Earth Day - Let us thank God for the gift of creation!

[JimG]

True, the mercury bulbs cannot legally be disposed of in a landfill. Do you really think that will prevent people from tossing them in with their regular trash? And what does happen to all that mercury even after they are recycled? Not only that, they are dimmer than regular bulbs, so you have to buy a higher than rated wattage to get the same amount of light.

In any case, whether consumers prefer them or not, I suspect that the government will simply end up taxing the tungsten bulbs at a higher rate in order to force the price up and make us buy the mercury bulbs whether he want to or not. It’s the opposite of a market economy–it’s a command economy, which distorts the flow of transactions.

 

[spectrm]

True, the mercury bulbs cannot legally be disposed of in a landfill. Do you really think that will prevent people from tossing them in with their regular trash? And what does happen to all that mercury even after they are recycled? Not only that, they are dimmer than regular bulbs, so you have to buy a higher than rated wattage to get the same amount of light.

In any case, whether consumers prefer them or not, I suspect that the government will simply end up taxing the tungsten bulbs at a higher rate in order to force the price up and make us buy the mercury bulbs whether he want to or not. It’s the opposite of a market economy–it’s a command economy, which distorts the flow of transactions.

Isn’t it sad? We could’ve had an excellent conversation about the actual vs false benefits of some ‘green’ initiatives if it weren’t trumped by what those who are TRULY in power want for us…sounds like another guy I’ve heard about coughyahwehcough

Sorry - I hope no one minds that I take jabs…one of the guys at work calls me ‘heathen’ for a nickname…/me shrugs…I can have fun if y’all can.

 

[gam197]

originally posted by kennewickmike
You’re probably right. Getting mad at a “day” is silly. Get mad at Al Gore instead.

“Fueled by Mr. Gore’s research assertion that global warming is largely man-made and more specifically due to global overpopulation, family planning and population control agencies are now championing the global warming argument to justify calls for implementing even more of their extreme de-population measures.”
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07101206.html

For thirty eight years, each year newspaper have posted thousands of articles on population control. This year the internet is loaded with these articles.

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So, what to do to celebrate Earth Day today?

For a start, no sex without birth control, suggests Hans Tammermagi, author and adjunct professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.
canada.com/health/Birth+c…623/story.html

Save the Earth with Birth Control

In honor of Earth Day, it seems only fitting that we discuss ways to ensure that many more generations have the opportunity to catch a beautiful sunset and plant trees on April 22.
Overpopulation plays a large (if not the largest) part in current Earth-related problems popping up almost everywhere.
empowher.com/news/herarti…-birth-control

Commentary: The world on Earth Day, 38 years later

On April 22, 1970, the very first Earth Day, I was invited to join a panel with professors from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. The focus 39 years ago was on The Population Bomb, a book written by Paul Ehrlich in 1968. The university professors on the panel were quoting from Ehrlich’s book. As a Catholic priest I was under “civilized assault” because of Vatican opposition to birth control.
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I did not defend Humanae Vitae, the papal encyclical on contraception.** Rather, I focused critically on the U.S. and European domination of economic systems……
1800, there were 980 million people. By 1900, the population doubled to 1.6 billion. In 1950, another doubling to 2.5 billion.
At the time of the first Earth Day in 1970 there were 3.6 billion people. In 2009, there are 6.7 billion people
Vic Hummert is a Lafayette resident with a longtime interest in the environment.
theadvertiser.com/article…NION/904220320

How does one clean up Earth Day?

 

[kennewickmike]

“Fueled by Mr. Gore’s research assertion that global warming is largely man-made and more specifically due to global overpopulation, family planning and population control agencies are now championing the global warming argument to justify calls for implementing even more of their extreme de-population measures.”
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/oct/07101206.html

For thirty eight years, each year newspaper have posted thousands of articles on population control. This year the internet is loaded with these articles.

How does one clean up Earth Day?

One cleans up earth day by not being so alarmed by fringe groups and coming up with more responsible, common sense answers. Just because you find some articles on the internet I am not going to get worked up and start seeing conspiracies. I could find articles on the internet to support any crazy position I want. How about we try common sense. Not every environmentalist is a population control nut like not every conservative blows up abortion clinics.

