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Flowers may be nice for Mom, but they’re terrible for Mother Earth
Washington Post ^ | 05/09/2015 | Jennifer Grayson, Environmental Journalist,

Posted on 05/09/2015 7:39:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 05/09/2015 7:42:38 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Pox

I don’t know if anyone has looked at the whole article or if everyone is just laughing themselves sick on a few initial lines.

Could be the accusations are all lies, but it ought to at least be asked whether they are. Misuse of chemicals IS an important issue.


61 posted on 05/09/2015 8:41:24 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many carbon credits has the Post used up on her.


62 posted on 05/09/2015 8:58:33 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: SeekAndFind

Anything I do that annoys people like that is a bit more satisfying than it otherwise would be.


63 posted on 05/09/2015 8:58:53 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: SeekAndFind

What did we learn in science class back when they actually taught children in the government schools?

Flowers are actually......

C’mon, you know the answer.

Say it with me.

Flowers are actually... brightly colored sex organs!!!

It’s usually both the male and female part of the plant and it is brightly colored so as to attract birds and insects to spread the pollen and seeds so the plant can, yes, REPRODUCE!

So when you hand over those flowers to your wife or mother this Mother’s Day, you’re actually saying to them. “Here, Mom! Have some brightly colored sex organs! They make me think of you.”


64 posted on 05/09/2015 9:02:39 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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To: Personal Responsibility

Even if you defy them, it’s still their version of “made you look.”


65 posted on 05/09/2015 9:07:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: OrangeHoof

Or, “Look at the bush festooned with brightly colored, beautifully scented sex organs.”


66 posted on 05/09/2015 9:08:24 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Liberals are insane.


67 posted on 05/09/2015 9:10:18 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: goldstategop
I wonder if this nimrod author knows anything. I have a yard full of crocus, daffodils, tulips, lilies, roses, trumpet vines as well as three varieties of ivy and scores of wildflowers because it is my gift to the woman I love and also makes a great excuse to mow the lawn only once every 3-4 weeks to they can develop, grow and spread.

If I didn't cut them for her, the blooms would fall off anyway. It also encourages new growth and makes for some wonderful gifts to share with friends, neighbors and family when I have to divide them in the fall. Far from being cruel, this active floral management brings me and a lot of people enjoyment and produces more, stronger and prettier plants than just leaving them alone.

68 posted on 05/09/2015 9:10:42 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

To write for the Washington Post, do you HAVE to be an idiot?


69 posted on 05/09/2015 9:12:51 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Vigilanteman

Further into her article she explicitly complains about practices pertaining to imported flowers. It does not sound like she cares about the bushes in your yard.


70 posted on 05/09/2015 9:13:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Vigilanteman

PS I’ve seen such complaints in other venues, where they will conglomerate multiple issues together as though they were inseparable (boycott all ivory for the sake of today’s poached elephants is one such conglomeration).

These cases are dangerous because they are part-truth, part-lie. Just scoffing at them makes one look like an idiot. But so does going down their complete “garden path.”


71 posted on 05/09/2015 9:15:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yo Jennifer! Princess! Get a frickin’ life and a REAL job you whiny biatch. Geez.


72 posted on 05/09/2015 9:17:06 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Who is investigating the DOJ while they are investigating everybody else?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She’s got what looks like it might be some realistic complaints further down the article. But it starts out looking like a crazy twist of her nose. Well, that’s sensation and sensation sells.


73 posted on 05/09/2015 9:20:01 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: goldstategop

Actually, the simpler solution would be to kill off 90% of the human race. Don’t tell me some of these Gaia worshipers aren’t wishing for exactly that!

The moderate greenies might let us live but prefer to relocate and stack us up in mega cities. The typical living quarters? 10’x 10’, poorly lit eco boxes with spigots of (rationed) nutripaste for sustenance.

The high priests of Gaia would of course exempt themselves...


74 posted on 05/09/2015 9:30:55 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Yardstick

“Liberalism is a lecturing finger wagged in your face, forever.”

Oh, that’s good!

Here’s another one:

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”

George Orwell


75 posted on 05/09/2015 9:34:41 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The author may be right about the excessive use of chemicals or whatnot, but what’s the solution? The left only has one tool in their bag of tricks: government.


76 posted on 05/09/2015 9:38:14 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

From the people who prefer to kill and eat plants.


77 posted on 05/09/2015 9:44:20 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: cripplecreek

Do you suppose this stupid bitch has any idea that without flowering plants life on Ol’ Mother Earth would be just about impossible?


78 posted on 05/09/2015 9:51:03 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Load. of. bull. sh*t.


79 posted on 05/09/2015 9:58:15 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s not the flowers. That gal has a problem with Motherhood.


80 posted on 05/09/2015 10:36:35 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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