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Absurdity of Faith - Unhappy Earth Day


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Over the course of the past week, I’ve learned a new term—“eco-anxiety”. It is exactly what it sounds like, anxiety brought on by the fear that one is bringing on the end of the world by their lifestyle. There are people out there who are so sucked into this con, that they literally worry themselves sick about their carbon footprint and whether or not their life is “green” enough. I can say with almost 99% certainty that a majority of the people who “suffer” from “eco-anxiety” are Yuppies. In other communities, there are too many legitimate worries to concern one’s self with than Marxist propaganda.

It’s easy to see why some Yuppies might have some fears, you have eco-fascists like Ted Turner, pushing the issue even further. A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Turner appeared on the Charlie Rose program on PBS. When pressed about “global warming”, Mr. Turner had this to say, ““We’ll be eight degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable.”

Fear is exactly the angle that Big Weather and the liberal politicians are aiming for, because with fear, people are willing to trade away freedom and liberty in order to achieve safety. This means more power for the politician, a fact not lost on European and American socialists, whose ultimate goal is to strip citizens of all their freedoms and convert us all to followers of the church of government. Al Gore doesn’t give a damn about the Earth or the Earth’s environment. Al Gore wants power(and money) and so he grows a beard (every great scholar needs a beard) and makes a Power Point presentation on pollution and polar bears and every suburban community in America is fighting to become the “greenest” of them all. Gore has had such an effect on the Yuppies view of environment that now even the Bush administration has to change their positions on the issue.

You see, when Yuppies get upset, not only do they talk with actions, but also with their pocket books. They will donate to the campaigns of candidates who talk about these issues (i.e. Obama) and they will buy any piece of shit with the words “green” or “organic” emblazoned on it. This serves to benefit not only the politician, but also the radicals who make up Big Weather.

So, I’ve come to wish you an unhappy Earth Day, because it’s evil and it’s a lie. It’s time that we all recognize the “global warming” con for what it is—a power trip for opportunistic politicians and eco-fascists that make up Big Weather. I urge each and every one of you to embrace your carbon footprint on this Earth Day—love it and nurture it. At the end of the day, come back here and share with all the readers of this blog what your carbon footprint was for the day. There’s a chance prizes will be awarded for the highest carbon footprint. Until then, this is the Conservative Hipster, reminding you to have a great day, but an unhappy Earth Day.

(I will be driving my American made, V8, 4 door passenger car, 100 miles, to an industrialist client's office (literally, the business name includes "Industrial Products") in the CA Central Valley, where I'll teach them how they can improve their efficiency, expand their already 3 business enterprise, hire more employees, and in some small part, contribute to the industrialization of America.
And I'll take a moment at lunch time to reflect [with satisfaction] that, in some small part, my actions proverbially bitch-slap the morally corrupt, arrogant, pious, liar Al Gore.)

Have An Unhappy Earth Day!

Yea, the eco-radicals do go too far...but it only makes sense to conservate diminishing resources...WITHIN REASON!!!

I won't be celebrating Earth Day because WITHIN REASON I try to conserve every day....since that keeps some money in my pocket...

I won't be celebrating Earth day because we should be concerned about the Earth WITHIN REASON every day...kinda like Mother's Day...I love my Mom ever day, not just Mother's day...

I won't be celebrating Earth Day because it has been hijacked by folks like algore...

But I also won't celebrate an unhappy Earth Day....seems counter productive to me....but that's just MHO!!!

Not Earth Day related, but I had to chuckle at this line in the story...

Fear is exactly the angle that Big Weather and the liberal politicians are aiming for, because with fear, people are willing to trade away freedom and liberty in order to achieve safety

While it's very true in the Earth Day context, it's also what the current administration did with terrorism...played up the fear angle to create a huge new department (DHS) and get people to agree to give up a few freedoms (Patriot Act, for example) for "safety"...

Same Tactics...Different Issue...

I'm still laughing at the use of the term, "Big Weather". What, is The Weather Channel going to take over the government & enslave us all?


OH MY GOD! IT'S ABRAMS & BETTES!! RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!

Col Hogan wrote:Not Earth Day related, but I had to chuckle at this line in the story...

Fear is exactly the angle that Big Weather and the liberal politicians are aiming for, because with fear, people are willing to trade away freedom and liberty in order to achieve safety

While it's very true in the Earth Day context, it's also what the current administration did with terrorism...played up the fear angle to create a huge new department (DHS) and get people to agree to give up a few freedoms (Patriot Act, for example) for "safety"...

Same Tactics...Different Issue...

so, you weren't afraid when you saw planes flying into buildings?

They HAD to play it up. Why? The previous administration chose to IGNORE the threat. Thus, two of the largest buildings in the world no longer exist.

BigApp wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:Not Earth Day related, but I had to chuckle at this line in the story...
While it's very true in the Earth Day context, it's also what the current administration did with terrorism...played up the fear angle to create a huge new department (DHS) and get people to agree to give up a few freedoms (Patriot Act, for example) for "safety"...

