Celebrate Earth Day: Destroy capitalism
April 22 is Earth Day. Get ready for an orgy of eco-sanctimony. I’ve often joked that the real agenda of the Greenies is to send us back into the Dark Ages–literally and figuratively. In contrast to the Gulfstream Liberal jet set who preach environmental socialism while enjoying the fruits of the free market, however, there are many left-wing world leaders who are open about their true aims. Take Bolivian thug president Evo Morales.
Please:
Bolivian President Evo Morales has told a UN forum that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.
“If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system,” he said.
Opening an UN meeting in New York on the rights of indigenous people, he also said the development of biofuels harmed the world’s poorest people.
The forum’s theme is the global impact of climate change on native people. Mr Morales gave the keynote address at the opening of the seventh session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. As a descendent of the Aymara people, he is Bolivia’s first indigenous president.
Bolivia’s left-wing president said unbridled industrial development was responsible for the pillaging of natural resources. Speaking through an interpreter at the UN headquarters in New York, he had this uncompromising message: “If we want to save our planet earth, to save life, to save mankind, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system.”
He also lambasted other South American leaders for producing biofuels, which he blamed for creating hunger.
This Earth Day, conservatives ought to be defending free market principles and property rights–instead of capitulating to Green Fever.
The Heartland Institute put it well two years ago:
Contrary to the slogans of demonstrators throughout the world, the nations that have the best track records on environmental protection and improvement are those with the highest amount of free-market capitalism.
Make no mistake, the anti-capitalism demonstrators often add environmentalism to their claimed objectives solely because it attracts many gullible young persons and appears to legitimize their activities, which often have little or nothing to do with the environment.
Nations with the freest economic systems are the ones whose citizens can afford the luxury of protecting their environments. Conversely, persons living in command-and-control economies barely surviving on life’s necessities of food, clothing, and shelter use their natural resources to the absolute limit. They have no other choice in providing for themselves and their families…
…Beware the individual, group, or organization that relentlessly attacks the free enterprise system, bashes big business, and bashes corporations. Too often their real agenda is power–power to remake the economic and social systems to suit their own command-and-control goals, not to serve the public good as they so loudly proclaim.
Free enterprise capitalism provides the economic lifeblood for many of the world’s poor. The late senator Paul Tsongas said in his speech at the 1992 Democratic Convention, “You cannot redistribute wealth you never created. You can’t be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.”
The extremes of big government socialism and communism have been tried and found wanting in many nations, but their principles still dominate the thinking in world environmental conferences and are widely taught in many major U.S. universities.
For three-quarters of a century the Soviet Union was touted as the model of what a planned economy could do for its people. To the embarrassment of many economics professors, it imploded. It could never afford environmental protection or improvement.
Environmentalists who sincerely desire to advance their cause must disassociate themselves from anti-capitalists and destroyers of the social orders of communities, nations, and the world.
Nothing highlights this problem more than the Heidelberg Statement, which was signed in the spring of 199[2] by 250 prominent scientists, including 27 Nobel Prize winners. It noted, “We are worried at the emergence of an irrational ideology which is opposed to scientific and industrial progress and impedes economic and social development. The greatest evils which stalk our Earth are ignorance and oppression, not science, technology, and industry. We do forewarn the authorities in charge of our planet’s destiny against decisions which are supported by pseudo-scientific arguments or false and non-relevant data.”
Since it was first released, some 4,000 scientists have signed on to this appeal for reason. I’m reprinting the Heidelberg Appeal in full and you can learn more here. Do you think any one of the presidential candidates in either political party would put their names on a rational statement like this? Sadly, based on what we have heard and not heard from the entire lot of them, I doubt it.
Background
The Heidelberg Appeal was publicly released at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. By the end of the 1992 summit, 425 scientists and other intellectual leaders had signed the appeal. Since then, word of mouth has prompted hundreds more scientists to lend their support. Today, more than 4,000 signatories, including 72 Nobel Prize winners, from 106 countries have signed it. In spite of this spontaneous and growing support from the world’s scientific community, the Heidelberg Appeal has received little media attention.
Neither a statement of corporate interests nor a denial of environmental problems, the Heidelberg Appeal is a quiet call for reason and a recognition of scientific progress as the solution to, not the cause of, the health and environmental problems that we face. The Appeal expresses a conviction that modern society is the best equipped in human history to solve the world’s ills, provided that they do not sacrifice science, intellectual honesty, and common sense to political opportunism and irrational fears.
The Heidelberg Appeal
We want to make our full contribution to the preservation of our common heritage, the Earth.
We are, however, worried at the dawn of the twenty-first century, at the emergence of an irrational ideology which is opposed to scientific and industrial progress and impedes economic and social development.
