Posted on 06/26/2008 9:49:36 AM PDT by Wendolyn128
Environmentalists seldom practice what they preach. Al Gore’s home uses enough electricity to power a small town. And the National Audubon Society permits oil drilling in wildlife sanctuaries.
The most emotive argument against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is conservation. The barren coastal plane that is the object of a fierce political battle in Washington is home to 42 mammal species, 36 species of fish, and over 160 species of birds.
Environmental groups such as the National Audubon Society say it will devastate the wildlife in the area. NAS owns several properties in other wildlife refuges. And they permit drilling on their own land. One of these properties is in the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary in Vermillion County, Louisiana And the other in the Bernard N. Baker Sanctuary in Calhoun County, Michigan.
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Environmentalism, of course, is just a subset of liberalism. People who identify themselves as liberal are admitting that they are dealing with some level of mental illness that allows emotion to rule logic, and to justify hypocrisy.
A VERY small town; I've heard that his use is about 20 times the national average. I'm aware that the writer is exaggerating to make the point, but when the left does that we call them liars. "Al Gore's home uses enough electricity to power twenty typical homes" would be accurate and effective, without leaving the left a "right wing lie" opening.
We don't need to stoop to their level of hypocrisy.
This is where tiered rates should come in....
That's the most ridiculous post in the history of history. Everybody is dumber for having read it, and probably got cancer of the eye from it to boot. Everybody worth debating knows the difference between serious, literal statements and tongue-in-cheek statements. By your rules Ann Coulter or Limbaugh would be completely silenced. Every line Ann writes could be called a lie if you are totally obtuse and stupid with no understanding of literary devices.
Besides, I bet you could find a few towns with 20 or so residents. I'll take the language rich and fun, if you don't mind.
OOOOH! That hurts! But then, you're just exaggerating for the effect...
;^)
First of all 20 "average" homes is not the same as 20 residents.
I can think of a dozen small, colorful towns in Tehama County California with 40-80 population. Payne's Creek being among them.
Just saying.
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