Posted on 12/26/2015 2:09:53 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Freedom and liberty = prosperity.
EPA and Global dictates = hardship.
So the country with the third highest population in the world uses a lot of electricity?
If some other country used up more electricity for their celebrations than we do, it wouldn’t bother me. It’s not as though they would be taking away electricity that belonged to me.
Quick update: The Goreacle countdown clock at Rushlimbaugh.com is down to 31 days. Wha' happen Al?
Leftists aren’t happy until most of us are dead, the rest of the plebes in caves, and they’re still sequestered in Manhattan.
1. Just one of Al Gore's homes uses more electricity in one year than my ONLY house will use in 20.
2. On one of his jaunts to Japan, I figured out that Hussein and his entourage burned more fuel than I would in my car in 5 years. His vacation lasted about 2 weeks.
Who is gluttonous and greedy? Hussein and Al Gore and the liberal elites.
What a great reply
Note the liberal mindset that we are guilty for using resources while others are not because they lack the means. Instead of helping those countries develop the means, liberals attempt to shame the ones who have the means.
Who’s to say the third-worlders wouldn’t waste a lot of electricity on Ramadan or whathaveyou if they had the means to do so? They aren’t exactly environmentally conscious with what they are given.
Slate is an insane gathering of insane leftists insanely talking insanely about insanity.
They should all be granted asylum.
So what? Have you seen Singapore, Hong Kong, and many other Asian cities?
i think we should go for using more electricity on christmas decorations than the rest of the world uses in one year. merry christmas.
Generally, among humans, and especially among Americans, class is determined by consumption. The more you consume, the higher class you are.
There is a subset of conspicuous consumption for those that are environmentally nuanced who are compelled to use renewable energy and drive electric cars because they are more expensive.
Other terms used for these are limousine liberals or BoBos(bourgeois bohemians).
Conspicuous consumers are offset by Spartans, who are "marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidance of luxury and comfort". For the Spartans, lots of Christmas lights is merely "keeping up with the Joneses".
Waste not, want not: if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance, you will never be in need.
Just what is this relevant to? Why are they wasting the electrons to create such drivel?
So what.
Because it makes them feel better to put down the USA. It’s like wearing a lapel ribbon to raise awareness.
Slate is indeed a repository of a he most sour, negative people. I can’t imagine going through life that way.
“America: What a country!” (Yakov Smirnoff)
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