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Green Movement Calls Fireworks 'Eco-Hazards,' Sues to Ban July 4th Display in California
NewsBusters.org ^ | 06/29/2010 | Alana Goodman

Posted on 06/29/2010 12:47:40 PM PDT by Pyro7480

Apparently the "rockets' red glare" isn't "green" enough for some environmentalists.

Fourth of July fireworks displays have been deemed "ecologically hazardous" by some eco-warriors, who are urging environmentally-conscious Americans to shun the tradition.

[F]ireworks shows spray out a toxic concoction that rains down quietly into lakes, rivers and bays throughout the country," wrote the Mother Nature Network's Russell McLendon on June 30. "Many of the chemicals in fireworks are also persistent in the environment, meaning they stubbornly sit there instead of breaking down."

McLendon suggested avoiding fireworks and finding other ways to celebrate Independence Day. "The most eco-friendly alternative to fireworks is to forgo explosions altogether - go to a parade, go fishing, grill out, or help out," he wrote.

According to the writer, those stubborn traditionalists who insist on seeing "the sky festively illuminated" can always "try a laser light show" - which McLendon says is the eco-friendly - albeit, lame - way to celebrate the Fourth....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 4th; algore; california; democrats; ecofascism; envirofascism; fireworks; fourthofjuly; green; independenceday; liberalfascism; wackos
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Don't mess with my birthday fireworks, you enviro-wacko killjoys!!
1 posted on 06/29/2010 12:47:47 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480

How can people not see that the green movement is just an excuse to get money and sex..


2 posted on 06/29/2010 12:49:46 PM PDT by grapeape (Don't rally around BP. Hang them out to dry. They deserve it.)
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The “eco-hazards” are occurring on the Gulf Coast, the enviro-wackos need to immediately go there and help out.


3 posted on 06/29/2010 12:50:56 PM PDT by brushcop (CW4 Matthew Lourey CW2 Joshua Scott/ Kiowa pilots KIA Iraq '05. Thank you for our son's life.)
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To: Pyro7480

Well, p*ss on the green movement.


4 posted on 06/29/2010 12:51:31 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: grapeape

Eco nuts are hazardous to human life.


5 posted on 06/29/2010 12:55:20 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: Pyro7480

GRILL OUT???? This dumb SOB doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about.


6 posted on 06/29/2010 12:56:11 PM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Pyro7480
Ok...
Let's going fishing and then grill the catch!!
Bet he get's a "visit" from PETA.
7 posted on 06/29/2010 12:58:22 PM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Pyro7480

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/chicken.wav


8 posted on 06/29/2010 12:58:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Pyro7480

Why, oh Why, did Superman have to go and stop Lex Luthor from getting rid of California?


9 posted on 06/29/2010 12:59:03 PM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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To: Pyro7480

Our country’s history and traditions must change. So decreed The Obamas in 2008.

This is the same as the war on Christmas, the war on Father’s Day, the war on Memorial Day...

But be sure to celebrate the NEW holidays of International Communist Women’s Month, Gay Pride Month, and the wonderful world of Ramadan.


10 posted on 06/29/2010 12:59:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: grapeape
"...and sex" ???
Bet they don't even shave...ewwwww
11 posted on 06/29/2010 1:00:03 PM PDT by Paul46360
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Here's how Vlad the Impaler would have done things. He'd rounded up all the enviroweenies and planted them upright on large stakes.

For the evening's entertainment he would have had oil poured on them and then lit them up himself.

The coming of fireworks to Transylvania was probably considered quite Progressive at the time, fur shur.

12 posted on 06/29/2010 1:00:38 PM PDT by muawiyah
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Oh please little tree huggers, step on my property and tell me that I shouldn’t be using that Roman Candle I just lit...


13 posted on 06/29/2010 1:01:33 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Go to hell!....Get the hell out of my yard!!!


14 posted on 06/29/2010 1:02:04 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Pyro7480

I would rather die of a “toxic concoction” from a 4th of July demonstration than their ideas of my freedom.


15 posted on 06/29/2010 1:02:19 PM PDT by RC2
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they can have my bottle rockets when they take them from my cold dead fingers...


16 posted on 06/29/2010 1:03:04 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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Reminds me of the lady in my neighborhood whose dog ate a bunch of leftover firecrackers laying on the cul de sac July 5 morning several years ago. We blew off a couple of 1000-count wheels and there was trash everywhere.

She had a complete meltdown when we slept-in and didn’t clean it up before she let her mutt run loose that morning.


17 posted on 06/29/2010 1:04:49 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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Green Movement Calls Pollens That Cause Sneezing, Wheezing, Runny Itchy Eyes and Allergies, ‘Eco-Hazards,’ Sues to Ban All Green Plants, Trees and Flowers on July 4th 2010 in California


18 posted on 06/29/2010 1:06:27 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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go to a parade, go fishing, grill out, or help out

A parade??? Grill out??? Think of the greenhouse gases! And go fishing??? Oh, the cruelty of it all!

19 posted on 06/29/2010 1:11:06 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("Why should I feed pirates?"--Russian officer off Somalia)
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I also can’t help thinking that for these people, the Fourth is not a day to be celebrated.


20 posted on 06/29/2010 1:12:50 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("Why should I feed pirates?"--Russian officer off Somalia)
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