Same Tactics...Different Issue...

so, you weren't afraid when you saw planes flying into buildings?

They HAD to play it up. Why? The previous administration chose to IGNORE the threat. Thus, two of the largest buildings in the world no longer exist.

Both the previous administration...and the current administration...chose to ignore the threat until it struck...let's be honest...

Was I afraid when I saw the planes strike the Twin Towers....No, I was Pissed to the highest magnitude...

And based on what I knew then, and know now...it could happen (different method) again...

Of the Billions we have spent since that fateful day developing a giant and rather ineffective DHS, the one thing that could have prevented that method of attack was the simple installation of stronger locks and reenforcement of the cockpit doors on airlines...THAT SIMPLE!!!!!

We have always had the systems in place to prevent most terrorist attacks...but our leaders...going back DECADES (and in both a parties) have allowed bureaucratic infighting to stunt developing of good intelligence on terrorists...and it's still happening today!!!

The FBI still doesn't trust the CIA...which doesn't trust the FBI...NSA still doesn't like sharing information...The FBI will not share information of state and local LEAs...and DoD....well, that's another whole thread...

It all comes down to the almight source of power...$$$$$$$$$$$$

I have a great deal of faith because I know what has been done by the good people who want to overcome their bosses bureaucratic inaction...there are very determined people hard at work each day making us as safe as possible...

Still, as a British observer said (sorry about the soccer reference on a football board) "Fighting terrorists is like being a (goal) keeper...you can make a thousand saves...it's the one that gets through that people always remember."

the current administration had been in office a grand total of, what, 8 months. So your anger there is misplaced.

Do you live in/near Boston? If so, you can't tell me, nor make me believe you weren't afraid. Those flights originated from your airport.

BigApp wrote:the current administration had been in office a grand total of, what, 8 months. So your anger there is misplaced.

Do you live in/near Boston? If so, you can't tell me, nor make me believe you weren't afraid. Those flights originated from your airport.

No anger...just facts...both administrations ignored the facts...if it was that critical to the current administration, they could have (no SHOULD HAVE) made changes to the policies left over from the previous group...they didn't...

I voted for Bush...as I assume you did...the difference between us is, I'm open minded enough to look at the facts and tell it like it is...I'm not an apologist...

As far as where I was living on 911 - I was on active duty...my family was in Texas...I was in Illinois on an assignment and had to figure out how to get back to my unit which had been notified we were moving to DC as part of the Pentagon force protection package...

The bad guys actually entered the system in Portland , Maine...that's where the security break-down occured...once inside the security, they were in Boston simply changing planes...

So, yes, I can tell you I wasn't afraid...I was pissed...I was in an anti-terrorism unit at the time and I was PISSED!!!

And I know enough about the airline/air traffic system to know this was a one time shot...they go after big targets...not homes...so I never feared for my family...

And the current administration failed to change the piss=poor policies of the previous administration...for that, they must bear some of the blame...

Accept it.....it's true.....

BigApp wrote:the current administration had been in office a grand total of, what, 8 months. So your anger there is misplaced.

Do you live in/near Boston? If so, you can't tell me, nor make me believe you weren't afraid. Those flights originated from your airport.

I had to come back to this post...I'm retired military...if I replaced a commander in a unit, and eight months after I replaced him something real bad happened....and it was directly traceable back to the previous commander's policies (which I had done nothing about)....the military would have fired ME on the spot...

They would not go after the previous commander...I was in charge at the time, so I'm responsible...

How is this not the same for our Commander-in-Chief?????

BigApp wrote: so, you weren't afraid when you saw planes flying into buildings?

They HAD to play it up. Why? The previous administration chose to IGNORE the threat. Thus, two of the largest buildings in the world no longer exist.

BigApp, I understand the Col. completely. Right or wrong...it's the military way. The problems may have developed under the Clinton Admin who did not respond to the threats effectively to neutralize their capability to carry out an attack like 9-11. But this isn't a Donk-v-Conk issue. In all fairness, with NSA assessments giving high risk scores to Al Quaida, IMHO the intelligence community during the Bush Admin. should have been more aggressive in monitoring the chatter, AND if necessary, gone and thrown themselves under the bus to get Bush's attention (based upon the testimony of then NSA Rice, she, in effect tried to do this.). Bush did not respond in time, and, right or wrong, it took place on his watch, ergo, the buck stops with him. Period. But this is a coulda-shoulda Mon. morning QB waste of time.

As a side note BigApp, The Col. also states something that I am not sure you (or others) fully understand or appreciate (or you wouldn't have inquired about the 'fear' issue)...

