"Idaho."
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SKIP THIS ONE FOLKS
SKIP THIS ONE FOLKS
Good job.
You may have mentioned it, but be sure to tell the kids trees live on Carbon Dioxide. Without CO2 the trees and plants die. Without trees and plants making oxygen, we all die.
Beautifully done, Jeff. Teachable moments as only a (favorite) granddad can do.
What a view!!!!! Never been to Idaho..yet...but it’s on my list.
And how to effectively deal with it.
“The forests must be, and will be, not only preserved but used, and the experience of all civilized countries that have faced and solved the question show that the forests, like perennial fountains, may be made to yield a sure harvest of timber while at the same time all their far-reaching beneficent uses may be maintained unimpaired.”
John Muir, 1895
Sounds like it was just like the way the book written.
Driving through Idaho in Grandpa’s V8. Man, those are some lucky grand-kids.
I remember the original Lorax on TV, which played at the very start of the enviro movement’s takeover of our economy. Yeah, left-wing drivel. And as a kid, I ate it up (sigh!).
Good for you, Grandpa.
For any readers who have a few minutes to kill, do a search on how and why the Magruder Corridor got its name.
Ya gotta get em when they are young.
Whether it’s Radical enviromentalism (quasi-science and anti-human pro-nutbarism) I would say its anti-God in my not so humble opinion,too.
Or, anti-capitalism is delusional and historically ignorant. Compare capitalism to any other system.
But lets all listen, and follow, a bunch of dingwads who would have us return to the pre-industrial era.
No wiat, correction: they want everyone else to return to the pre-industrial era.
They want to fly around in jets and spend other people’s money on lavish galas and so forth while they spread the word.
Thanks for letting me ramble..:)
I loved The Lorax. It was well made.
I disagree with many who have already posted. People need to take care of the environment and not abuse it. Some on the left and right go to both extremes of the spectrum. Thanks to many environmental policies I can visit nature not too far from my house in the city.
I think many here read too much into things and forget to have a good time and enjoy life. They do not think critically.
Thumbs up then?
Great way to handle the greenie propanda - Thanks for the post!!
I told my 14 year old daughter when the subject came up - trees are renewable and can be replanted. She has zero interest in seeing the movie, (thankfully) and also immediately recognized the logic in the trees are renewable position.
The job killing greenies are out of control! I care deeply about the environment by the way - I refused to use disposable diapers for 4 babies, for example, but with proper ingenuity jobs and industry can be managed and the environment can be sustained at the same time.
Crude oil is a completely natural substance - let’s use our God given intelligence to figure out how to use it cleanly!! (That’s another topic, though)
Thanks again for the great post.
ping
"Everything that's made of wood (was once a tree)"
We're not quite to the grandkid stage yet, but have done this sort of "teachable moment" talk with our kids on every subject imaginable -our youngest two just turned 18 and we are still having these talks. Just the other day we discussed Rush and the "slut" ordeal (hope you will get a bye on that one for a while, Jeff!)
Teachable moments are out there just waiting for parents and grandparents to reinforce commonsense ideas and to refute the phony illogical liberal "truths" they are exposed to on a daily basis. The key is, like Jeff, to ask questions, and to gently guide them to the discovery of a right and proper response.
The really cool thing is it has legs - because you chose to teach and not preach, I guarantee that your precious grandkids will patiently explain to their friends the very concept you taught. I've seen it in action, and it's the best feeling in the world!
"Idaho."
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Thanks Jeff! I am going to see it in an hour with my ten year old granddaughter, who is going green lately..
Of course, with me as her grandmother, she won’t ever become a Lefty ;-)
But I’ve been dreading seeing the movie(except for the fun of being with her)..and now I feel more armed and ready for battle.