Posted on 04/25/2005 6:26:44 AM PDT by stevio
It is unbelievable what Jim Robinson has done with FRee Republic, and he will probably never get the recognition he rightly deserves...........it is one of the best, if not the best, information/discussion/activism sites ever.............but, if you limit yourself to FR, well, then, you are limiting yourself. And, if Jersey is as bad off as you say it is, and I have no reason not to believe you.............then you shouldn't limit yourself..............just by your reply(s) alone, you seem much too smart for that.
Well congress has been funding them so yea, call and tell them to stop. Unbelievably they have increased funding over the years too. The Republicans are either too nice or too stupid. I lean more toward the latter.
Ping
How can we see that this does not happen again next year?
BTTT
Now THAT is interesting!
The feds moved in on the Lackawanna Six before they were ready because of the message that was intercepted about the watermelon being moved from Canada to here.
I wonder if they meant people vs. a bomb than.
They want to protect the environment, but their flag ship group of Watermelons, the Sierra Club has again voted not to take a stand against illegal aliens.
That stance is proof that they are not about the environment. They are just an elite and well funded anti American PR group.
Where did you learn of this second snub to sanity??? This isn't being covered as "news" anywhere I'm listening in the MSM!!!
I think this is FAR more newsworthy in CA than anything, except for how much deeper in debt we are than we were at the turn of the century!!!
http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=41209
Sierra Club Members Reject Policy Change Advocating Immigration Limits
Source: Copyright 2005, Associated Press
Date: April 26, 2005
Byline: Kim Curtis
SAN FRANCISCO — Sierra Club members Monday flatly rejected a change in the group's policies that would have advocated reducing immigration to the United States as a way to protect the environment.
The proposal was defeated by nearly 84 percent of the 122,308 members who voted, the club announced. About 16 percent of the club's more than 750,000 members cast ballots during voting that began in early March.
Members also elected five new members to the 15-member board of directors, which sets club policy and oversees the San Francisco-based organization's $100 million annual budget.
Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization, a network of club activists seeking stricter immigration limits, backed a "yes" vote and five of its own candidates; none won a board seat.
Advocates of stricter immigration said the U.S. population, now about 300 million, is expected to more than double this century if nothing is done to slow growth. They said overpopulation has led to a variety of environmental problems, including exploitation of resources, the erosion of wilderness areas and species extinction.
"I think there's a lack of understanding of the sheer magnitude of the problem," Dick Schneider, a supporter of the immigration proposal, said after its defeat. "The connection between population and environmental degradation is so clear-cut that it's a natural issue for the Sierra Club to be involved in."
Opponents, including many current and former club leaders, argued that wading into the politics of immigration would alienate allies such as labor unions and civil rights groups, and will not slow population growth worldwide.
"Our members have once again displayed great wisdom and made their views perfectly clear," Sierra Club president Larry Fahn said in a statement. "Now we can put our focus back where it is needed most, into strengthening communities and building alliances to protect our environment for our families and our future."
The vote against the immigration question was 102,455 to 18,998. Some members voted for directors but did not cast votes on the proposal.
The club, founded by famed conservationist John Muir in 1892, has debated its position on immigration for years and in 1998 voted to remain neutral.
Originally posted at: http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7602
More Information on "population immigration" - Forests.org web page search results | Eco-Portal site link search results
Wull chit, mon! EnvionMental News Nutwork ain't no MSM!!! I wanna see this bilge in the MSM... BIGTIME!!! (as Cheney would say)
Instead of taxing income, we should be focusing on taxing wealth. That may shut-up this SOB and all the other rich, elite libs who want to tax the producers of this country while maintaining their own lofty perches. Let's start with Teddy Kennedy and this jerk, Soros! Move onto the Hollywood "elite" & then Teresa. They hide behind all their shelters. Percentage wise, I pay more taxes than Teresa - more than twice as much!
I really wish Bush had made his big push campaign about tax reform rather than social security! Whoever promotes tax reform in the next election will get my vote.
Really, most of these organizations should not be given tax exemptions - they are ALL political. Soros is obviously political - do you see one donation to a legitimate charity!!!
They should be saying no mas.
The Sierra Club has now come out of the closet as a racist org. Some intrepid newsFReeper needs to find out the percentages of ethnicity within the "Waspish" Sierra Club, so we can use it as a CLUB to destabilize and Gingrich and DeLay 'em.
If'n they think this anti-immigrant policy has no ramifications, wait'll we relay this to the Mexicans and other prominent immigration candidates lining up at the door.
First question on the immigration application should be: Do you agree with the anti-immigration policy of the revered Sierra Club, and if not......why not?
OK, now I am REALLY mad. This one's going to my Congressman.
Wull chit, mon! EnvionMental News Nutwork ain't no MSM!!!
The Sierra Club has now come out of the closet as a racist org. Some intrepid newsFReeper needs to find out the percentages of ethnicity within the "Waspish" Sierra Club, so we can use it as a CLUB to destabilize and Gingrich and DeLay 'em.
If'n they think this anti-immigrant policy has no ramifications, wait'll we relay this to the Mexicans and other prominent immigration candidates lining up at the door.
First question on the immigration application should be: Do you agree with the anti-immigration policy of the revered Sierra Club, and if not......why not?
Hay! I agrees wid everythang yew sayed, cept that!!!
Thay may be white anglo-saxons, but they ain't Cristshuns let alone ProtestANTS! They be's "Born Again Payguns!!!"
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.