We contend that a Natural State, sometimes idealized by movements with a tendency to look toward the past, does not exist and has probably never existed since man’s first appearance in the biosphere, insofar as humanity has always progressed by increasingly harnessing Nature to its needs and not the reverse. We full subscribe to the objectives of a scientific ecology for a universe whose resources must be taken stock of, monitored and preserved.
But we herewith demand that this stock-taking, monitoring and preservation be founded on scientific criteria and not on irrational preconceptions.
We stress that many essential human activities are carried out either by manipulating hazardous substances or in their proximity, and that progress and development have always involved increasing control over hostile forces, to the benefit of mankind.
We therefore consider that scientific ecology is no more than extension of this continual progress toward the improved life of future generations.
We intend to assert science’s responsibility and duties toward society as a whole.
We do, however, forewarn the authorities in charge of our planet’s destiny against decisions which are supported by pseudoscientific arguments or false and nonrelevant data.
We draw everybody’s attention to the absolute necessity of helping poor countries attain a level of sustainable development which matches that of the rest of the planet, protecting them from troubles and dangers stemming from developed nations, and avoiding their entanglement in a web of unrealistic obligations which would compromise both their independence and their dignity.
The greatest evils which stalk our Earth are ignorance and oppression, and not Science, Technology, and Industry, whose instruments, when adequately managed, are indispensable tools of a future shaped by Humanity, by itself and for itself, overcoming major problems like overpopulation, starvation and worldwide diseases.
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“Bolivian President Evo Morales has told a UN forum that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.”
hey, one cheer to evo for at least being intellectualy honest enough to reveal his end state motivation.
What a whack job!
Wondering then how Morales plans on addressing China’s less than acceptable environmental track record….I guess since they are not capatalists they need not apply?
And we can all live in a pristine environment like red freakin China.
sweet.
Holy guacamole. UNPFII 7 (UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues) is one tough ticket. Those were going for $1000 on StubHub.
By the way, WTF is Evo Morales? Did he play Richie Valens in La Bamba?
Not that it will matter to all of those Marxist syncophants,but there are color coded global maps somewhere on NASA’s website I have seen that show which countries produce and/or spew the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere …coded from deep red for heaviest to deep green for lightest….the entire US is a lovely shade of green meaning we are a net sink or absorber of carbon dioxide…the reddest areas are in countries which have the most primitive industrial base and,not coincidentally,the least amount of personal and economic freedom for its citizens
Is Earth Day another form of White Liberal Guilt or is it another reason for dirty hippies to do drugs and dance in the street?
At lunch today, me and a bunch of other seminarians were joking about how we were going to “celebrate” Earth Day. Answers given included “turn on all the lights” and “splash boiling water on someone to protest ‘global warming’ ” (complete with air quotes).
…because communists treat the environment better, i suppose.
#5:
Now that is interesting!
#6 - I don’t know, but makes me even more delighted that I no longer work in San Francisco… dirty hippies ,,,blechh!
Moonbat logic: Burn our food and let our fuel sit in the Earth.
They will say anything to put down us evil capitolist, but it’s all jealousy, they are GREEN with envy.
Some years ago, before the publication “New Scientist” went totally off the deep end of green this/global warming that, it had a columnist who argued, probably shortly before she was fired, that one day environmentalism would become overtly political and its followers wouuld come to believe that “History was on their side.” At that point, she warned, “That rest of us had better watch out.”
That day is now here. The coming fusion of what Richard Poe has called the Green-Green-Red-Brown revolution will be a force of staggering destructive power. We have already seen a very small part of what it is capable of in the Obama candidacy. Almost all churches, though their rhetorical styles may differ, are now part of it. The Republican Party is collapsing before it. The global warming crusade is its most advanced manifestation.
In a crude way TIME magazine is right: it is a war, but not the way they see it. At some point Conservatives and one hopes their allies are going to have to take to the streets to match the leftists every step of the way if there is to be any hope of stopping this.
You mean like Chernobyl: radioactive earth and eight-legged goats, not to mention the world famous Cyclops baby. It’s actually pretty sad.
Communists to Capitalists:
“Its an envy thing, you wouln’t understand!”
I doubt this will be the lead story on any of the networks tomorrow with the primary and all. Too bad. This farce, environmentalism, must be exposed for what it is. Bad science.
Screw Earth Day and the Commies that dreamed it up.
I enjoy the outdoors and do my part to keep it clean and conserve when I can, but I won’t be party to some communist bullsh!t trying to neuter the American economy all in the goal of socialist equality.
BobJones77…..Just remember what anAL GOREtentive says a la ‘Animal Farm’….”All animals are equal…but some blubber butt,intenet inventing,election stealing,carbon credit racketeers are more equal then others”
Don’t forget the nicknames for these people: Watermelons. Green on the outside, and red on the inside.
