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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Lozo777 on April 22, 2010, 04:02:20 PM
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Okay so since it's earth day today I think we should all get together and start a HUGE garbage fire :D
anybody feel like helping out?
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I hope your seieus because i hate earth day..dumb earth worshipers!
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yeah i dont see what the big deal is. its just earth.
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http://www.homestarrunner.com/pistols4pandas.html (http://www.homestarrunner.com/pistols4pandas.html)
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in honor of Earth day ever one should make a green deck! all green! Green offense or PG Defense or better yet use cards that have images like trees and land and stuff lol. that would be a challenge.
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in honor of Earth day ever one should make a green deck! all green! Green offense or PG Defense or better yet use cards that have images like trees and land and stuff lol. that would be a challenge.
I think I'll use a black and brown defense.
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yeah i dont see what the big deal is. its just earth.
If you ask me, Earth is pretty overrated.
I think I'll go out and kill a few trees now.
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yeah i dont see what the big deal is. its just earth.
If you ask me, Earth is pretty overrated.
I think I'll go out and kill a few trees now.
I'll come with!
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in honor of Earth day ever one should make a green deck! all green! Green offense or PG Defense or better yet use cards that have images like trees and land and stuff lol. that would be a challenge.
I think I'll use a black and brown defense.
For the dirt? lol and i kill trees everyday!
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I'm doing my math right now. on paper. :o
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Its earth day. Do you know where Captain Planet is?
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summon him!
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fire!
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summon him!
WHO DARES AWAKEN THE PLANET SMASHER...
wait, I think we're quoting two different things...
...Odd, I just thought of two songs by the SAME ARTIST because of this thread...
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fire!
water!
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fire!
water!
Chuck Norrris!
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Wind!!! Chuck Norris is the secret id of capt. planet
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Well, iam glad to see that as christians we are leading the way in environmental protection. It seems so refreshing to see so many christians posting in favor of the rape of the natural world, when God clearly called us to be good stewards of his gift to us..
But go ahead! Jump right in bed with Corporate intrests and environmental mis-management because clearly they have the earths best intrests in heart. and of course..If JESUS were here, he would clearly slam another 64 oz big gulp as he cruised down the road in his new H3 leaving a carbon footprint big enough to stop a team of oxen in their tracks.
seriously, go ahead an align conservative Christianity..or any christianity as far as that goes with those intrests...God loves a strong economy..ESPECIALLY at the expense of the earth...its in the bible...
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I know some people were joking and i was too!
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Well, iam glad to see that as christians we are leading the way in environmental protection. It seems so refreshing to see so many christians posting in favor of the rape of the natural world, when God clearly called us to be good stewards of his gift to us..
But go ahead! Jump right in bed with Corporate intrests and environmental mis-management because clearly they have the earths best intrests in heart. and of course..If JESUS were here, he would clearly slam another 64 oz big gulp as he cruised down the road in his new H3 leaving a carbon footprint big enough to stop a team of oxen in their tracks.
seriously, go ahead an align conservative Christianity..or any christianity as far as that goes with those intrests...God loves a strong economy..ESPECIALLY at the expense of the earth...its in the bible...
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
I don't think we should be encouraging Christians to "jump right in bed" with anyone but their wives. ;)
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Clock wins.
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Clock wins.
I actually thought that was YMT at first. Clock wins.
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Conservatives are all about personally-policed conservation. Check this out:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp (http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp)
For my part, my family:
- regularly fills our recycle can, while our trash can is usually less than half full each week.
- bought a house that was close to where I work (less than a mile and a half), so that I ride my bike to work every day (on very rainy days I'll get a ride).
- own only one car. In the 10 years we've owned it, it has accumulated only about 60,000 miles.
- installed energy efficient windows and insulation
- walk to the grocery store when we only want a few smaller items (it is about a half mile away).
The principles of conservation are good for individuals (in general, they mean fatter wallets and thinner bellies), but work best when the person doing it cares (as Christians should), and isn't being forced to do it by a big-government politicians (many of whom are hypocritical when it comes to conservation).
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My comments were aimed at those I percieved to be thumbing their nose at the environmental movement (which mainly consists of private citizens)
ANd while conservation is laudable
it did not reduce the Acid rain that was devastating forests in the Appalachian mountains during the 70s and 80s.
