http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/earthday/ en-us Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:25:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2008099/posts You couldn't have missed it, if you tried. There were TV specials on National Geographic, CNN, the History Channel and the Discovery Channel, among many others. Oprah commemorated the event and every newscast seemingly reminded viewers of the day's significance. It was Earth Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the Earth, but something just didn't feel right about it. Perhaps it's because Earth Day seems to be transforming into ... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2008099/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005732/posts Ideologies: Once in a while the truth accidentally tumbles out on global warming activists' real agenda. That's exactly what happened at the U.N., when Bolivia's leader called for ending capitalism to save the planet. Delivering the keynote address at the United Nations forum on Indigenous People on Monday, Bolivia's President Evo Morales told the adoring crowd that "if we want to save our planet earth, to save life, to save mankind, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system."Morales elaborated on that by calling for an end to "unbridled industrial development, extraction of natural resources, excessive... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005732/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005695/posts CROWN POINT, Ind. - If fans of Hitler held a party, and a candidate for federal office attended, would anybody notice? Apparently, yes. U.S. Congressional candidate Tony Zirkle is facing criticism from one of his primary opponents, and a host of people on the Internet, for speaking at an event over the weekend that celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday. Zirkle confirmed to The News-Dispatch on Monday he spoke Sunday in Chicago at a meeting of the Nationalist Socialist Workers Party, whose symbol is a swastika. When asked if he was a Nazi or sympathized with Nazis or white supremacists, Zirkle replied... The News-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005695/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:38:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005383/posts "When Justice John Paul Stevens intervened in a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday to score a few points off the lawyer who was defending the death penalty for the rape of a child, the courtroom audience saw a master strategist at work, fully in command of the flow of the argument and the smallest details of the case. For those accustomed to watching Justice Stevens, it was a familiar sight." For rolling over on its back, the dog gets its tummy scratched. To Greenhouse, Stevens' flip on capital punishment, following his flip to favor affirmative action, represents the "culmination of... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005383/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2005360/posts The Popular Front sought to enlist Western artists and intellectuals, some of them not party members but "fellow travelers," to use art, literature, and music to insinuate the Marxist worldview into the broader culture. The murals of Diego Rivera, the poetry of Langston Hughes, the novels of Howard Fast—all exemplified this approach. It’s an irony that communists should seek to change the culture, of course, since Marxism holds that culture is merely a reflection of underlying economic structures, whose transformation will bring about capitalism’s inevitable collapse. City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2005360/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:42:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005165/posts Of the many things most people do not know about Earth Day is that it is also the anniversary of the Alan Carubabirthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. Coincidence? I doubt it. These days most people know little of history. We are witnessing a new generation who know little or nothing about the Soviet Union and the Cold War it waged against America and the world for the supremacy of Communism in the latter half of the last century. These are kids who don't even known when we fought our Civil War and for whom... www.borderfirereport.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005165/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005201/posts How the First Earth Day Came About By Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone to participate. The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and... EnviroLink http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005201/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005186/posts Just in time for Earth Day, Palo Alto must decide which grass is greener - composting within city limits or creating a new park. Residents insistent on seeing the Byxbee Park landfill become parkland - as required in the Baylands Master Plan - could force the city to start trucking out its compost to a regional location, such as the Sunnyvale station. The trucks would add 1,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year, according to a feasibility study released last week. To put that sum in context, city staff members estimated that the city's entire fleet of vehicles emits... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005186/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004652/posts The trouble with Earth Day, which we mark on Tuesday of this week, is that it has a powerful hold on crazies. Crazies on the left and crazies on the right. That certainly is not what Sen. Gaylord Nelson had in mind when he inaugurated the first Earth Day in 1970. The senator and others hoped that Earth Day would attract a serious examination of the stresses on the Earth. Instead, it seems to attract stressed people. From the left come the neo-agrarians, the anti-capitalists, the no-growth proselytizers and the blame-America-first crowd. From the right come the supporters of the... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004652/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:07:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004644/posts Mother Nature pulls plug on Earth Day concert in WashingtonPosted : Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:12:01 GMT Author : DPA Category : Environment Washington - Environmental activists tried to rally Sunday in Washington to encourage action on climate change, but they couldn't get the weather to cooperate. Green Apple Festival, a group seeking to raise environmental awareness through live music events, was the organizer of concerts across the country ahead of the annual Earth Day observance, which is Tuesday. Concerts with diverse performances were held in New York, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. An eighth show... Earth Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004644/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004437/posts editorialcartoonists.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004437/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:19:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993758/posts SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - People switched off lights across the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants and bars to show concern at global warming. Up to 30 million people were expected to switch off their lights for 60 minutes by the time "Earth Hour" -- which started at 8 p.m. in Suva in Fiji and Christchurch in New Zealand -- completed its cycle westwards.More than 380 towns and cities and 3,500 businesses in 35 countries signed up for the campaign that is only in its second year after it began in 2007 in Sydney alone."Earth Hour shows that everyday people... