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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"

And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too!

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:04 PM

    Yeah, It's so over the top!

    Oh yeah! And how many bracelets do I have to wear to be considered 'with it'. Notice they are all plastic? I mean how 'carbon neutral' is that?

    And all those little shrines by the road? What would happen if people put all that effort and money into something that actually addresses the causes?

    And WHEN is the rest of the media going to wake up and deliver the otherside of the argument of global warming? There is as much evidence that this is a normal occurance in the world's history as not.

    But then that doesn't prey upon society's guilt or sell copy. Not to mention that it indicates two real things. One is that we think we have influence on Mother Nature (never mind the effluent from the Industrial Revolution or the peat fires in Iron Age) and that we have the attention span of a gnat! We are taking 50 years in an historical span of millions.

    But you go! Sing songs and sell books, never mind their 'carbon-imprint'. And just how much does it cost to print all that money any way?

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