Nobody
wants to live in a polluted area, no matter what political leanings he/she may
have. Most Americans take good care of their environment and volunteer to clean
pollution. We passed some good regulations years ago and we have cleaned up our
act in many areas, giving new life to formerly abused habitats, reducing
pollution drastically. However, all this faux “greening” around me is nauseating
and so is the EPA.
I
started watching with purpose the behavior of my liberal neighbors, who
comprise more than ninety-five percent of the surrounding population, and made
some interesting observations. I see the eco-nuts shopping in their
environmentally friendly Priuses and Smartcars, wearing “Diversity is Great”
t-shirts and exhibiting Coexist bumper stickers with religious symbols, carrying
dirty re-usable shopping bags with a smug and superior smirk, mixing meats and
veggies in the same unwashed bag.
I
am not an engineer to calculate the footprint of producing a re-usable bag vs.
a plastic bag and the ultimate damage to the environment. I do know that both are
made from petroleum by-products. I also know that it is unhealthy and dangerous
to re-use eco-friendly grocery bags that are not laundered frequently and
thoroughly.
I
get dirty looks when I take out grocery store plastic bags and reuse them for
trash, dirty kitty litter, and recycle the unused bags. Judging by the scant
content of recycling trash bins in the street, liberals do not recycle much, in
spite of the loud and obnoxious “save the planet” rhetoric. Perhaps they cook
everything from scratch, never use any packaging, and live like the Wild West
pioneers.
There
is bright red communism inside the “green” environmentalist power grab and
control. The country is spending billions it does not have in order to appease
the “green” egos and the money making political machine.
We
must pay punishing carbon taxes but Al Gore and Hollywood can fly their jets
shamelessly while lecturing us on cutting our carbon footprint, turning the
thermostat down in winter, up in summer, buying $50 light bulbs or mercury
laden compact fluorescent light bulbs, driving less, riding bikes, walking, or
staying home for the sake of the planet.
We
are spending money borrowed from China in order to advertise that we are “green”
and to reinvent the wheel. Our President wasted billions of dollars on
alternative and expensive green energy, and “saved or created” non-existent green
jobs, causing generations of future Americans to be slaves to a national debt
far exceeding Gross Domestic Product.
Rep.
Darrell Issa asked a BLS representative recently what the definition of a “green
job” was. I was curious myself and I got my answer from President Obama’s
highly qualified professorial administration. Any job can be green if you tweak
the definition - bus driver, floor sweeper, Salvation Army employee, antique
dealer, college professor in an environmental studies department, repair shop
mechanic or clerk, any worker in a place that recycles, oil lobbyist, and the
list can be endless.
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defines green jobs as any products and
services that “collect, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, or compost waste
materials or waste water.” Rep. Darrell Issa said, “Any type of business that
sells used goods is a green job, according to BLS.” By this definition, a flea
market seller has a green job. (The Blaze, Becket Adams and Jason Howerton,
June 8, 2012)
If
I increase public awareness of environmental issues, I have a green job. If I
drive a bus instead of a car, I have a green job. If I drive a two-seater tin
can called the Smartcar, I am green. If I teach about environmental doom and
gloom, I am a green employee. If I make a movie about nature, I am green.
National Geographic is definitely a green company. If I work at the zoo and
scoop poop, I have a green job. If I compost my garden, I am green.
It
has been evident for almost four years now that the Labor Department has been
manipulating employment data for political purposes. Rep. Issa, chairman of the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, indicated that the Obama
administration has reclassified ordinary jobs as “green jobs” in order to prove
that billions of taxpayer dollars have created green and eco-friendly jobs, and
to increase President Obama’s re-election chances. The government should
actually create jobs not attempt to snow job the taxpayers.
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