It did not eliminate the use of lead in gasoline
it did not eliminate the use of CFC's which have devastated the ozone layer.
All of these were implimented using the imperfect system of government that we have. If the Government had not stepped in, we would all still be paying the social cost of these corporate practices with our lives.
Politicians may be hypocritical, but that doenst mean that the policies that they impliment are always hypocritical. and sometimes big government has to be the catcher in the rye for those who are unable see the big picture. if left to our own devices we likely would not have dealt with the Ozone layer until we all got skin cancer and it was too late.
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on Bryon's note, we recycle and use florescent lights. probably some other things too.
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Politicians may be hypocritical, but that doenst mean that the policies that they impliment are always hypocritical. and sometimes big government has to be the catcher in the rye for those who are unable see the big picture. if left to our own devices we likely would not have dealt with the Ozone layer until we all got skin cancer and it was too late.
The problem with turning things over to "big government" is that they, too, only see what they want to see. Pay anyone enough money and they will say whatever you want to say. Most in congress wants to make sure that they are re-elected and to get their own agendas passed. There are scientists all over that state that our effect on the earth is very small.
Here's a quote from a climatologist:
The questions was, What about the better-safe-than-sorry argument? Even if there's a chance Gore and Hansen are wrong, shouldn't we still take action in order to protect ourselves from catastrophe, just in case they're right?
His answer was:
The problem is that the solutions being offered don't provide any detectable relief from this so-called catastrophe. Congress is now discussing an 80% reduction in U.S. greenhouse emissions by 2050. That's basically the equivalent of building 1,000 new nuclear power plants all operating by 2020. Now I'm all in favor of nuclear energy, but that would affect the global temperature by only seven-hundredths of a degree by 2050 and fifteen hundredths by 2100. We wouldn't even notice it.
The main problem is not the government’s fault. It’s actually the people who just go along with the ads they see and not research the company itself. If more and more people start taking care of it, then the impact on our lives would be better. And besides, the more regulations we put on business, the more they will leave our country and go to a place that doesn’t have the regulations. Once they do that, we will have all the regulations we can have but then we would also have no jobs here.
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All of these were implimented using the imperfect system of government that we have. If the Government had not stepped in, we would all still be paying the social cost of these corporate practices with our lives.
Government can and must do what no other entity can do: pass laws that protect its citizens from harmful toxins. Of course it was right to remove lead from fuel and paint. Of course it was right to remove asbestos and other cancer-causing agents from building materials. When something has been proven to be harmful/hazardous to the health of citizens of the U.S., and that harm is being spewed into the air we all breathe, or into the water we all drink, then that is an acceptable use of government. But the government does not have to be big and intruding to present simple bans on things like lead and asbestos. When it starts punishing people for having large families, large cars to carry those families, large water bills (to bathe those families, water their yard and trees), large T.V.s so the whole family can watch together, etc. ... THAT is where it crosses the line.
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The federal government's job is to protect people from other people, police fraud, and establish currency. Nowhere in that description does environmentalism play any sort of role.
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Well, iam glad to see that as christians we are leading the way in environmental protection. It seems so refreshing to see so many christians posting in favor of the rape of the natural world, when God clearly called us to be good stewards of his gift to us..
But go ahead! Jump right in bed with Corporate intrests and environmental mis-management because clearly they have the earths best intrests in heart. and of course..If JESUS were here, he would clearly slam another 64 oz big gulp as he cruised down the road in his new H3 leaving a carbon footprint big enough to stop a team of oxen in their tracks.
seriously, go ahead an align conservative Christianity..or any christianity as far as that goes with those intrests...God loves a strong economy..ESPECIALLY at the expense of the earth...its in the bible...
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Are you saying I should become an earth worshipping enviromentalist?
I don't get why it made you so mad. God has things under control. Don't worry
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The federal government's job is to protect people from other people, police fraud, and establish currency. Nowhere in that description does environmentalism play any sort of role.
IMO, the federal government's only jobs should be to establish currency, regulate transportation and communication systems, and maintain a defensive military force. Local governments should have ultimate power over everything else, especially including lawmaking. (Yes, this is going a little off-topic, but I just wanted to say this.) :2cents: