Americans vs. Government

[M.D. Rawlings]

Absolutely!


Big government is the enemy of private property rights, and is the tool of communism, socialism, Liberalism, Progressivism, etc.


Not only does big government control regulation, disguised in all sorts of 'saving the world' language.....but it twists language to it's own use.

Case in point: 'environmentalism.'


12. Modern environmentalism is, and I mean this in the kindest way, a bastardization of the conservation of the Progressive Era. Today’s devotees are a random mix of a) the pagan religion of Gaia worship, b) folks who believe that human beings are a virus that must be eradicated from the land, c) the ignorant and easily led, and…a very strong influence of the NeoMarxist Frankfurt School.


a. To understand the change in the movement from its earliest days requires a look at Teddy Roosevelt’s efforts. History Professor Andrew Fisher recently lectured on same via American History TV, C-Span 3, [ Lectures in History: Conservation & the Progressive Era | C-SPAN]


b. Teddy Roosevelt, icon of conservation, along with his ideological soul-mate, Gifford Pinchot, head of the Division of Forestry (later the Forest Service), strongly believed in the preservation of forest lands. Their view of conservation saw waste as the problem…..not people. “He was a progressive who strongly believed in theefficiency movement. The most economically efficient use of natural resources was his goal; waste was his great enemy.” Gifford Pinchot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


c. TR and Pinchot did not intend to set aside forests for perpetual pristine preservation. Their conservation was anthropocentric, a very different concept from modern environmentalists. No, their aim was to set aside resources for future development, for profit, and for the benefit of the many: “The greatest good, for the greatest number, for the longest time” (the Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham). The TR/Pinchot plan was for the preserves to be multiple use forests: for logging, for grazing, for mining and for recreation. The saw that efficient use is a way to maintain America’s position in the world.


d. While John Muir fought against dams in Yosemite, TR and Pinchot felt that San Francisco’s need for water took precedence.

“With the creation of the National Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture, and with Pinchot as its first director, his view prevailed in Washington: forests would be treated like a crop, not a temple. Pinchot prevailed again when he persuadedPresident Theodore Rooseveltto allow the construction of the Hetch Hetchy dam inYosemite, despite Muir's vociferous objections.” The National Parks: America's Best Idea: Historical Figures | PBS

Taking the terms "mother earth" and "Gaia," this feminism/paganism has invaded the public schools. In a newsletter distributed in an Indianapolis high school, students were told, "It will take time, it will challenge the boundaries of your soul, to work with diligence and persistence to save our environment, our lives, our future, our mother earth" (William Norman Grigg, “Advance of the Gaia Gestapo", The New American, August 8, 1994, p. 17).

Evidence of this paganism within much of the environmental movement is also noted in former Vice-President Al Gore’s book, Earth in the Balance, where he points favorably to the pantheism of pagan religions. "The richness and diversity of our religious traditions throughout history is a spiritual resource long ignored by people of faith, who are often afraid to open their minds to teachings first offered outside their own system of belief. But the emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously throughout the world has...spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This pan religious perspective may prove especially important where our global civilization’s responsibility for earth is concerned" (Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, pp. 258-259, quoted in "Al Gore’s Vision of Global Salvation" by Berit Kjos).

 

[NYcarbineer]

No, NY Carb cannot see past the narrow views of his ideology.

I know a troll thread when I see one, and treat it accordingly.

 

[saveliberty]

NYC's post translation: "I got nothing."

 

[OnePercenter]

Confiscatory Taxation. Onerous Regulation. Massive Military Industrial Complex. Instituted Political Correctness. Banker Devalued Currency. Manufacturing Jobs shipped overseas. Police State. Gov't Surveillance Grid. Corporations control Government. Corporations Write Laws that get passed by corrupt Govt's.

But it's ok we got "57 channels of sh*t on the TV to choose from!". That's Freedom!

Let's chant together!: USA! USA! USA!

Quit voting for Republicans.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Quit voting for Republicans.

Words cannot limn how wrong you are.

A hint...to point you in the right direction:

'But he did identify what he called “tactical lessons.” He let himself look too much like “the same old tax-and-spend liberal Democrat.” 'http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17obama-t.html

 

[Jarlaxle]

I know a troll thread when I see one, and treat it accordingly.

Dude, by definition, every thread that you pollute by posting in it becomes a troll thread!

 

[NYcarbineer]

Taking the terms "mother earth" and "Gaia," this feminism/paganism has invaded the public schools. In a newsletter distributed in an Indianapolis high school, students were told, "It will take time, it will challenge the boundaries of your soul, to work with diligence and persistence to save our environment, our lives, our future, our mother earth" (William Norman Grigg, “Advance of the Gaia Gestapo", The New American, August 8, 1994, p. 17).

Evidence of this paganism within much of the environmental movement is also noted in former Vice-President Al Gore’s book, Earth in the Balance, where he points favorably to the pantheism of pagan religions. "The richness and diversity of our religious traditions throughout history is a spiritual resource long ignored by people of faith, who are often afraid to open their minds to teachings first offered outside their own system of belief. But the emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously throughout the world has...spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This pan religious perspective may prove especially important where our global civilization’s responsibility for earth is concerned" (Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, pp. 258-259, quoted in "Al Gore’s Vision of Global Salvation" by Berit Kjos).

Speaking of 'pagans', and our friend Willa Cather, what did she have to say about the pagan American Indians, and their treatment of the land?

Well she seemed to admire them in a very liberal, environmentalist way:

"They ravaged neither the rivers nor the forest, and if they irrigated, they took as little water as would serve their needs. The land and all that it bore they treated with consideration; not attempting to improve it, they never desecrated it."

Hmmm.....
Willa Cather Quotes (Author of My Ántonia) (page 2 of 8)