Is Grandpa Bad for the Environment?

Slate ^ | Sep 9, 2008 | Jacob Leibenluft

[Nathan Zachary]

"sadly, i think that we are a dying nation."

I think we are a spoiled nation. As for "global warming" most of those brainwashed youth and those that brainwash them are hypocrites. They are the biggest energy gluttons of all, and waste even more trying to get their global warming message out.

How does a 'global warming' rock concert help global warming? thousands of people drive their cars to an arena to the event. At the event, tons of garbage is produced, mega voltages are used to light up the place, power huge amplifiers, and of course the event promoters sell all kinds of propaganda, memento's, all of which takes from the environment. "Musicians" jet in from all over the place, burning tons of jet fuel, while fleets of semi trucks take the land route hauling all their roadies and equipment.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

They should promote that all their fans stay home and download their music (for free) instead.

[JohnD9207]

This Grandpa is very bad for the environment....very very bad! New F-150 V-8 crew cab to pull the eco unfriendly bass boat to terrorize the bass at Lake Fork. Air Conditioning running at 5am....you know just living the life. Why not???

Didn’t work 40 years to sit on my ass and sweat in a hot house, afraid to drive the truck, cutting coupons....geez

[endthematrix]

Author is Class of 2006, Yale

[Nathan Zachary]

Me neither. I went with the F250 diesel w/allision tranny though. :o)

much better power for hauling that 5th wheel trailer around.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I'm not going to read the article because the title is just so effing stupid.

What are they saying, euthanasia is a good idea because the elderly aren't green, and, tangentially, are a drain on the socialist system?

[dusttoyou]

Junior could go out and buy Gramps a new energy efficient Refrigerator for Christmas.
Oh, Wait that would mean giving something not getting.

This is a sad commentary on America. Another post pointed out that X Gen will be totally unable to support themselves if the power goes out or if an “actual” economic depression comes again and they have feed themselves.

Luckily, there are some, although not anywhere near enough, in the X Gen that are and will be capable of fending for themselves. A historic view would probably show similarities to previous times when the “15% ers” saved America. I believe things in America are like a pendulum, more often are too far one way or the other and we are only at our best now and then when the pendulum is in the center. For the past 60+ years the left has been dominate to some degree, let's hope their momentum is gone and common sense can prevail once again.

[moondoggie]

The Libs need to get away from bashing the older people.

They vote, too, and in larger numbers than any other demographic:-)

[TheSarce]

Carbon-phobia ping...

[just me]

The 85 year old man living next to me thinks President Bush is causing global warming.... He is such a big liberal...
He actually told me I can’t use my Bar-BQ because it’s an ozone day...I told him he was nuts... I’ll do what I want..

[pnh102]

They should promote that all their fans stay home and download their music (for free) instead.

Funny how pirating music is better for the planet than going to a concert or buying CDs.

[sergeantdave]

Pulling your fishing boat to the lake helps but unless you plan to cook steak, chicken or burgers on your grill at home, you’re not doing all you can to warm up the Earth.

And bake some chocolate fudge for the ladies.

And tell your grandkids to buy you a bigger boat.

:-)

[Roccus]

I wonder if the author is recommending the "Soylent Green" option or the "Logan's Run" option??

My thoughts ran to "Wild In The Streets"

[saganite]

Gramps knows how to defend himself. Everytime I get out to the pistol and rifle range I see 10 times the number of gramps as compared to youngsters. They won’t go quietly into that “green” night. ;^)

[SumProVita]

“Is Grandpa Bad for the Environment?”

This question does not even deserve an answer.

[FrankR]

...retirees, is going to wreak havoc on Social Security and the federal budget. ...

But, we wreaked havoc on our paychecks for over 40 years paying INTO social security. It's not our fault the democrats have turned this into a nation of "takers", paying the money we put in, out to lazy people who want to live their life sucking off the government. Why do you think obamamamam is so popular?

Our generation - for the most part - did not think "work" was just a four letter word, and we got up every day, and went to work. A good chuck of our income went for taxes and SS, and now the spoiled generation is whining because we can't continue to keep them up in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed.

The dems have ducked that spotlight by floating the idea that we are the "greedy" generation who blew it all for the others...well I agree, partially. The greedy part of our generation has been the democrats and congress. They're the ones who blew our retirement for social (vote-buying) pork barrel programs.

I'm over 60 and going to work everyday, same since I was 15...and I don't want to hear it from the left. Their thinking is now, that we should take all we have labored for and accumulated for all these years, and just give it all to them for redistribution.

Let's say we do that...then, all the boomers die out...the left has blown all the riches it acculated (read: stolen)and there is no one else to contribute to the national pot...America dries up and fades due to lack of interest. The "grasshopper and the ant" story comes to fruition, and she is overrun by 3rd world countries.

The only thing that can kill America is the death of the American Spirit.

[reg45]

This is standard libthink. Once a person has stopped working and contributing to society and it becomes inconvenient to care for that person, then the local 0bama Youths will escort the person to the recycling center. Shades of “Soylent Green”.

[E.Allen]

Shouldn’t there be a Soylent Green ad here somewhere????

[uglybiker]

Give it to me straight: Are Grandma and Grandpa bad for the environment?

No Jacob, your grandparents aren't, but your parents are!

Because they had you!

[mort56]

The writer (assuming this isn’t satire) has whatever virus spreading around these days turning people into self-loathing emasculated neo-Luddites Democrats.

There...fixed it.

[Dinah Lord]

You are my kind of GRANDPA!