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993758/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992494/posts Earth Day. Live Earth. And, now, Earth Hour. The latest bright idea from the country that gave us "Crocodile Dundee" is to have everyone across the globe turn off their lights for an hour at 8 p.m. Saturday. Apparently, a bunch of neo-Luddites in Sydney did this last year and it made them feel good about themselves, so they've decided to give the rest of the world a chance to achieve a similar sense of self-worth. Because, if we are being honest, Earth Hour, like its forefathers, is not about environmental policy--it is about social networking and self-importance. Earth Hour... The Red Eye http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992494/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:06:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938616/posts To date, the effects, reasons, solutions and a plethora of blame has been hypothesized as a means of coping with Global Warming. What is the real cause of Global warming? Why hasn’t it been realized before now and what can we do to halt the ever so intense and well publicized, effects of it. In 1971, much social upheaval was centered over awareness of the Planet and the various problems brought on by man An awareness day was set up and the first Earth Day was generated. At that time, the huge issues addressed by the sponsors of Earth Day... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938616/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:22:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826441/posts Every year the days and weeks leading up to Earth Day are filled with news reports about the latest trends in going "green." And more often than not, the media attention is characterized by the kind of slogans better fit for bumper stickers than the formulation of public policy. This is why in the weeks and months following Earth Day the conversation among evangelicals, the broader Christian community, and indeed, the entire public square needs to move beyond mere sloganism to substantive debate about what it really means to care for the environment. Nowhere has this confusion of environmental stewardship... CaliforniaRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826441/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2007 12:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823126/posts Last Sunday was marked by an orgy of celebrations of Earth Day, the worldwide annual event intended to "to spark a revolution against environmental abuse." Even the Bush administration had an Earth Day website, which stated, "< a href="http://earthday.gov/">Earth Day and every day is a time to act to protect our planet". Watching the media coverage, you'd think that the earth was in imminent danger -- that human life itself was on the verge of extinction. Technology is fingered as the perp. Nothing could be further from the truth. John Semmens of Arizona's Laissez Faire Institute points out that Earth... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823126/posts#comment Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:35:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820501/posts Earth Day approaches, and with it a grave danger faces mankind. The danger is not from acid rain, global warming, smog, or the logging of rain forests, as environmentalists would have us believe. The danger to mankind is from environmentalism. The fundamental goal of environmentalism is not clean air and clean water; rather, it is the demolition of technological/industrial civilization.Environmentalism's goal is not the advancement of human health, human happiness, and human life; rather, it is a subhuman world where "nature" is worshipped like the totem of some primitive religion. In a nation founded on the pioneer spirit, environmentalists have... WeeklyBlitz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820501/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821792/posts Do you think global warming is a serious threat? Yes No Not sure www.wjla.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821792/posts#comment Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821730/posts When astronauts return from space, what they talk about isn't the brute force of the rocket launch or the exhilaration of zero gravity — it's the view. And it's mankind's rarest view of all, Earth from afar. Only two dozen men — those who journeyed to the moon — have seen the full Earth view. Most space travelers, in low orbit, see only a piece of the planet — a lesser but still impressive glimpse. They have seen the curvature of Earth, its magnificent beauty, its fragility, and its lack of borders. The first full view of Earth came from... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821730/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:50:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821683/posts HAPPY EARTH DAY! Seasons of Steyn April 22nd is Earth Day but, alas, with all the "climate change", we only have a few Earth Days to go before the entire planet goes belly up. So here, as a reminder of the perilous state of our earth, is my tribute to the bottom of the food chain, as written for The Daily Telegraph in 2004: Professor Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey is worried about – stop me if you've heard this one before – global warming. For this year's Royal Institution Christmas lecture, he'll be warning that the merest... Steynonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821683/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821612/posts In several parts, with frequent updates, starting here if I’m not mistaken. Iowahawk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821612/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:56:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821564/posts Click on Google - it appears they're into the Earth Day and Global Warming theme all in one shot. Internet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821564/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:48:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821554/posts Fwd 1: From wikipediaThe April 22 Earth Day: Responding to wide spread environmental degradation, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin called for an Environmental Teach- in or Earth Day to be held on *April 22, 1970. Over 20 million people participated and it is now observed each year by more than 500 million people and national governments in 175 countries. Senator Gaylord Nelson, an environmental activist in the U.S. Senate, took a leading role in organizing the celebration, to demonstrate popular political support for an environmental agenda. He modeled it on the highly effective Vietnam War protests of the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821554/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:19:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820723/posts Are you an angry anti-American Marxist displaced by the fall of communism and the end of the cold war?  Are you a depressed apocalyptic turtleneck wearer in need of an atheist Armageddon to tout?  Are you tired of speaking for the proletariat only to have them tell you to “shove it?”Well then, the answer to your problems is here!  In a remarkable coincidence, this Sunday is not only Vladimir Lenin’s birthday, it’s also Earth Day!  And the new “Green” movement is accepting all the debris of Marxism’s collapse NO QUESTIONS ASKED!  Enlist now and receive a free “Che Speaks for... HUMAN EVENTS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820723/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818747/posts 29 Ways To INCREASE Global Warming The hysteria surrounding global warming is a crock. The idea that human beings are destroying the planet with BBQs and hair spray is stupid and silly...and I refuse to accept this nonsense. Following is a 'how-to' guide on enjoying more of the wonderful resources our Earth has to offer. I encourage readers to stop feeling guilty if they choose NOT to recycle. It's time to burn those fossil fuels. Get out and drive your SUV...And by all means, leave the farting cows alone! 1. Remove your energy-saver bulbs and go back to normal lights.... MetroSpy.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818747/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:18:57 GMT