I don’t get it. When I was in high school (just before catalytic converters) we were told the earth was getting colder. I’ve done everything in my power to reverse the process (buy a ‘77 LTD, have more than one child, work on nuclear missiles) and now they’re saying I over-did it????
Sorry, gang. My bad…….
If it wasn’t going to snow here tomorrow, I’d take my ATV out for a nice, long ride through Tahoe National Forest to celebrate Earth Day.
Yeah, April 22nd, and it’s going to snow. Can someone please send some of that global warming my way?
Hangfire,
It’s alright, man. We all mess up sometimes.
Today Capitalism, Tomorrow….Humans!
Thanx, Den. Sniff
Evo? Morales??
Devo did “Whip it”. They were Capitalists. Akron Ohio I believe, home of Capitalist rubber and tires.
Immorales=Communist.
Note that those who actually want Communism in their lands are abject failures by any post 19th century standard. They want everyone to be as miserable as them, and they want us to pay for their misery with our Capitalism, until our Capitalism is gone. In our country most Commies/Greenies are deluded post-modern hippies and ideological reeeetards. Communism does not work. Socialism does not work. Those in our country who are have nots, are by and large drop outs or 3rd generation Great Society believers. They would not survive Communism. Commies don’t coddle the weak and lazy.
Thanks for listening and I’ll leave the light on for ya!
Alternative “global saving” fuels are to far off to make a difference and the demand for energy is growing daily. If gas prices keep climbing people will grow weary of hearing about polar bears drowning and caribou being “scared” by a few pipes.
Moron……
Obviously he never visited Eastern Europe or the Soviet Union to see what a wonderful job their collectivist policies did for the environment.
I went to university for environmental science, and let me shed a light on a few things:
1) Overpopulation is NOT a problem. Disturbution of resources IS. I’m still waiting for hollywood liberals, college professors and those high school girls in Beverly Hills to give up their sports-cars, timeshares, and 30+ pairs of shoes and outfits.
2)Starvation: How much per pound was that meat Obama bought?
3)Disease: Well, giving people anti-bodies for every little scrape and bruise, and more times than not, they get thrown away and bacteria adapt to them so, yeah, bravo!
4) Technology–Oh really? like stem-cell research? I know all the hollywood left craves immortality, but do really need to experiment on innocent children to obtain it?
5) Science—Actually, science supports the Bible more than it does evolution or the big bang.
My stance: CAPITALISM is the BEST solution.
I just had a thought.
Al Gore has made $100,000,000.00 in 7 years, or so I am told, by SELLING carbon credits in a Capitalist environment. Rodham and B.J.Billy have made $100,000,000.oo plus via Capitalism and luxury jets. John Kohn Kerry-Heinz lives in supreme luxury by virtue of John Heinz Catsup Capitalism and Therezzza Heinz inheritance. Nancy Pelosi and her husband own Vineyards/Wineries/Hotels and Golf Courses. Que pasa? Rodham’s daddy owned a Drapery and textile business, Herb Kohl’s family owned grocery and department stores to the tune of a cool Billion in Capitalism, Obama sold books and profited handsomely, John “hair boy” Edwards sued Capitalist insurance companies for his wealth, Al Gore’s daddy was CHAIRMAN of Occidental Petroleum oil company, Jay Rockerfellers grandad was Standard oil of Ohio of renown. And then there’s Ted Kopechne Kennedy and his families sheltered ill gotten millions.
I’ve forgotten what Barbara Boxers husband does! *wink*.
Yes, I’ll take Captitalism for $100,000,000.00 Alex.
Earth Day too shall pass. It will compete with the Pennsylvania primary for headlines and on the following day be relegated to yesterday’s news by a jaded MSM and a bored public with a short attention span.
#28 - and let us guess, your here all night?
LMAO
silly libocrat, you should know that capitalism is bad for thee, but not for me.
(ops, I meant #29 - )
#11
Makes you wonder— if there is intelligent life from another planet observing us at this moment, what must they be thinking?
This is just more false religion. It is called Earth Mother worship. She is the Queen of Heaven. Another Satanic misleading false religion.
In the old Roman Empire, everyone was welcome except Christians, and Jews. They would only worship one true G-d.
It is the same now, The New World Order welcomes all except those nasty Christians, and Jews who are full of hate speech. Sarc/off
Sheesh.
We have a congress that is turning us into a nanny state and, inexorably, moving us towards socialism.
We have three socialist nominees for president.
I think we’re well on our way to destroying capitalism in this country even without the global warming farce.
