"Monty & Neva, Do you know how to tell when you have been collaborated?" asked Ida.

    "We sure don't know," said Monty & Neva, "How can we tell when we have been collaborated?"

    Ida said, "Girls, you can tell that you have been collaborated when you start believing . . .

  1. ..federal management policies are in the best interests of the American Public."
  2. ..the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have not been captured by Friends of the Bitterroot, the Serria Club, the National Wildlife Federation, Earth Share and other environmental interest groups."
  3. ..remotely sensed maps reveal what you need to know about the environment to successfully reintroduce grizzly bears."
  4. ..there is an adequate quality food source in the Bitterroot Selway Frank Church Wilderness for Grizzly Bears!"
  5. ..it is a good idea to reintroduce Grizzly Bears into the Bitterroot Selway Frank Church Wilderness just because it is a 'large block of land' (i.e. Core Area) without roads!"
  6. ..anticipation of the reintroduction of Grizzly Bears has nothing to do with road and trail closures adjacent to and in the Wilderness."
  7. ..it is a good idea not to build more than .6 of a mile of road per section in buffer zones"
  8. ..the grizzly bear reintroduction component does not traffic in misinformation!"
  9. ...there isn't a hint of civilization nearby....
  10. ..United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) are better managers of grizzly bears than State Fish & Game Departments."
  11. ..Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental."
  12. ..Mankind is a cancer; he is a blight on the face of the earth.
  13. ...the only hope for the planet "is that industrialized civilizations collapse!"
  14.   ..Vice President Al Gore was right when he said, [talking about threats to the environment].."it is the most serious threat that we have ever faced, and we must act boldly, decisively, comprehensively, and quickly, even before we know every last detail about the crisis."
  15. .."We reject the idea of private property.
  16. .."The only really good technology, is no technology at all."
  17. .."Capitalism is the environment's #1 enemy!"
  18. ..it is possible to have an ecologically sound society under socialism...it is not possible under capitalism!"
  19. ..grizzly bears, spotted owls, bull trout and wolves are not about power, money, and domain; not about states' rights, reserved powers, and the very fabric of our society."

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