Open Prison Canada Diary
Friday, May 4, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Rant blank ends for now...
Wow.... just when I thought I was running out of rant fuel... I came across this link by Mr. Rockwell,
He says, "I really think it comes down to this: leftists, in their heart of hearts, hate capitalism more than they fear the total state."
---
And it got me thinnin' (Iaawwwl do the thinnin' 'roun' here bubba louie! - remember Kvicks Draw McGraw?) ;-)
I would make a comment or two....
or three...
---
I am currently reading, "The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About--Because They Helped Cause Them," by Iain Murray.
It reinforces my belief that radical environmentalists are actually motivated, in their heart of hearts, not by any genuine concern with the environment but rather by a white hot hatred of freedom, capitalism and humanity. (Actually, every time I hear, for example, David Suzuki open his mouth about some issue his hatred of freedom tends to remove any lingering doubt about his true motives. - sorry if some of you think he's some kind of a hero. I can't stand the guy.)
The book reveals "how ethanol, the liberals' favorite fuel, is destroying the world's rainforests--and could cause global food shortages and how Al Gore's hero Rachel Carson cost the lives of millions of Africans through her efforts to ban DDT."
For example, the orang utan is being wiped out in Indonesia. (I have always had a soft spot for these peaceful creatures.)
Who is behind this extermination? Well, it's being partly driven by the EU's mandatory biofuels program (http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3140) a coercive response (with government, is there any other kind?) ... to the global warming scam.
Yes, I know... it's BIG BUSINESS again... but it's BIG BUSINESS cashing in on GOVERNMENT mandates! That ain't "consumer driven" economics. And it ain't free market capitalism. Nor is it democracy.
The US government is subsidizing the biofuel industry to the tune of about $5 billion per year. Government mandates are turning our food into fuel. Have you noticed the price of bread lately? Archer Daniels Midland laughs all the way to the bank.
Sheesh! our governments are giving money to the auto companies to build.... more cars!!! And... the growth of the auto industry was itself spurred on by road socialism. And the poor Orang Utan has no clue as to why he is being murdered.
Nor did a (million or so?) Iraqi's...
People ask me, "in your perfect little world, who would build the roads?" My answer, after spending many years searching for one, is finally .... "maybe no one? -- maybe we would have evolved in a totally different way... with, say, private, for profit, mass transit... but hey, profit is a dirty word."
I read once that the US had a lot of private, for profit, street car companies operating around 1900 (someone, correct me if I'm wrong.) But GOVERNMENT regulations drove them to the brink of bankruptcy... so now taxpayers everywhere are forced to subsidize inefficient, union, greed dominated, tax sucking "public" (yecchhh!) transit systems.
Maybe in the absense of road socialism and, ahem, rent control (another liberal pet project) - which seemed to stop the building of high-rise apartments in Ontario dead in it's tracks.... we would not now be confronted with another thing the environmentalists all pretend to hate so much.... car and fuel dependant urban sprawl.
---
Here is an article on what is happening to the "Man of the Forest."
---
Government is growing like a cancer. It has metastacised into every nook and cranny of human life. In the twentieth century it murdered some 180 million people.
It is still very busy.
Ludwig von Mises said,
"The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster."
Big government is not the solution. It is the cause. Power always corrupts.
Be careful who you trust.
Green Hell
Steve Milloy (junkscience.com) has a new book out... Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Ruin Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them (Hardcover). I'm going to buy a copy.
for now though, I think I'll just rant.
I hear incandescent light bulbs are going to be banned.
I've not had a great experience with these energy efficient light bulbs. I have found that they don't last as long as the old fashioned incandescent ones. They come with a seven year guarantee but I can never find the receipt or packaging when I need it... it's been recycled.
I have also heard that if you accidentally break one you have to call in a Hazmat team to clean up the mercury. (he he, when the greens say they will "create jobs," Hazmat companies must rejoice. It's like saying we can create thousands of jobs for newly hired fire fighters by lighting huge piles of tires on fire. Kind of like Obamanomics no?)
I notice they have installed some funny kind of system in the toilets in my apartment. To save water I think.
The only problem now is I have to flush about five times to get the job done. I have found a solution though... I fill up a bucket of water and keep it in the tub to assist the flushing process.... I got the idea when I saw the technique employed in a low carbon footprint country... communist Cuba. (It was in a hut on the beach.... one of the few with an indoor toilet... but no running water. The rest of the neighbours had a much better method of saving water... outhouses built just a few yards into the ocean... just around the bend from the tourist beach.)
They used to have showers at the gym I go to. I don't know where they have gone. They have been replaced by sprinklers. I could take my plants to the gym and water them there I suppose. (but I don't have any plants - honest!)
Will, "I am going to take a sprinkle," make into our lexicon? Or would it be too ambiguous?
As for cleaning the sweat off after a workout well, I guess we can always try spitting up in the air.
Hmmm... a lot of municipalities impose restrictions on when you can water your lawn... I can't wait until they mandate smart water meters... so you can only take one shower a week.
Did you see that video of that British, "climate change," activist throwing green custard on a U.K. government official?
You know... I am getting the impression that these global warming alarmists are starting to realize that their scam is finally starting to fizzle. Maybe it's just me but I detect a subtle change in their choice of words... from "Global Warming," to "Climate Change." I think they are hedging their bets.
In a few years, no one will hear of global warming any more. It will all be climate change... whether the planet is getting hotter or cooler won't matter, it will still be "man made," of course. Climate change has been just such a wonderful opportunity for politicians and anti-capitalist activists to expand their power and budgets.
Don't worry, the words "regulate," "ban," "tax," "control," "restrict," "mandate," will still be around. And you can take that to the bank.... you know, where your dollarettes are stored.
...and perhaps even "arrest," "jail," "hang," and "throw custard at," or better, "throw Barack Obama at," (ouch!) might be added.
MacDonald's will offer a new prize in their Monopoly contest.... a free Burger and enough carbon credits to obtain one!
Once the clueless schmoos who make up the majority of voters have fully absorbed this dogma we'll move on to the next step.... man made weather change. Your little league game got rained out? Blame it on the richest guy in your town...
Of course when we reach that point the richest guy in town will be like the hated Kulak (a well-to-do peasant farmer in Russia who profited from the labor of poor peasants and opposed the Soviet collectivization of the land -- yourdictionary.com)
Our standard of living will have truly tanked.
The Kulak was the rich guy who had two cows. In our future, the rich guy with two cows will be the one who can afford to buy enough carbon credits from Al Gore to pay for the evil cow farts.
The politicians will come up with a new idea then.... tradeable rain credits....
Of course, Al Gore and friends will "offset" their rain guilt by storing water in their indoor swimming pools.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
This Post Can't be Shared on Facebook
Milloy talks Biden climate agenda with Stuart Varney on FOX Business From the April 19, 2024 episode.
