All You Need To Know About #EarthDay

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Like many liberal causes that have gone mainstream, powered by partisan media, Earth Day had some very radical beginnings.

First, it’s on April 22, the birthday of the ruthless Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin. If you think that’s a coincidence, and it might be, let’s learn more about one of Earth Day’s founders, Ira Einhorn.

Einhorn was a leftist leader who cheered on the Viet Cong in the 1960s, hoping for a United States defeat. Then he adopted environmentalism and in 1970 hosted one of the very first Earth Day rallies. Thereafter, he claimed to be co-founder of Earth Day.

Einhorn is serving a life sentence in a federal prison. That’s because he murdered and “composted” his estranged girlfriend, Helen “Holly” Maddux, back in 1977. I will spare you the details of how this was discovered 18 months later at his apartment.

100% natural and organic - just like the enviroweenies like it.

My Earth Day Promise to You

On this Earth Day 2012, I pledge to breathe out as much CO2 as possible to keep my tropical plants well fed.  And I'll drive around a bit to make sure I do it right.

The Democrat War On Animals

Let's see:

• Joe Biden's plane hit and killed birds in Santa Monica
• Hillary Clinton's plane hit and killed birds in Paris
• Obama ended the prohibition on eating horses
• Obama ate dogs

We must stop the Democrat War on Animals.  

Yet Another Reason I'm Glad My Kids Are Out of Public School

"Green Ribbon Schools":

Next year on Earth Day, the Obama administration plans to announce which U.S. schools have been selected as “Green Ribbon Schools,” a designation that will “honor” schools for “creating healthy and sustainable learning environments” and for “teaching environmental literacy.”

The Green Ribbon Schools program was announced in late April, but details on how schools will be picked or what the honor entails have not been released.

Jo Ann Webb, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Education, told CNSNews.com that the program is still under development.

“The criteria have not been developed yet,” Webb said. “The plan is for the U.S. Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Council for Environmental Quality to develop the criteria this spring and summer and to issue the call for applications early this fall.

Webb said the program would recognize schools for “engaging students on environmental issues and producing environmentally literate students; increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy technologies; and creating healthy learning environments by addressing environmental issues in the schools.”

The first thing they need to do is recycle any science books pushing man-made global warming. That would be the most environmentally friendly thing they could do.

Earth Day Video of the Day

There's nothing as refreshing on Earth Day as hippies crying over dead trees:

Pagan Weekend

Christians are celebrating Good Friday today and Easter on Sunday, but the pagans have other ideas for this weekend's church services:

Some Catholics are concerned with what they see as an attempt by environmentalists to hijack Easter for their own Earth Day purposes.

In a letter dated April 1 to churches across the country, the environmentalist group Earth Day Network encourages priests to remember Earth Day Sunday, even though Easter is that same Sunday.

“This year we again invite you to celebrate Earth Day Sunday and share with your parishioners a story of creation care that will impart to them the importance of protecting a nurturing the planet that was provided to us,” the letter reads. “Earth Day Sunday is a great way to bring your parish together through community building and sharing the faith with those in the community while improving the world around us.”

The letter does add that if priests want to celebrate Easter instead, they could consider delivering a climate change sermon on the following Sunday. Michael Voris of REAL Catholic TV, however, is not buying it, calling the campaign a push for a “pagan takeover of Easter”

“Earth Day 2011 falls on Friday, April 22, which is Good Friday so on the following Sunday, which is two days later, the Earth Day Network wants Catholic priests all over the country to devote their homily to Earth Day. Slight problem, the next Sunday, the one after Good Friday, is Easter,” Voris said. “Imagine going to mass to hear about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead only to be told to go clean up a park.”

Although Easter and Earth Day certainly cannot be easily confused, they're both religious holidays because worship of the earth has become a religion of its own.