Well, isn’t this funny. We finally have an environmentalist nutjob who’s willing to be honest about the environmentalist movement. Morales basically admitted there that its true end is to destroy capitalism; given which country he’s President of, doesn’t that kind of say a lot?
What a joke. Yahoo had it’s logo changed already on 4/21…nevermind that 4/21 is Patriot’s Day………….
Mr. Morales is of the “if you can’t beat’em then tear them them down with lies” philosophy. Just like the rest of the enviro-whackos. My thought is if you don’t like it here don’t let the door hit you on the a$$ on the way out!
Here is one from Mr. AlGore:
“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”
Sounds like Mr. Morales is following in Mr. Internet’s footsteps.
Thank you, Feebiebabe.
People, please tip your waiters and waitresses, I’m here all night!!
Better me here all night than Rodham “Bosnia sniper fire” or Barry Hussein O’Bama…..for 4-8!
N’est ce pas?
#5, I’d like to see that map if you can find it. Unfortunately, everything I find from some simple Google searches shows the U.S producing at least 25% of the world’s CO2 and the most total output overall.
Even though I believe CO2 levels have little to do with Global Warming, I would love some NASA graph that counters the following information!
From CARMA.org
#40 - holy moly….I am in tears from laughing so hard today. We got some funny newbies thats fer sure!! OK, watch out for trolls… (psst. Reagan quotes…get’s em everytime!!!)
Nite.
This kind of remimds me of the South Park episode of ‘Die Hippy Die’ or something like that. These far-left moonbats are too lazy to work so they want a nanny-state to take care of them. The higher-ups (Film Actors Guild types) already have made their dough and don’t have to worry about mundane things like where their next meal comes from so being a Kommie is great by them as well.
Leatherneck….Semper Fi, my brother. My nephew 24, (already a purple heart Marine) is currently in Iraq.
As to your point. The Democrat party is a CO-DEPENDANT cadre of GROUPS, that all have a stake in YOUR MONEY and THEIR “RELIGION”.
RACE, UNION, GREENER, MILITANT WOMAN, TRIAL LAWYER, ENTRENCHED BUREAUCRAT WORKER, STUDENT, PRO-ABORTIONIST, NAIVE YOUTH, ……TEACHER!!!!! AFCSME MEMBER and (drum roll please) UNDOCUMENTED BORDER JUMPING ILLEGAL ALIEN (from any country so as not to profile).
The DEMOCRAT Party is trying to keep them all happy by rewarding them all.
Gee, ignorance and oppression are the hallmarks of liberals, socialists and communists. Look at China: their half-assed copies of capitalist technologies are as half-assed as the tools and toys they ship to the world. Everything they have, with the exception of spaghetti and fireworks, they stole from capitalist countries. Too bad they didn’t steal quality control.
The “indispensable tools of a future shaped by Humanity” is being usurped and coerced by the ravings of indisputable tools of the far left, the envirowhackos, and their king, Algore.
The only green that Al “Chicken Little” Gore believes in is the money he rakes in from his “save the world” tours and fact deprived speeches.
As I recall the legend on the map in question,it wasn’t only how much carbon dioxide produced by countries in the world,but also the relative amount of forested land and land under regular active agricultural cultivation etc that acted as the absorption mechanism that was produced there as well…and given the vast amount of land in the US given over to both forestry (including so called tree farms owned and tended by companies like Weyerhauser,Boise Cascade,and Georgia-Pacific etc)and annual agriculture,that accounts for the fact that the US on balance absorbs more carbon dioxide than it produces…something that was virtually unique on the map with the exception of a few other countries like Canada
Everybody loves and hates capitalism. The commies love it because they can exploit their state machine and the low wages. American socialists love it because they expand their riches and power base all while conscripting more dullard followers to contribute their monies for the cause. Everything else is just a variation.
Armigerous, the Liberal/Greenies among us, LIKE A FUNGUS, are not interested in facts. They are interested in BEING MORALLY SUPERIOR HEROES WITHOUT ANY SACRIFICE.
Today in America (aka the United States) we have more Oxygen producing trees and forest, than at any time ever MEASURED. That is not enough for Greenies, BECAUSE, that fact, doesn’t allow said GREENIES, to save AMERICA by their BIG MOUTHS. This mirrors the JOKE of LIBERAL CELEBRITIES, (Bruce Springstone et al), who TALK ALL THE BULLSH!T, but live behind gates, guarded by GUN TOTING neo-cons.
“Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”
John 8:32
When you replace God, you have to replace some other object of worship. When you’re a narcissistic bunch of self-righteous fools, who better to replace God with than yourselves?
Sanctimony replaces sacrament. Self-righteousness replaces selflessness. Imbalance replaces harmony.
…and the sheep sacrifice reason upon the altar of deceit.
Armigerous, I would definitely be interested in seeing that map.
