Comments on: Earth Day Blues http://jackheald.com/earth-day/ Thu, 03 May 2012 03:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack Heald » Blog Archive » We Are Wired to be Stupid http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3914 Jack Heald » Blog Archive » We Are Wired to be Stupid Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:12:51 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3914 [...] to all of you who read and commented on my Earth Day post. Bookmark [...] [...] to all of you who read and commented on my Earth Day post. Bookmark [...]

]]> By: Woodsman http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3913 Woodsman Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:13:12 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3913 Well said Jack. I am old enough to remember the infancy of the modern day environmental movement. I remember well the pedestal upon which my teachers placed Rachel Carson and her ilk. What baffles me is how now, after the premise of "Silent Spring" has been thoroughly discredited, and how after tens of thousands (if not millions) of people in third world countries have died of malaria due to the banning of DDT, the enviros and the lamestream media STILL revere Rachel Carson as some kind of saint. The real irony is how those urban earth children scorn those of us in flyover country who kill and grow the bulk of our sustenance. Those "enlightened" souls who think that food comes from a market. Their attitude of superiority will evaporate like yesterday's rain puddle less than a week after the trucks stop delivering. Then watch how fast they devolve and start killing one another over a scrap of food and a cup full of tepid water. Well said Jack. I am old enough to remember the infancy of the modern day environmental movement. I remember well the pedestal upon which my teachers placed Rachel Carson and her ilk. What baffles me is how now, after the premise of “Silent Spring” has been thoroughly discredited, and how after tens of thousands (if not millions) of people in third world countries have died of malaria due to the banning of DDT, the enviros and the lamestream media STILL revere Rachel Carson as some kind of saint.

The real irony is how those urban earth children scorn those of us in flyover country who kill and grow the bulk of our sustenance. Those “enlightened” souls who think that food comes from a market. Their attitude of superiority will evaporate like yesterday’s rain puddle less than a week after the trucks stop delivering. Then watch how fast they devolve and start killing one another over a scrap of food and a cup full of tepid water.

]]> By: richb313 http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 richb313 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:44:09 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3912 I have spent most of my life at sea. It can be very beautiful at times but the sea will kill you quick. You never win you co-exist. The sea always wins in the end. It is a constant struggle to survive. I have been in storms with waves towering 100 feet. Yes I was in "The Perfect Storm". Waves towered above us on all sides then we were on top and everywhere you looked was down. We had green water as high as the bridge which was 5 decks up from the main deck which was 35 feet above the waterline. When you spend your life at sea you gain some perspective and realize how puny we humans really are. At first it was amuzing hearing all these ignorant Earth Firsters and Greenies talk but now it is dangerous. The earth is in fine shape. It is still in orbit around the sun with no signs of sudden decay. There are no huge asteroids or comets currently on a collision course. When we get wind of something of that magnitude, then we might need to do something but won't have the capability because we have trashed our ability to get into space. I have spent most of my life at sea. It can be very beautiful at times but the sea will kill you quick. You never win you co-exist. The sea always wins in the end. It is a constant struggle to survive. I have been in storms with waves towering 100 feet. Yes I was in “The Perfect Storm”. Waves towered above us on all sides then we were on top and everywhere you looked was down. We had green water as high as the bridge which was 5 decks up from the main deck which was 35 feet above the waterline. When you spend your life at sea you gain some perspective and realize how puny we humans really are. At first it was amuzing hearing all these ignorant Earth Firsters and Greenies talk but now it is dangerous.

The earth is in fine shape. It is still in orbit around the sun with no signs of sudden decay. There are no huge asteroids or comets currently on a collision course. When we get wind of something of that magnitude, then we might need to do something but won’t have the capability because we have trashed our ability to get into space.

]]> By: The Obligatory Earth Day Post « A Conservative Wanderer http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3911 The Obligatory Earth Day Post « A Conservative Wanderer Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:34:37 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3911 [...] Jack Heald: I’m convinced Earth Day was conceived by tea-sipping western European elites who live in mild [...] [...] Jack Heald: I’m convinced Earth Day was conceived by tea-sipping western European elites who live in mild [...]

]]> By: joe in houston http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 joe in houston Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:13:55 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3910 being from east texas and having lived in more than a few other places in texas, as well as some of those dreadful yankee countries,i can agree with you wholeheartedly. i driven along side tornadoes,walked through floods,sheltered during hurricanes and cleaned up after ice storms. and thats all in the past 10 years of living in this town! not to mention snow one day and temps in the 70's the next. being from east texas and having lived in more than a few other places in texas, as well as some of those dreadful yankee countries,i can agree with you wholeheartedly. i driven along side tornadoes,walked through floods,sheltered during hurricanes and cleaned up after ice storms. and thats all in the past 10 years of living in this town! not to mention snow one day and temps in the 70′s the next.

]]> By: Larry J http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Larry J Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:39:38 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-3909 My coworkers and I just celebrated Earth Day in what we believe is an appropriate manner. To celebrate the Earth’s bounty, we drove to a restaurant and ate the flesh of dead animals. My coworkers and I just celebrated Earth Day in what we believe is an appropriate manner. To celebrate the Earth’s bounty, we drove to a restaurant and ate the flesh of dead animals.

]]> By: Ode to Mother Earth on Her Special Day | FreeDomains@Blog http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Ode to Mother Earth on Her Special Day | FreeDomains@Blog Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:51:51 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-303 [...] love Mother Earth. Really. Tags: Books Introduction Posted in Books Introduction « In Riverdale? Next Post [...] [...] love Mother Earth. Really. Tags: Books Introduction Posted in Books Introduction « In Riverdale? Next Post [...]

]]> By: Bradford http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Bradford Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:28:30 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-301 You got a lot of nerve disparaging Texas weather while writing from Arizona, where if your car breaks down on I-10 too far from town and you tried to walk back, you could die from heat exhaustion or dehydration or sunburn and skin cancer before you reached civilization. Sheesh! That would never happen in Texas. Well, at least not in places other than West Texas. You got a lot of nerve disparaging Texas weather while writing from Arizona, where if your car breaks down on I-10 too far from town and you tried to walk back, you could die from heat exhaustion or dehydration or sunburn and skin cancer before you reached civilization. Sheesh! That would never happen in Texas. Well, at least not in places other than West Texas.

]]> By: Jack http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Jack Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:58:20 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-300 Ahhhh.... Good point there, cuz. Ahhhh…. Good point there, cuz.

]]> By: Earth Day Blues » The Upward Way Press http://jackheald.com/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Earth Day Blues » The Upward Way Press Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:56:16 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=190#comment-299 [...] via Jack Heald » Blog Archive » Earth Day Blues [...] [...] via Jack Heald » Blog Archive » Earth Day Blues [...]

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