Posted on 04/22/2012 1:28:28 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
Was April 22 chosen to celebrate Earth Day because it's the birthday of that notable environmentalist Vladimir Lenin? Probably not. If you're wondering whether the brutal Soviet dictator had anything to do with putting the Earth first; he didn't. But he certainly put oppressive government first. Consequently, critics of what has become the environmental movement's High Holy Day note a discomforting correlation, even if unintended. . . .
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There is so much that President Obama can do to enhance his reelection prospects that he must accept the Secretary General's well meaning request and go.
Earth day...what a joke.
Does the Earth really need a day? What is a day anyway? It is one revolution of *THE EARTH*! So we are choosing one of those 365 revolutions and saying “this revolution is for the Earth”. Ya know what...maybe they *ALL* belong to the Earth since the Earth causes them in the first place. This is starting to sound like a Jerry Seinfeld routine so I guess I’ll stop ranting now.
I’m going to turn on so much crap that the temp of the earth will raise by three degrees instantly. /s
What time do we turn on all of our sh!t?
Or are you just here as part of a business model, sucking away Free Republic's traffic?
Surely you would feel bad about being such a scumsucking parasite.
Wouldn't you?
As a celebration of Earth Day, I personally recommend burning some old tires or high sulfur content coal.
Gaea worship is a form of idolatry .
If it wasn’t chosen because it was Lenin’s birthday then why was that particular day chosen?
And May first?
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