There are many Americans who were FURIOUS, not afraid on 9-11: I was one of them. Many of those people are also trained to respond to catastrophic incidents and "RUN TOWARDS" the center of the activity rather than away: That is their job, and most are 'conditioned' to respond without consideration of their own well-being. They are not braggarts, nor are they motivated by graveyard courage. They are highly trained professionals who live under a moral ethos of duty. Many civilians will never(cannot ever) understand what motivates someone to become a soldier, peace officer, fire fighter, etc... And that's OK., but my advice to those who don't understand 'duty' as a way of life, is to reserve criticism and just be thankful those people exist to protect everyone else.

Re: 9-11, IMHO, my principle frustration was that our Commander in Chief took so long to "call out" the pig fecal matter known as Taliban. Had I any say in the matter, we would have been jamming their air and T.V. signals within 48 hrs, and psy-ops would have been leafletting Kabul/Kandahar/Tora Bora so heavily it would have looked like a NY ticker tape parade (easy to demonstrate the relation connecting the Taliban and Al Quaida with the Dajjal...the destiny of all hate). The goat humpers would have been given 48 hours to "see the light or face the Dajjal" - their choice. Since the Vinson strike group was already in the region, and the Enterprise was there within days of the 09/20 ultimatum, we could have taken 2 weeks of prep time of the table, and rather than building a coalition force for the Tora Bora battle, which gave the Camel sodomists almost 2 months to prepare...whatever happened to carpet bombing? It sure as hell worked in S. Iraq in '91...casualties were relatively low, but the psychological effects were immense. I realize my opinion is just that, but I'm a firm believer in swift justice. When a person knowingly 'sh!ts' on someone else territory, they better be prepared to receive an immediate, violent, visiceral/reactionary response. And any diplomat that rationalizes a terrorist incursion on foreign soil with the expectation of a peaceful resolution, IMO, should lock themselves in a closet with an opium pipe and dissappear from society. Anyway, that's my opinion.

travelinman67 wrote:

BigApp wrote: so, you weren't afraid when you saw planes flying into buildings?

They HAD to play it up. Why? The previous administration chose to IGNORE the threat. Thus, two of the largest buildings in the world no longer exist.

BigApp, I understand the Col. completely. Right or wrong...it's the military way. The problems may have developed under the Clinton Admin who did not respond to the threats effectively to neutralize their capability to carry out an attack like 9-11. But this isn't a Donk-v-Conk issue. In all fairness, with NSA assessments giving high risk scores to Al Quaida, IMHO the intelligence community during the Bush Admin. should have been more aggressive in monitoring the chatter, AND if necessary, gone and thrown themselves under the bus to get Bush's attention (based upon the testimony of then NSA Rice, she, in effect tried to do this.). Bush did not respond in time, and, right or wrong, it took place on his watch, ergo, the buck stops with him. Period. But this is a coulda-shoulda Mon. morning QB waste of time.

As a side note BigApp, The Col. also states something that I am not sure you (or others) fully understand or appreciate (or you wouldn't have inquired about the 'fear' issue)...

There are many Americans who were FURIOUS, not afraid on 9-11: I was one of them. Many of those people are also trained to respond to catastrophic incidents and "RUN TOWARDS" the center of the activity rather than away: That is their job, and most are 'conditioned' to respond without consideration of their own well-being. They are not braggarts, nor are they motivated by graveyard courage. They are highly trained professionals who live under a moral ethos of duty. Many civilians will never(cannot ever) understand what motivates someone to become a soldier, peace officer, fire fighter, etc... And that's OK., but my advice to those who don't understand 'duty' as a way of life, is to reserve criticism and just be thankful those people exist to protect everyone else.

Re: 9-11, IMHO, my principle frustration was that our Commander in Chief took so long to "call out" the pig fecal matter known as Taliban. Had I any say in the matter, we would have been jamming their air and T.V. signals within 48 hrs, and psy-ops would have been leafletting Kabul/Kandahar/Tora Bora so heavily it would have looked like a NY ticker tape parade (easy to demonstrate the relation connecting the Taliban and Al Quaida with the Dajjal...the destiny of all hate). The goat humpers would have been given 48 hours to "see the light or face the Dajjal" - their choice. Since the Vinson strike group was already in the region, and the Enterprise was there within days of the 09/20 ultimatum, we could have taken 2 weeks of prep time of the table, and rather than building a coalition force for the Tora Bora battle, which gave the Camel sodomists almost 2 months to prepare...whatever happened to carpet bombing? It sure as hell worked in S. Iraq in '91...casualties were relatively low, but the psychological effects were immense. I realize my opinion is just that, but I'm a firm believer in swift justice. When a person knowingly 'sh!ts' on someone else territory, they better be prepared to receive an immediate, violent, visiceral/reactionary response. And any diplomat that rationalizes a terrorist incursion on foreign soil with the expectation of a peaceful resolution, IMO, should lock themselves in a closet with an opium pipe and dissappear from society. Anyway, that's my opinion.

Excellent post, T-Man.....I must break bread with you. And drink. Heavily.