Though he reminded us not to forget Poland in the first 2004 Presidential debate, the President really his his stride in the second:

BUSH: “I own a timber company?

That’s news to me.

Need some wood?”

While the President has yet to make good on his suggested wood deliveries, House Resources Committee chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) is continuing his quest to eliminate national parks by offering up their trees – free of charge – because oil and gas prices are too high:

The Republican chairman of the House Resources Committee on Tuesday proposed waiving fees on collecting firewood in U.S. national forests as a way to help “families cope with the high costs of home heating” this winter.
Natural gas household heating costs in the U.S. Midwest will soar by nearly 50 percent this winter while heating oil in the Northeast will rise by 25 percent, according to government estimates.

“Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas,” California Rep. Richard Pombo said in a press release.
Pombo proposed legislation waiving fees for the U.S. Forest Service’s Self Help Firewood Program, which he said charges consumers about $10 to $15 to gather a stack of wood 4 feet long, 4 feet wide and 8 feet high. The waiver would last one year, with a cap of $1,000.

Don’t hurt yourself looking for the hidden logic, it just isn’t there. Pombo’s answer to high oil and gas costs is to give away wood to people least affected by rising prices. Maybe instead of allowing the wood to come from national parks, Pombo can talk his buddy the President into giving up some of the wood he promised us last year. Matt Tobey says we’re all going to need it when we’re huddled around barrels trying to keep warm this winter.