I couldn’t find it on the NASA site.
I did find (not unsurprisingly) that NASA subscribes to the idea that “man is the major cause of global warming and we must do something to stop it!”.
NASA on global warming:
The same vast majority of climatologists that believed we were headed towards an ice age a few decades ago? Most likely.
There are definitely two sides to the story.
Don’t Liberals work? How the heck do they get money?
These people make me sick. Just wish they would move to a Commie Country.
Here’s a fact: In an effort to “Save the Planet,” the environmentalist’s rush to go green is actually starving people (according to the MSM.) Food staples, such as corn are being diverted to make ethanol to fuel our “green” cars, and in the process, causing hunger to those poor souls the climate-change hysteric’s are portending to save. What a joke!
Soon, sugar and corn syrup solids (you know, the sweetener that is in almost everything nowadays, that is adictive and makes us fat?) will be in short supply or gone all together because of the ethanol diversion. (This ONE thing may not be such a bad thing! Sorry…)
The greenies wanted the price of gas to go way up to make us drive less/pollute less, but that really hasn’t happened yet. What has happened is the cost of transportation has climbed quickly, causing the price of food stuffs to rise to new highs making some foods we once took for granted, an occasional treat now.
Hybrid cars…yes, they cost more. Who’s making money on them? Uh huh, the big bad corporations that the left villifies non-stop. (Thanks, Greenlings!)
Cost of flying on vacation…yep, you got it…costs more now. It doesn’t seem to impact those elitists like “the Goracle” who have the means…PLUS, he can pay himself with carbon offsets!
Look at everything the well-intentioned ones have gotten control of, and look where we are now…example? Okay, how about the most expensive high school in history? Cost? To date, over $400,000,000…and it has not even opened yet! Where? Los Angeles, of course!
Another example? Just about everything that local and state governments run is out of control, financially. Schools are forced to drop sports, drama, music, and after school activities because the school districts are going broke…but, the teachers ALWAYS get their raises, as do the politicians.
I could go on and on…I think most of you know where I’m going with this. My point is, that everytime a liberal mentions “quality of life,” “it’s for the children”, or anything with “education,” “environment,” or “Earth” in a sentence, hold on to your wallet, because it is going to cost you…always has, and always will. And most of those Greenlings who speak the loudest, are usually the ones least affected by the problems they so vociferously rant about, and the ones that will benefit from any universal change.
Speaking of “rant”…I’m done!
Those platitudes sound good, but the cure for overpopulation, which is the cause of most of our problems, is to limit births to reduce our population. Solve the problem by preventing it, or at least preventing it from becoming worse. With a limited population, we could live very well using only sustainable processes, the way the environment was before mankind industrialized. We could use finite resources to reach the sustainable living goal, but we won’t, and future generations will pay the price.
I watched Glenn Beck discussing food shortages tonight, and of course he mentioned every cause except overpopulation. Almost no one has the stones to tackle that, except groups like NumbersUSA.
Mr.J,
Right on. If things were cooling down. Gore’d be hawking it up about “global cooling”.
GreenLibertarian, you have won the daily double. Dumb and Dumber.
There is nothing stopping you from offing yourself and those of like mind.
I’m not certain that you aren’t a troll.
What friggin’ planet do tools like you get hatched on?
I suppose, starvation and war, and of course ABORTION are all equally useful in your “sustainability” project.
You are either a troll, or so far beyond moron, that we ought to ABORT YOU.
RETROACTIVELY.
I’m pro-life, but your demise is for the greater good.
Wink.
Why do you own/use a computer? Are you Al Gore?
Cosmo, you are 100% correct.
There is no “separation of church and state” in our Constitution, but this liberal garbage is indeed a “religion”.
And it’s spreading because so many libs are completely nuts.
The whole climate change movement is nothing more than liberal fear mongering. If you get the people to believe there is something sinister to fear, they will give up control to the one who professes to be their savior.
The liberal mindset cannot cope with real world issues of today like terrorism (that would be an admission that evil men do exist in the world, other than conservatives). That would be wholly inconsistent with their self loathing of everything American. So they need to conjure up a demon that complements their shame of the US and at the same time gives them a way to move the masses into panic. The Earth will self destruct because of man made stuff sounds pretty good.
Forget about actual statistics and scientific evidence that now shows the Earth has entered a cooling phase (in fact, the warming trend ended 10 years ago). Forget about the correlation between the Sun’s thremal output and the temperature on Earth and other planets rising and falling in tendem with that activity. Forget about the threshhold issue that remains unressolved as to whether carbon dioxide causes warming or whether warming causes increases in carbon dioxide. Forget about all of that. Listen to people like Al Gore manipulating people’s consciences to shame them into believing that their lifestyles are dooming the planet. For the children.