Things to do on Earth Day

I'm making a list:

• Write a contemporary praise chorus for Mother Gaia.  Not that hard, just pick any song you hear in church today and substitute "Gaia" for "God".  It'll make just as much sense.
• Be sure to include an endangered specie in each meal (we're having Polar Bear tonight!)
• Take all the trash out of the non-recycle bin and put it in the recycle bin.  I won't be saving the earth since they can't recycle that stuff, but when I roll the recycle bin to the curb my neighbors will think I am.
• Burn only incandescent bulbs in the house today instead of the cancer florescent curly fry bulbs.
• Wear a ribbon on my shirt so other people will think I care.
• Stand by the freeway and let a tear run down my cheek if I see someone throw trash out the window.  Pick a fake Indian name.
• Get out my bike...and sell it.
• Don't ride in anything that doesn't burn fossil fuels.

It's a start.

Earth Day Cartoon of the Day

It's a day late, but still good. From Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle:

This sort of matches the theme of my piece from yesterday.

Global Warming Story of the Day

From Don Surber:

From the Associated Press: “DENVER (AP) – A spring storm has dumped up to eight inches of snow in the Denver area and forced about 50 miles of southbound Interstate 25 to close because of accidents.”

Earth Day was a success. Global warming is gone.

We had several inches of snow in our local Southern California mountains yesterday. The ski runs will live for another day.

Earth Day Conformity A Requirement for Cartoonists

Stephan Pastis is the cartoonist who draws "Pearls Before Swine", a very funny daily strip.  Today many cartoonists made references to Earth Day but Pastis did not, and according to his blog he's hearing about it:

Help Me Lie to Tree-Huggers

I guess today is Earth Day. Didn’t know that.

As it turns out, a fair number of cartoonists did know that and incorporated it into their comic, like here and here and here.

Not me. This is my strip (click to see it):

So now I’m getting emails asking me why MY strip makes no reference to Earth Day. Like I’m some guy pouring oil on seagulls and chopping down redwoods so they fall squarely on baby seals.

So please, help out and give me an explanation for how today’s strip is actually promoting Earth Day, so I can cut-and-paste it into my reply to these emails. And please, make it plausible, so I can fool these annoying people.

Thank you.

And yay, earth.

Feel free to go to his site and offer some suggestions. Today's strip is pretty funny, but I don't think making an Earth Day connection is going to be easy.

Worshiping a God Who Doesn't Care About Us

Today is a religious holiday for some:  Earth Day.  It's the day for worship of Mother Gaia and all her wonders contained therein.

For those of us who worship other deities, we at least have some consolation that our God actually cares about us. Mother Gaia worshipers can't say that.  If my God tried to kill me in as many ways as Mother Gaia tries to rid us from her surface I wouldn't have made it out of the womb.

Today severe weather is breaking out in parts of the Midwest, weather that will include dangerous lightning and possible tornadoes.  We've recently had a spate of large earthquakes around the world that have killed hundreds of thousands.  Flooding, mudslides or avalanches sweeps thousands of others away.  Volcanoes ground our airplanes, ruin the ones that try and fly through the cloud, and take away valuable land and property, replacing it with ugly slabs of recently molten rock.

In the summer the heat can kill us.  In the winter the cold can kill us.  Anytime of the year just enough water to keep us from breathing can kill us.  A lack of water can kill us.  Many of the animals that Mother Gaia has populated the Earth with would gladly kill us either for food or sport.  Even many of our fellow humans, created by Mother Gaia if you want to go the full on evolution route, would kill us if given the right motivation and opportunity.

Mother Gaia thinks we're a parasite and would like to rid herself of us.  If she could wear a people collar like dogs wear a flea collar, she would.  Every now and then she gives a good shake, but we still hang on.  She is not a benevolent deity.

If you're going to pick a God to worship, may I suggest you find one that will respond favorably to your attention?

Pelosi's "Green" Lights That Will Take 10 Years to Pay for Themselves

Is this really a good use of taxpayer money during a time of fiscal crisis?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday to unveil new light fixtures in the House cafeteria. The light fixtures cost $140,000 and will take almost 10 years to pay off in saved energy.

And I'll bet the energy savings will never equal whatever had been promised. Kiss those bucks goodbye.

