IS this serious? This is the funniest thing I have ever read, and thought it deserved to be reposted.
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IS this serious? This is the funniest thing I have ever read, and thought it deserved to be reposted.
IS this serious? This is the funniest thing I have ever read, and thought it deserved to be reposted.
honestly the 'Great Recession' is most likely just going to be another chapter in some kid's boring history text book.
it's always tempting to think we live in exceptional times, but honestly the 'Great Recession' is most likely just going to be another chapter in some kid's boring history text book.
social-issue focused
You mean like the party that just can't stop itself, no matter how hard it tries, from repeatedly saying incredibly out of touch things about rape just to court the most fringe elements of the Christian right, even though they know themselves that it's a dwindling voter bloc? That party?!
He never asked for this.
Rife, what are your thoughts on the UN and Agenda 21?
“I have been saying for decades, I love the environment, but I hate environmentalists.:”
Being Green
“Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truely recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smartass young person.”
Agenda 21 has to do with the protection of the Atmosphere? I'm not to familar with the Agenda.
I'm all for protecting the environment at all costs.
All costs? Meaning you would support further bans on natural gas and oil exploration that would lead to higher prices on fuel and consumer goods and potentially lead to hundreds of thousands of lay-offs?
You mean like the party that just can't stop itself, no matter how hard it tries, from repeatedly saying incredibly out of touch things about rape just to court the most fringe elements of the Christian right, even though they know themselves that it's a dwindling voter bloc? That party?!
Who is that? Not really up on my movie/television villains these days.
I'm sure what some politician said about rape is really going to be what people are complaining about from their leadership when there is a 10%+ decline in GDP. Social issues just aren't that important and is the lowest form of pandering.It's the economy, stupid.
For fuck's sake..WAKE UP!
Hopefully in the coming elections we will see this happen and the only differences between the parties will be economic ideals, not social ones.
Outside of abortion and religion, I'm really not sure how you can separate the two. Welfare, Social Security, military spending, infrastructure, education can all be seen from an economic and social angle. And, of course, how you approach the problem will directly correlate with your solution.
Outside of abortion and religion, I'm really not sure how you can separate the two. Welfare, Social Security, military spending, infrastructure, education can all be seen from an economic and social angle. And, of course, how you approach the problem will directly correlate with your solution.