The weak minded folks from the world of make believe add their voices and dollars to the panic striking. It must be true.
Once the ball is rolling, people are willing to make sacrifices; sacrifices involving control over their lives. Laws are proposed and enacted. Treaties between countries are ratified. Vast sums of money are contributed to appease the new gods of environmental retribution. Soon men replace God as the saviors of the masses, and environmentalism is exhaulted thereafter with a religious reverence as the only true avenue of faith.
And control is ceded to those who created the panic. And the new gods profit handsomely.
Al Gore appears poised to be chief god in the new temple of environmentalism. A man who flunked out of college once. And people follow him, because of fear.
Now that, folks, is fear mongering at its best.
Haven’t these eco-socialists ever heard of the Three Gorges Dam? The Three Gorges were one of the most beautiful locations in the natural world, and had been praised in poetry for centuries and even appeared on China’s paper currency. Then the ChiComs built a dam and flooded it. It’s complete nonsense that communism will fix the environment. I guess the greens are too blinded by this anthropogenic global warming nonsense to see a real environmental tragedy.
Anytime you hear someone use the word ’sustainable’ to make an environmental point,you can be damn sure that person is a closet nazi or Malthusian who wants to eliminate half the world’s population to serve their own godless notion of what is an ideal habitat…..and of course the people who use the word ’sustainable’ or who buy into that bilge will be the ones who decide who lives and who doesn’t…note to self: buy more ammo at WalMart this weekend
I have the misfortune of living in the Netherlands. This is a country where the vast majority of the population lives in cities. Most of the population has never been in a “wilderness” or even a truly country situation (a big vacation idea here is domes under which they simulate summer). However, WWF, Greenpeace, Dierenfonds (dutch version of WWF) and a host of other far left organizations use this place as a financial bottomless well. Animal Planet here shows the films of Russian Bear Baiting and Asian animal markets during the 4-6pm slot when kids are watching. They give away “Snowy the Seal” along with a contribution to Greenpeace. The people here only know what they see on television so they contribute millions. That money is immediately taken to the USA and used by left wing lobbyists.
No group cares for the environment more than hunters. Hunters contribute more towards the environment via fees, licenses and taxes than all of the money that Greenpeace raises via lies and deception in foreign countries.
The real problem is exactly wwhat this article describes - Communism didn’t die in 1990. It got exactly what it wanted - untouchability through the PC movement. A system that killed more people than the Nazis.. Fantastic
Liberal/Greenies, HAVE NO INTEREST in debate. They have no Political representation, OTHER THAN, Hussein Obama, and Rodham, TRIPPING over each other for their votes.
Most Democrat/Liberal FACTIONS, are not in any way open to discussion. Why should they be. Rodham and the Not so Great Society, has spoon fed them CASH O’PLENTY for 45 years. Rodhams’ bsse is the DEMOLIB-STATUS QUO. More Government, more ENTITLEMENTS, more PROMISES of CA$H to the same FAILURES who have given us. 50% BLUE DROP-OUT RATES!!!
50% PLUS, BLUE….yes BLUE…drop out rates.
Rodham blames business, Oil Companies and Pharmaceutical Companies. She thinks DEMONIZING OIL and PRESCRIPTIONS will win her votes. YES!! Taxing OIL and PHARMICO’S will give RODHAM more money to waste, and it will cripple CAPITALISTIC co’s THAT INVEST IN THE FUTURE.
But ONLY GOVERNMENT, (LIBERAL RODHAM GOVERNMENT) benefits from more taxes on business.
Idiots who resent the costs of oil and prescriptions are Rodhams useful idiots.
Morales from Bolivia. 3/4s of the world are trying to figure out where the heck is Bolivia? The only thing that country is noted for, is harboring ex-nazis. So we have a tinpot dictator telling the world that his way (socialism and totalitarism) is the way to save the planet. Yawn. That’s about as interesting and informative as listening to Pol Pot and his solutions for overpopulation, or Mogambe and his economic solutions for a “green” earth.
Evo Morales may be right that using biofuels may be mucking up food supplies, but that abject buffoon fails to realize that biofuels are replacing fossil fuels precisely BECAUSE the free market is not being allowed to open exploration, drilling, and refining of fossil fuels due to liberal/environmental BS. The good people of Bolivia sadly elected this idiot; they (and the rest of the world) deserve far better.
Obviously Morales is wrong(stupid too). But whats so wrong with earth day and basic environmentalism? Isnt living and breathing a higher priority than the economy?
graysonret #61 actually Bolivia is also known as the country that put an end to that great populist Che Guevara. You know, the humanitarian that the commies all fawn over, the torturer and executioner for Castro. Before Morales the Bolivians worked fairly well with the US. As soon as communism took hold that all changed. By accepting the communist government that they have the country has gone very down hill. If they had stayed with capitalism they would be a successful productive country.
