Posted on 04/22/2019 1:04:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Donald Trump issued on Monday an Earth Day proclamation that omitted any mention of climate change or the cavalcade of environmental threats posed by deforestation, species loss and plastic pollution. The president chose instead to praise the benefits of a strong market economy.
Trump praised the abundant beauty and life-sustaining bounty of the American environment but did not echo growing warnings from scientists over rising temperatures or the precipitous decline of many species.
Environmental protection and economic prosperity go hand in hand, Trump said in his message for Earth Day, a global event held to support environmental protection annually since 1970.
A strong market economy is essential to protecting our critical natural resources and fostering a legacy of conservation. My administration is committed to being effective stewards of our environment while encouraging opportunities for American workers and their families.
Trump added: At the same time that our nation is experiencing historic economic and job growth, our air and water quality ranks among the highest in the world. He stated that his administration has expanded support for conservation of land, water and wildlife.
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Do all the planets have a day?
I know I read every word with the toothiest grin on my face!
The EPA hobbles US businesses with ever-more-stringent requirements. Meanwhile, most of the global pollution is coming from the Third World, and tightening requirements here won’t make a damn bit of difference.
There may be whole planets made of chocolate out there.
And we're all really puny/We're just tiny little specks/about the size of Mickey Rooney
There are more trees in Canada and the USA today, than there were 100 years ago. We don't have deforestation -- we have afforestation.
[ Ira Einhorn - Earth Day Founder who composted his girlfriend after he murdered her ]
Doesn’t that mean he recycled?
That would be all, Earth Day ‘n’ stuff, right?
[Do all the planets have a day?]
I hope so. I’m waiting for Jupiter Day.
It should be the biggest ever.
At least in this solar system.
Did he at least mention Vladmir Lenin’s birthday?
Obambi called Christians “Easter worshippers”.
Call the ecofascists “Gaia worshippers”.
I wish the president had announced a specific day to annually celebrate “Property Rights Day.”
Hey! Don’t forget about Uranus .
President Trump forgot to mention the “earth day” old tractor tires I burned in honor of earth day .
Great news!! What climate change...
An episode of Gillian's Island had something funny...The Professor put a stick in the lagoon, and the stick was getting lower and lower, so the professor thought the island was sinking, but it was due to Gillian's was using the stick as an anchor for the fish trap...
I think the liberals needs to put a few sticks on the shoreline...and come back in 12 months and see if anyone moved the sticks...
Hey! Let’s not turn this into a Mayor Pete thread!
Because "Climate Change" is a f***ing lie. Only the insane, the stupid, or the corrupt claim to believe that load of horse sh*t.
Interesting thought. Congress has been sitting every year since 1789 and has never dealt with the issue.
For Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, their day could be the date they were discovered by human beings. Venus obviously gets February 14th. Mars already has a whole month (March). That leaves Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn needing attention.
(The English names for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday come from substituting Germanic names of deities for the Roman names of deities--the particular assignment of a day to a god/planet goes back to astrology where the planets took turns controlling hours and each day was named for the planet controlling the first hour of that day.)
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