Won't Get Fooled Again

In a pretty amazing development in the world of nature, the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, last seen during World War II, was rediscovered in Arkansas. Long thought to be extinct after logging decimated its habitat, a small population has managed to beat the odds. Commenting on the elusive bird, Interior Secretary Gale Norton was quoted as saying, "Second chances to save wildlife once thought to be extinct are rare. ... We will take advantage of this opportunity." A provision was rushed into the Bush Administration's Healthy Forests Initiative to clear-cut the bird's homerange so that there won't be any more of this silliness about extinction again (no trees means it's easier to see the birds).