Obama and Biden's Massive Earth Day Carbon Footprint

Sasquatch would be jealous of the footprint POTUS and VPOTUS left on the environment today as explained in these Drudge Report items:

Obama and Biden to Celebrate Earth Day by Tying Up New York Air Traffic... Obama and Biden will board separate jets in Washington on Earth Day morning to fly 250 miles up to New York, where they will land at separate airports to attend separate events within a few miles of each other... Jets will be forced to circle and burn more fuel as they wait for the VIPs to come and go... FLASHBACK: Obama Earth Day Flights Burned More Than 9,000 Gallons Of Fuel...

Mother Gaia weeps.

It's About Power, Not About Saving the Earth

Robin of Berkeley writes at American Thinker about a patient of hers that required a year-long cult deprogramming to rid herself of liberal guilt instilled in her as a student in Berkeley. The poor kid was panicked into believing her every action was causing the destruction of the earth. You can read her story at the link.

Robin gives us the real reasons behind the liberal Earth Day indoctrination:

The Left's underlying goal: to convince all of us that we don't matter. Our happiness, our cleanliness, our ease of living, our money, and our time...it's the government's business, not ours. While Marxist theory celebrates the proletarian, in actuality, people become interchangeable cogs in the collective wheel.

With the promotion of environmental hysteria, the government keeps the masses frightened and in survival mode. When you traumatize and terrify people, they're malleable. As stated succinctly by Adolph Hitler himself, "Terror is the best political weapon."

Another potent way to dominate people? Blame and shame them; make them feel defective if they trash a bottle or enjoy a hot bath. Self-hate and shame are unbearable states of mind. People will do almost anything to get out of them.

Simply put, the Green Meanies care about power, not the planet. Does anyone out there really believe that Obama gives a hoot about the spotted owl?

I whimsically entitled this article "Why I'm Enlarging My Carbon Footprint." Truth be told, I'm not really into littering or trashing the streets. But I'm also not obsessing about every little thing I ingest or buy.

I refuse to kowtow to a government that not only wants to control my body and my money and what I eat, but also wants to get into my head and become my Higher Power. Frankly, I'm not interested. I've got a Higher Power already, and His name isn't Barack.

There are a lot of screwed up people running around today, forgoing their vehicles, using fewer napkins, eschewing plastic forks, etc., and thinking they're saving the Earth.

The Earth is fine. It doesn't need our saving.

My Earth Day Pledge

In celebration of Earth Day and Mother Gaia I plan to spend the entire day right here on Earth.  No space travel for me today.

Earth Day Done Right

For all you need to know about Earth Day and liberal guilt, the Daily Caller is here to help:

As you know if you’re not a science-denying carbonhugger, the human race is the worst thing to happen in the history of the planet. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Thanks to Earth Day, we can all do our part to make up for the crime of being alive. And thanks to the Daily Caller, you can get all your Earth Day news in one easy-to-use package that you won’t need to recycle.

Start off with our look at carbon offset programs. What are they? How do they work? Do they work? Where the heck does your money go? Most importantly: If you participate in one of these programs to make yourself feel less guilty about living in the most prosperous society in the history of the world, and you haven’t asked yourself any of these questions, would you like to buy a bridge in Brooklyn?

And as long as you’re throwing your money around like a big dope, why not participate in the Daily Caller’s very own Offset-Offset Program? For every “carbon offset” one of your smug friends buys, we’ll tell you we’re doing something to counteract it:

He sends a guilt check to a tree farm in Tabatinga? We idle the Hummer in the driveway overnight…

That’s the beauty of The Daily Caller Carbon Offset-Offset Program: There’s no fuss or hassle. We take care of the carbon emissions in a controlled environment, at no risk to you. Our trained pollution engineers neutralize the effects of your neighbors’ guilt while you remain in the comfort of your highly air-conditioned home, knowing you’ve done your part. And you can rest easy knowing that part of your purchase will go toward high-quality investigative reporting that will continue to expose fraud in the environmental movement. Act now and receive a handsome certificate suitable for framing that confirms your participation in this important project.

We get your money, and you get to not ask us too many questions. Just like carbon-offsetting! And every bit as good for the planet.

There's more at the link.

You're Killing SpongeBob!

For your Earth Day viewing pleasure, here's Louis Black talking about how Earth Day is being foisted on our kids (warning, some very politically incorrect material):

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And from John Miller at The Corner:

Good morning. I forget whether I'm supposed to wish you a "Happy Earth Day" or a "Happy Lenin's Birthday."

