Question on Liberals and Environment

[april15Bendovr]

An Edwards campaign worker dropped this off for my liberal wife to read.

77 pages?

When I knocked on doors for President Bush I don't remember ever having a Pamphlet that read more than 4 pages.

Doesn't Edwards belong to the party that is supposed to care about trees and the environment?

Is there a little hypocrisy going on here?

[jrooney]

By my count, two trees were killed for every pamphlet. Okay I exaggerated. Hypocrisy yes.

[LibFreeOrDie]

77 pages? Anyone tried to assign a total dollar amount to all these proposals?

[hsalaw]

Remember that Edwards is a lawyer. Only a lawyer could call a 250-page document a “brief.”

[Army Air Corps]

I recall Algore’s plans to reduce government waste as VP. The plan was printed in a multivolume set by the GPO.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

On what page does he teach me how to chase ambulances?

[april15Bendovr]

I will keep you updated on other Democrat campaigns as they knock at my door. I’m sure now there will be competition with their documentation.

[Brad from Tennessee]

The mainstay of Gore’s “reinventing government” was the elimination of about a million armed forces billets. Though these cuts were due to the post-Cold War drawdown, Gore counted them as positions he had eliminated through “efficiency.”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My God, the four nanny-state, something-for-everyone items on p. 77 are alone enough to make me hurl. The only thing that comes to mind when I see that populist drivel is LEAVE ME ALONE and KEEP YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF MY WALLET.

[Ben Ficklin]

Pulp/paper comes mostly from the southern timberlands and mostly from pine.

The enviros are not nearly as concerned about these timberlands as they are about those in the west, so there are fewer restrictions on the National Forests in the south.

Plus, most of the southern timberlands are held privately.

[Army Air Corps]

Yep, I remember that bit of accounting tomfoolery on the part of Android Al. I was rather amused that his plan to reduce make government more efficient and less wasteful occupied a 36” library shelf and part of another shelf (almost one and a quarter library shelves).

[april15Bendovr]

I guess they’re making up for the rather large booklet by handing out tree saplings

http://johnedwards.com/nh/20070912-tree-canvassing/

"Manchester, NH – On Saturday, September 15th, and Sunday, September 16th, the Graniteroots for John Edwards will hold canvasses across New Hampshire, where volunteers will discuss Senator Edwards’ bold environmental policies and distribute tree saplings. Edwards for President national campaign manager Congressman David Bonior will participate in the canvass and help hand out tree saplings across the state."

Maybe every time the Democrats create a new entitlement program they should be required to hand out tree saplings due to the amount of trees that will be killed as a result of the bureaucratic documentation to follow.

At my hospital when given a new government regulated document required to be filled out I reply "There goes another tree in the Brazilian Rainforest." (Sarcasm) because I'm not a tree hugger and I love my wood burning stove. Its just fun to point out the hypocrisy.