Two-act play salutes Rachel Carson

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 4/26/7 | BRAD WILLIAMS

[SmithL]

[SmithL]

Millions of children are dead because of Rachel Carson.

[Chi-townChief]

I wonder how they address that little malaria problem after the DDT ban.

[GOP_1900AD]

One of the patron saints of the environmental crazies ....

[bravo whiskey]

they ignore it. birds are more important than children.

[Thrownatbirth]

This play should be like lotsa laughs. Bring a Pez dispenser.

[hsalaw]

He added that Carson never argued to ban all pesticides. "She just was pointing out that these things had to be used more wisely," Littmann said. "She was looking for a better way, not an abolition of technology."

Sure. Just ban the ones that work, so that millions will die from insect-borne diseases. Good work, Rachael, and nice revisionist history attempt, Littmann.

[conserv8ive1]

Another case of Death By Hippy.

[Sherman Logan]

"The most profound lasting effect, as I see it, is the fact that, through her influence, a great many African children are dead today."

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL...as a tribute to Rachel, they ought to release a cloud of disease-riddled mosquitos into the theater between acts.

[Red Badger]

Millions are dead because of her. She has more blood on her hands than the Nazi Party and Stalin...........

[magoo70804]

I was at a pub literally about an hour ago and the bartender asked me if I had seen this Idol show last night which was raising money for kids to combat malaria. I said absolutely not but then he said his girl friend made him and watch and he sent in $200 after seeing the the little kids. I commended him and then wrote on a napkin the name of the single largest mass murderer in American history. The name I wrote was Rachel Carson - of course, he had never heard of her, much less DDT.

There are very few people in this world that should be exhumed, tried, hung and re-buried but she is one. I also nominate Frank Church and Otis Pike - I'll save that for another missive.

[DuncanWaring]

100 Things You Should Know About DDT.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Ack - the Face of a Killer!

[Rummyfan]

Oh she certainly still has influence - just look at the records of children dead from malaria because DDT was not used to kill mosquito larvae.

[randog]

...he said his girl friend made him and watch and he sent in $200 after seeing the the little kids.

What we men will do for a piece of tail.

[joeystoy]

For a lively discussion, go to:

http://give-n-go.blogspot.com/2006/12/enviro-genocide.html

[Rummyfan]

I also nominate Frank Church and Otis Pike - I'll save that for another missive.

Frank Church I know, but Otis Pike?

[3AngelaD]

Another irony is that the places where the little kids are dying of malaria for lack of DDT don’t have bald eagles. You can still get your hands on DDT in Mexico, but you have to disguise it as cocaine if you want to get it back across the border safely.

[SQUID]

you say that as if DDT has nothing to do with cancer and child deformities.

DDT killed a scientist that was so confident it didn’t cause cancer that he drank it. Fool.