I think Morales would make a good VP candidate for either Hillary or Obama, as long as he didn’t try to get any of their income. He just wants ours.
Another breathtaking liberal hypocrite…If anyone would like to go to the link below and take a look and the Bolivian Presidential Palace, we all can wonder if they’re using hand pumps for water and kerosene lamps for light in there. I’m sure that Morales is also using a donkey cart for transportation. How can anyone take people like that seriously?
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/Bolivia/Departamento_de_La_Paz/La_Paz-1549228/Things_To_Do-La_Paz-Plaza_Murillo-BR-1.html
Intellectual Honesty? OH COME NOW. You’re dealing with liberals. You are asking WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much.
I hate that liberal wackjobs have ruined the idea of (and any debate around) thoughtful conservationism. They pulled the “sky is falling” card too many times for anyone to pay attention anymore. Mainstream America looks at these folks and laughs them off, for good reason.
I’m not a “warming” skeptic, but I think human impact on global climate change is at least worthy of further study and ongoing debate. Like most conservatives, I support free market development and competition when it comes to alternative fuels.
There’s a pretty decent article from Front Page Magazine that talks about “conservative environmentalism” that I find satisfying and spot-on: The Right Conservative Position On The Environment
Doubtful. I lived ther for three years and I can assure you 75% of the country look to the government to solve their problems (just like the Democrats here), and are incapable of running their own lives in an orderly fashion. They had a harsh dose of capitalism but like children forced to eat their vegatables had a hissy fit and elected a socialist. The 25% of the country that is responsible is constantly worn down and intimidated by violence and blockades of the left.
Bolivia was poor long before Evo arrived on the scene and will be poor long after he gets run out of office, like every other president left, right or center. They are due for a military takeover.
Want to know what things would be like without environmental protections, look at China.
All this global warming and bio-fuels BS is getting to the point that it will start costing lives due to food shortages this year. I guess the liberals can celebrate how they are helping “Mother Earth” by slowly killing off the excess humanity soiling the planet.
I had enough when I saw the Gingrich and Pelosi public service announcement on climate change, that’s when I knew for sure our political overlords are out to turn this republic into a third world cesspool. We sure could use some global warming up here in Idaho we are expecting snow on Thursday. Yep! That global warming is going to kill us all.
In celebration of Earth Day I will be mowing my lawn today (finally starting to come back) with my new Sears gas mower to do what I can to increase my carbon foot print. I still have a long way to go before I can even match the Goreical. I would cut down some trees, but they are a rare commodity in the high desert plateau we live in by the Snake River and I don’t want to destroy any shade we will need when global warming or as we call it here “summer” kicks in and the temps top out in the triple digits.
Then we’re screwed because, as usual, most responsible Conservatives have jobs and lives.
TEEEEEEJ
I’m still waiting for a single environitwit to explain to me HOW their demand for cutting back on what plants, (those green things), thrive on - CO2 - can be categorized as green? If they are confused by my question I can only offer the proof of peer reviewed scientific experiments that underscore what botanists and greenhouse owners have known for a very long time - more CO2 is GOOD for almost all plants, especially trees. The growth rate of young pine trees more than DOUBLES with twice as much CO2 in the air. Trees don’t want to hug my energy efficient house - they want to hug my 92 Buick!
More questions for environitwits to answer ..
So LGM, why isn’t Gore & his gang flying off to China in their private gulfstreams preaching to them about global warming & demanding that they stop poluting?
EXACTLY MY QUESTION!!!
And India, too!!!
Simple,really….because anAL GOREtentive knows that both countries would tell him to go take a flying leap up…well,use your imagination…
Why is it that these dictators think they can set the agenda for the rest of mankind!
The amount of ignorance towards climate change is staggering.
If you can stop the heat from the sun, natural water evaporation, ocean fissures, volcanoes, and the other natural events that knock humans so far off the list then come see me.
I have some more koolaid for you to drink.
#23 - Agreed - humans will be next. Ted Turner said we’d be eating each other. He’s just another wealthy authority telling us how he thinks everyone else should live.
Semper Fi - support the troops!
Thanks, Michelle, for bringing reason back into this discussion on Earth Day. Channel surfing this AM was starting to depress me. MSM always gives me a sinking feeling that I can’t quite put my finger on. I come here for ressurance that things aren’t so bad.
#76 Strike “authority” - substitute “loud mouth liberal” - need coffee.
Well done. To the point and no misdirection.
