the plan to sell off national forests.
Today's New York Times covers the exchange. Suffice it to say, the students weren't impressed.