Posted on 05/04/2005 4:52:19 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of the Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Yesterday, we had quite the debate over global warming and whether it was real or not. At least in this forum, it can be said the antagonists of the theory won the day over the protagonist that tried to press his or her position.
Which brings us to a bigger question, what of environmentalism, and are conservatives inherently against it?
Well, that's sort of asking: "Do you like to breathe dirty air, drink dirty water, and walk through dirty landscapes?" Of course not, that's silly on its face.
Yet, that is the argument that is consistenty and vehemently postulated by the leftists in America--only THEY can protect the environment. Only THEY have the responsibility to protect the non-human species that wander the planet. If it were not for THEM, species other than humans would cease to exist.
Well, like yesterday's debater, it helps to come to the table with some facts.
Here's some dealing with the radical environmental movement.
Today, there is a story where windmills are being opposed in Wisconsin. Clean energy, right? Taking it from the wind, not burning fossil fuels? Taking a premium off of what nature sends around anyway? What can be wrong with that? Birds--the windmills will kill birds.
Global warming. That debate is less about science than about control, how to run everyone's lives. This becomes evident when you review some of the meetings. New science keeps emerging, and this is probably real science, that forces changes in the "theory" of global warming. But these people don't go "wait a minute, we need to study more to find out what's the best course of action," no, that's already been decided--control of the masses. The theory is revised, but in such a way that still requires draconian people control.
Recycling. A nice hot button here. But, guess what? There's been some information coming out lately that recycling is acutally more harmful than creating the product new in the first place. Seems the radical environmentalists forgot to factor in the transportation of the waste material to recycling places, the chemicals used in recycling, disposal of those chemicals, and so on and so on.
Car pooling, and mass transit in general. Sounds good, move large masses of people with trains and busses. One problem: what happens when that capacity fills up? THEIR answer: build more. All right, where? The problem is, mass transit allowed suburban areas to explode, and in the process pushed land values up like a rocket. Statistics have not been researched for this piece, but it would not be surprising if mass transit was the number one contributor to both suburban growth and property value increases generally. And those people have to be supplied. They are supplied by trucks. Trucks that now fill our Interstates, for which we have no more room to build for them because of the lack of foresight. Traffic is gridlocked with no solution--because the mass transit capacity is choked. Net result? Massive increases in air polution.
Enter the Clean Air Act. Now if there was ever a case in mass hypocracy, this is it. The left creates the urban smog soup from their failed efforts with car pools and mass transit, forgetting about the need to provide pavement (busses have to go somewhere you know) and rail (prohibitively expensive, you should know) in advance, and then they say "clean it up"! HOW? Our cars cannot move, the trucks are stalled on the highways belching soot, and we are told it is our fault.
Baloney. This country is straining under two decades of failed policy efforts on the part of the "green" movement. Our cities were, for a while, becoming "green", but are now, once again, moving to brown. Yet governments persist in the failed policies. The Commonwealth of Virginia, for example, has (finally!) authorized two more lanes for Highway 495. Sadly, they are to be "High Occupancy Toll" lanes. Have three or more souls, free, otherwise you get socked.
Having witnessed these lanes in both New York City and Georgia (although you don't have to pay a toll there), they are abject failures. No one is using critical concrete, and the allowable lanes are clogged with cars and trucks, continuing to contribute to the smog overhang. Georgia is more liberal than the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway--you only need two people. And yet, during my trip to Alanta I could observe they were essentially EMPTY during rush hour.
High Occupancy Vehicle programs have been pursued for almost three decades. Isn't it time to say "ENOUGH" and accept THEY ARE NOT WORKING!?
We need to find ways to get cars and trucks moving, and that means concrete. Will the areas around the new pavement grow, certainly. But isn't that how we manage to prosperity? Isn't staying stagnant a recipe for ultimate demise: "a man who stands still is bound to be run over."
Indeed, the procurment and placement of asphalt would lead to the environmentalist's mantra: the solution to polution is dilution. Spread it out. Move the cars and trucks, then the exhaust won't turn to brown soup.
But that leaves the question, is the right "right" on environmentalism? Well, we don't hate the environment. Indeed, we honor a quaint old idea: husbandry. Use what God provides, and make sure we leave it in a state where it is usable.
This can be leveraged. It has been shown that when a company is given exclusive rights to an area, they manage it well. Tree farms are cut appropriately because the paper company wants to stay in business. The fisheries that are given regions to work in the sea strive to protect fish to the extent it allows their business to flourish. These work, they should be pursued.
The problem is, it turns the locus of control to individuals, and that the radical environmental movement cannot allow for it forces them to concede both that they were wrong and their power they wield.
But like the birds in Wiconsin, we will fly around their windmills.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
LET'S ROLL!!!
Ok, that's out of my system.
Excellent opening.
Good morning! Fox said a big terror guy was caught in Pakistan, but as usual I don't have the name, as all of those names sound alike to my Western ear. If they repeat it I will try to report it.
Huge capture...al-Libi...is on par with Zawahiri.
But like the birds in Wiconsin, we will fly around their windmills.
That about says it all.
Good morning.
Great opening.
Thanks!
Bump to your opening today Chair!
Good morning folks, excellent news about the AQ capture. Hopefully we've pulled out the panties and he's started to sing like a canary.
Great opening Chairman. Thanks!
Whoa! How do you find the time? I'm impressed. I also remember a time when Newsweek had an iceberg on its front cover because the Ice Age was coming.
Without explanation, we've moved to its polar (no pun intended) opposite.
Political power vs. popular will Wash Times
Letter reveals terror group's woes in Iraq Rowan Scarborough
Frist begins to squeeze the trigger The Hill
Tony's Tories WSJ
Happy Days are here againClaudia Rosette
Hario Pantano, Patriot Am. Prowler..
Brainless in Gaza David Warren
There's a certain baseball thread I want to ping him to...Now if I can find that thread again!
What great news; thanks for that link!
Thanks for the links. I really appreciate them.
Having started years ago taking graduate classes in Environmental studies, I watched the Environmental movement take a hard turn to the left, where individual responsibility no longer becomes the focus. (As you so well put...)
For example, the lumber industry, that used to be encouraged by the environmental movement to do selective cutting, at least here in Wisconsin, all of a sudden became the villian. They are now the "evil" ones who cut down our trees, and leave a barren landscape.
Not only is this not true, but does not make good sense business wise. Most lumber companies will tell you that selective cutting and reforestation makes good business sense because they provide jobs for the future in the lumber industry. Trees are renewable resources, but we still have a population out there that do not understand that concept!
We just had a new book brought into the school where I work that talks about Earth Day, (Publ. 2004) and they attack the lumber industry for destroying the forests, leaving nothing for future generations. (citing the Tragedy of the commons factor.)
Grrrrr...... So backwards, and mis-informed.
You are welcome.
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