List of things to do on Earth day:
1. Replace light bulbs (nope).
2. Send Manbearpig a Hallmark. (nope).
3. Hug a tree (nope).
4. Ask my buddy in Berkeley to hug a pinko (yep).
4. Walk to work (nope).
Eatrh is still here!
libocrat #55 LOL funny! Why is it that people who believe in population control are still walking the planet, driving cars, using computers…? Boggles the mind!
Who let this troll in!
Evo Morales reflects the pan-Indian/Native American sentiment of years past that because those big, bad Colonialists conquered native peoples, they couldn’t manage their land and resources. Therefore, when Capitalism became the predominant economic thought around the world, it enabled Colonialists to impoverish native peoples while raping the land at the same time.
Mr. Morales’ belief system is no different from many indigenous groups around the world who are stuck in the past and cannot adapt. So instead of empowering native peoples, Mr. Morales feels he should impoverish everyone in Bolivia. Mr. Morales is doing his country no favors because the industrial south (I think?) is trying to break away from the rest of Bolivia because his radical approach to nationalizing industries in that country is limiting Bolivia’s economic potential.
There will always be sour grapes for people like Morales, instead of a determination to see economic/social improvements for the indigenous people in his country.
“On April 21st, 2008 at 9:49 pm, Georgia said:
Moonbat logic: Burn our food and let our fuel sit in the Earth.”
That was the best line of the day!
I’d like to see Evo tell the Indians and Chinese to abandon their version of capitalism. That would go over like a turd in a fish bowl.
Because they’re not dumb enough to spend money on carbon credits.
Bolivia is also where Butch and Sundance met their end.
Well, I have to say the Bolivian is right about one thing. Using food crops to create biofuels is not helping anyone except the farmers.
If liberals can be pro-choice and kill their babies, I am pro-choice about polluting.
I despise anti-capitalist tin-horn South American dictators as much as the next person, but Morales is right about biofuels. Who thought it would be a good idea to burn food for fuel? Plus, it takes more energy to create biofuel than the biofuel produces when used. I am not happy about paying $4 a gallon for milk, but at least I can buy food. What about people in Haiti and elsewhere who can’t buy staples like rice at any price?
For those of us who have see Chevy’s ads for their “earth friendly” vehicles, check out this info directly from the Chevy Tahoe webpage…
Regular 5.3 L V8 MPG (city/highway) 14/20
Hybrid Tahoe 21/22 (whopping 2 MPG increase in Highway)
It gets better for the E85 Ethanol Tahoe…. 11/15 MPG
So by driving a SUV running straight Ethanol, you will be starving more people and using MORE fuel to be used than if you bought the SUV with the biggest V8 possible this line
I <3 my Jeep Cherokee. Especially on Unwashed Unkempt Unemployed Hippie Day.
The complaint about capitalism is that it is based on greed. The complaint about socialism, which is seldom mentioned by the liberal left, is that it is based on laziness.
A guy like Bill Gates created millions of jobs around the world. A guy like Hugo Chavez is destroying tens of thousands of jobs in his own country. There is no free lunch - but the socialist keep preaching their garbage to ignorant people who want something for nothing.
As far as bio-fuels are concerned, enterprising capitalists are now extracting natural gases from trash dumps. Who would have thought of that except for an enterprising capitalist? Socialists are inherently intellectually lazy.
…and GOD help them if they want cheap power or need to eradicate malaria. The enviro whacko’s have theirs and want to condemn 3rd world countries for trying to become energy efficient or to protect themselves from disease.
Before you trolls start on me, dig the link. I happen to know what I am talking about on this one.
Boliva is a country?
When I bought my house a few years ago, I put in a new programmable furnace because it saves me MONEY. I bought Energy Star appliances because it saves me MONEY. I use only the lights I need and don’t waste electricity because it saves me MONEY. When I retire in a couple of years and move, I will put solar panels on my roof because it saves me MONEY.
This is what the Enviros never understand. We will respond to rational conservation to save MONEY, not so “save the world”.
Since the Left has no concept of MONEY except to steal it from productive people, they will never understand this.
This is how I have decided to recognize Earth Day.
Paint a sign on a peice of plywood ” CELEBRATING EARTH DAY”, then procede to cut down two sugar maples in my front yard, I will then plant a crimson maple and a golden weeping willow in their place next week.
(I live on a snow route, plenty of traffic)
Would anyone like to buy some carbon credits.
Earth day. Gotta love it.
I have a tree all picked out to show my special attention today.
Lead cuts them down as well as an axe, but it’s much more fun.
The powerful banking elite that run this country, and the economies of our foreign brothers and sisters, don’t want to destroy capitalism, they just want to hobble it enough that everyone can be managed more efficiently. Income disparities will be brought into line so that they can preside over their Socialist Utopia while control the financial purse-strings of every puppet-headed politico everywhere.