 

[Al_Masetti]

Let us not forget and let us give credit where credit is due for Earth Day … to Ira Einhorn:

magic-city-news.com/Editor_s_Desk_34/Ira_Einhorn_Earth_Day_s_Dirty_Secret_57095709.shtml

 

[kennewickmike]

Let us not forget and let us give credit where credit is due for Earth Day … to Ira Einhorn:

magic-city-news.com/Editor_s_Desk_34/Ira_Einhorn_Earth_Day_s_Dirty_Secret_57095709.shtml

Yes your right let’s just call the day Ira Einhorn day.

 

[JimG]

Well, I can’t resist quoting this part:

"Underlying the themes of Earth Day is a call for mankind to align itself with nature, and against itself, enlisting human beings to take part in a battle that seeks to place humanity under the control of an enlightened elite, one that values the interests of nature above that of people.

The process of our destruction is termed sustainable development, a destructive scheme that is in direct opposition to Christianity, which holds that man is to have dominion over nature, which is given to us for our use.

Ira Einhorn took the life of one woman, while the movement that he had a hand in founding seeks to steal the life from all of us.

 

[JimG]

It always surprises me to find so many things that I considered as wacky distractions for the oddball news features in my youth, are resurfacing as mainstream events, like mold taking over a house.

 

[Al_Masetti]

It always surprises me to find so many things that I considered as wacky distractions for the oddball news features in my youth, are resurfacing as mainstream events, like mold taking over a house.

Those oddball news features serve a purpose: they distract us from following up on the public activities of people such as George Soros who are busily spending billions behind the scenes and making things happen to increase their personal power.

Instead we focus on a mold taking over a house (and maybe even looking a little like some prominent religious figure),

 

[kennewickmike]

Is there any wonder the the Republican party is in shambles when instead of coming up with ideas of its own all that is being done is attacking silly things like Earth Day and how many lights Al Gore has on at his house.

 

[kennewickmike]

What prominent religious figure looks like mold?

 

[gam197]

At Sunday Mass, the priest spoke about St. Francis saying that he had seem a show on EWTN this week.

Pro choice Lawrence Lader, founder of NARAL wrote a small book called “Breeding Ourselves To Death” which helped document a lot of what went on starting in the 1940’s to bring in family planning as a government policy.

Earth Day is mentioned in the book. I’ve heard Dr. Mildred Jefferson talk about how initially, abortion was almost undone but Hugh Moore of “Dixie Cup” put books in libraries, etc.

I hope that it is OK to post a few of a number of old full-page pictures that ran in the New York Times and Washington Post and there were TV commercials.

 

[gam197]

Here we go again>

news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090427/wl_uk_afp/vaticanpopebritainroyalsitaly

Prince Charles, pope discuss discuss green issues: Vatican

VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Prince Charles compared notes on environmental issues during his first audience with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, the Vatican said.

“The cordial discussions provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on certain questions of mutual interest including … environmental protection,” the Vatican said in a statement…

Earlier Monday, Prince Charles delivered a stern warning that time is quickly running out in the battle against global warming.

 

[Cracker_Mom]

Here we go again>

Does anyone out there actually take anything Prince Charles says seriously?

 

[kennewickmike]

Here we go again>

Oh no, they have got to him also:

“The German pope has spoken out frequently on environmental issues, lamenting erosion, deforestation and the squandering of the world’s resources to fuel insatiable human consumption.”

 

[Al_Masetti]

What prominent religious figure looks like mold?

None, but sometimes folks see patterns in sunlight or in woodgrain … why not a peculiar pattern in mold? [again, addressing the notion that an oddball news feature might gain much more public notice than something significant … and thus serve as a distraction.]

 

[gam197]

originally posted by Crackermom
Does anyone out there actually take anything Prince Charles says seriously?

originally posted by kennewickmike
Oh no, they have got to him also:

It just annoys me that the USCCB promotes Earth Day with Saint Francis and the media takes advantage and does an article on the Pope and the environment. Is that all they talked about?

 

[4elise]

Not every environmentalist is a population control nut like not every conservative blows up abortion clinics.

 

[Al_Masetti]

Are there actual organizations that are pro-life environmentalist groups? Interesting.

Can you post the links to their Web sites?

[And is it possible to not refer to people as “nuts”]

 

[4elise]

Oh no, they have got to him also:

“The German pope has spoken out frequently on environmental issues, lamenting erosion, deforestation and the squandering of the world’s resources to fuel insatiable human consumption.”

Thank you kennewickmike for pointing to where our faith (and Pope) have called us to act in ways that care for God’s precious gift of creation!