Oh, wait. It's both.

Earth Hour at Al Gore's House - An Eyewitness Account

Hat's off to Drew Johnson who took a drive by Al Gore's mansion during Earth Hour to see how the Goreacle was celebrating the pagan festival:

I pulled up to Al’s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm – right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on.

In fact, most of the windows were lit by the familiar blue-ish hue indicating that floor lamps and ceiling fixtures were off, but TV screens and computer monitors were hard at work. (In other words, his house looked the way most houses look about 1:45am when their inhabitants are distractedly watching “Cheaters” or “Chelsea Lately” reruns.)

The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore’s mansion.

I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees.

To paraphrase Glenn Reynolds: I'll believe global warming is a crisis when the people who tell me it's a crisis act like it's a crisis.

Creator Hour

Doug TenNaple at Big Hollywood and I are on the same wavelength:

Our government dare not promote a national religion that refers to a traditional notion of God. We are collectively trained to avoid pushing our values onto others largely because relativism claims that there are no transcendent moral truths. But where we empty our lives of one religion, we don’t embrace neutrality, we just put some other dogma on the throne and claim “the debate is over.”

The worship and love of materials is our nation’s religion. I’d say it was a new religion, but it’s actually the oldest religion in the world, Paganism. Judeo-Christian values came from a pagan world with a radical new concept: the Creator, not the creation, should not be worshiped.

Recent leftist hysteria demands the removal of formal religion from public life. But they snuck in a new absolute for which we are not to argue. There’s no “true for you but not for me.” when it comes to the dogma of Global Climate Change. If someone tells me I have to change the light-bulbs in my house or I’m a bad person, I cannot reply, “Who are you to judge?” Their answer will likely start with something like, “Science says…” or “Everyone knows…” or a standard ad hominem like “racist,” “homophobe,” “anti-science,” or “Bible-thumper.”

My children aren’t allowed to hear about God in public school, but my seven-year-old daughter brings home Earth Day bull#### propaganda that instruct children to tell their parents to change light-bulbs, turn off lights, and re-use shopping bags. When my daughter obeys the national religion’s mandate I tell her, “Those aren’t our values. That’s not our religion. We don’t fear capitalism, and we pay for the energy we use. We believe in a God that is not the creation.”

I’d like to announce that Saturday, March 29th from 8:30pm to 9:30pm local time is Creator Hour! We will make a statement that God’s illumination is the ultimate hope for mankind by turning on every light in the house for that one hour. Let your pagan neighbors self-flagellate themselves by depriving themselves of light. We need to make up for their lack of illumination by turning on yard lights, garage lights, maybe even start up the fireplace.

The Earth Hour website calls for us to “Vote Earth,” but I intend to cast my ballot for the other party: Vote Creator! Turn on the lights and show the pagans that illumination, inspiration, capitalism, creativity and sobriety in the face of hysterics is how we conquer our problems.

So, if you also have a higher opinion of the Creator than you do of fear-mongers, join me and turn on every unnecessary light you can from 8:30 to 9:30pm on the 29th. I’m turning on my pool lights, I’ll light some tiki torches, and I’ll probably leave the fridge open for that hour just to make sure my carbon production offsets the liberal church-ladies shoving their religion down my throat.

Check back in tonight about 8:45 PDT and I may post a picture or two of my well-lit house.

Mother Earth Rains On Earth Day Concert

The greenies showed up in Washington D.C. yesterday for a big Earth Day concert, but Mother Earth had ideas of her own:

Yes, it rained, and yes, the ground was slick and muddy, but no, it did not prevent thousands of people from coming to the Mall yesterday to join an estimated 1 billion people around the world who were participating in Earth Day celebrations to promote environmental awareness.

Despite downpours, the show went on for most of the day with singers and speakers under a huge tent as spectators under a sea of umbrellas hollered and hooted. The rain caused fits and starts; during one break in the program, some people headed to nearby museums for cover. And eventually, the weather did win out. Late in the afternoon the rest of the event was canceled, but not before the environmentally conscious had their say.

If Al Gore had been there it would have snowed.