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Well, looks like Mark hit a nerve with his
response. In my experience, people only react with such aggravation to
something if it has the ring of some truth to it. As for the "sour grapes
over the recent election"...those of us who don't like the current political
climate have the RIGHT to complain, don't we? I mean, the homeland
security bill hasn't turned the country into a dictatorship (yet).....Or
maybe you're one of those people who believes in freedom of speech only if it's
speech you like to hear. It's all well and good when someone supports
ideas you agree with, but if someone has a differring opinion, it's sour
grapes? Come on. Aren't we adults? The fact of the matter is
that there has not been an election since I became eligible to vote in which
there was a REAL choice, and the problem is not democrats vs. republicans, but
rather big money vs. the rest of us. And the propagandists who work for
the politicians and big money have most of us so brainwashed that something as
huge as the terrorist attacks of last sept. was not even able to shake the
majority of people out of their self-centered pro "american" consumeristic
attitudes. We watch the war on terror on tv like it's the newest reality
show, cheer for the "good guys" and feel nice and smug because we have spent the
most money on technology for killing. With that kind pack mentality, is it
any wonder that some folks are skeptical when the government loosens
environmental controls of coal burning power plants? Remember that this
"government" are the same people, basically, who have been telling us that
nuclear power is non-polluting because the radiation isn't visible, the same
people who are trying to convince us that drilling for oil in the ANWR will not
be disruptive to wildlife, the same people who let your national forests be
clearcut (at a loss to taxpayers) to line the pockets of the greedy.
Increased industry is not necessarily the way that some of us want our lives
"enriched", thank you. And by the way, I don't see a whole lot of
distinction between gargantuan government and corporate evil. They're
holding hands all the way to the bank.
I could go on but I think I've said
enough.
Elizabeth
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 5:17
PM
Subject: [GBlist] Environmentalism at
it's finest.....NOT!
To Mark who posted that changes in management
of PATH is "probably part of Homeland Security....". I have to say he is
coming off as possibly smoking something that gave him an attitude of vicious
sour grapes over the recent election as well as a riduclous belief that he
knows what the President is thinking. I applaud an administration that calls
for common sense, science based (as opposed to computer models by biased
pseudo-scientist-activists) management of resources and the
environment.Further, is not our form of government a Republic rather than a
Democracy?
Re. the blast about relaxing the EPA rules to allow coal
fired power plants and refineries to more easily expand operations, isn't it
better to achieve increased power WHILE decreasing pollution even if it is
POSSIBLY to a lesser degree of reduction than the rules formerly called for?
Too much decreed by EPA in the name of cleaning up has been more to harrass
and stifle than to come up with workable solutions that will improve life for
humans, in the opinion of many who believe less government is better
government and fear over regulation by a garguantuan government even more than
they fear corporate "evil".
MRJones
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