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Put people first [Environmentalists outlawed the best asthma inhalers!]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| December 29, 2007
| SHAWN PIRRUNG
Posted on 12/29/2007 10:02:50 AM PST by grundle
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This is the result of the mindset that says that we have to protect the environment "regardless of the cost."
Banning these chemcials is a good idea, but only when there's a reasonable replacement.
Furthermore, the amount of these chemicals that's used in ashtma inhalers is insignificant.
Environmentalists do not understand the concept of "diminishing returns." Reducing the use of this chemical by 99% may make perfect sense. But stopping that last 1% is a bad idea, and this is a great example why.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:02:52 AM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
Environmentalist extremists don’t care. Consider how many people have died because of the DDT ban.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:07:02 AM PST
by
Morgan in Denver
(If you hate Bush you deserve Hillary.)
To: grundle
Banning these chemcials is a good ideaHas it really been proven that the chemicals did any harm much less have any effect on the environment at all?
And yes, the inhalers are complete junk. And tremendously expensive.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:07:02 AM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(Realtiy check: Fred is the only VIABLE conservative in this race.)
To: grundle
Really amazing how human life means nothing to these radical environmentalists.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:08:13 AM PST
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: Morgan in Denver
No they don’t care. The less people that get in the way of despoiling their view of the trees, the better. Unless these people happen to be immigrants from the Third World—then its okay.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:09:35 AM PST
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: grundle
This is the result of the mindset that says that we have to protect the environment "regardless of the cost." Liberals never care when somebody else has to bear the cost.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:10:26 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: rbg81
The goal is NOT the environment, but total Socialist control.
“We Must Embrace Environmentalism, For Socialism To Survive-Hans-Jochen Vogel, Chairman of the West German Social Democratic Party-1989
Gorbachev said in 1987 that ENVIRONMENTALISM would be the vehicle for Socialist control of the world.
And, as things look at present, they may very well be correct........
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:12:27 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
To: grundle
it was not covered by my prescription coverage Mine went from $10 co-pay to $100.
Thanks guys.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:12:32 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
To: grundle
This fellow is nuts. The changes were made to replace the CFC propellant, not the medication itself. I’m not all that happy about it myself, but this story is inaccurate.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:12:44 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Mygirlsmom
Actually, I don’t know if it’s definitely been proven that they were harmful. But even if it was, that doesn’t justify this polcy.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:13:19 AM PST
by
grundle
To: SouthTexas
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:13:50 AM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
Funny....the environazis don’t seem too concerned about mercury in fluorescent lightbulbs.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:15:32 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: grundle
Told wife to keep going back to the pharmacy every month (only one per month) until either the script ran out of the pharmacy ran out.
Have a pretty good stash at the moment. :)
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:15:44 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
To: randog
Some of the greenies are actually fighting florescent because of that.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:17:11 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
To: tcrlaf
Gorbachev said in 1987 that ENVIRONMENTALISM would be the vehicle for Socialist control of the world. The neo-malthusians use socialism only because it works. They want to cut 95% of the human population, eliminate these excess people.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:17:21 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
To: grundle
Albuterol is what he is talking about—I agree the environmentalism is a total farce.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:17:56 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: grundle
Reminds me of the Space Shuttle foam problem
There were no problems before NASA went to a more "environmentally friendly" foam.
Proof that environmentalists cause lives to be lost.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:18:34 AM PST
by
KenHorse
(The Internet. Enabling the village idiot to become the global idiot with the click of the mouse)
To: r9etb
The propellant helped push the medication deeper into the lungs. Now with these new inhalers, it hardly comes out and you have to really inhale it in. If you’re in the middle of an asthma attack, that could be difficult.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:18:43 AM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(Realtiy check: Fred is the only VIABLE conservative in this race.)
To: SouthTexas
Too late—the cat’s out of the bag. The soccer moms have been convinced that lighting 4,000 sq.ft. of home with fluorescent bulbs is saving the world.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:20:19 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: MaestroLC; rbg81
Really amazing how human life means nothing to these radical environmentalists. Nor does the environment mean anything to them. That is just their symbol, like "the children". The disruption and the eventual destruction of American society is their goal.
If you view what they do rather than what they say the connection is obvious.
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posted on
12/29/2007 10:20:20 AM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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