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Archive for June 28th, 2007

I have a strong feeling that Globe readers will not be overly impressed with today’s National Post editorial.

Important Update: Things changed dramatically by the end of the Globe poll!

More updates - Guns ready to deal with police - “It’s our intent to go out and ensure a safe day. Unfortunately, previous incidents have shown that aggressive tactics by the police need to be met with equal resistance by the people that they’re bringing those against.”

Is it fair to expect members of the Kyoto Kult to practise what they preach?

In today’s National Post, Kevin Libin uncovers a scathing exposé of hypocritical actions by so-called environmentalists and green advocates- Emissions omissions.

He cites the Kyoto high priests themselves, Suzuki and Gore, whom we all already know emit more hot air when giving speeches than most ordinary Canadians do in a lifetime.

But he also hones in on Liberal Environment critic David McGuinty, of the Flying McGuinty Brothers. (Great blog there, BTW)

Libin provides a stinging list of David’s environmental sins acquired by access to information. Just check out McGuinty’s carbon footprint! You’ll be blown away by the greenhouse gases.

Anyway, as we all know brother Dalton is having his own problems - especially lately with news leaking out of his own Environment Minister Laurel Broten’s unpopular plans to build a huge two-story garage to accommodate “one of their four vehicles, baby gear and bikes.” Neighbours are not happy due to the threat to a large nearby tree and the perceived visual impact of such a monstrosity.

Then there is the matter of those fours vehicles, which Broten defends as something her husband is entitled to, after having become a “mining town boy made good”.

Ah, so if you achieve some financial success in your life, you’re allowed to drive a bunch of fancy cars. Or maybe they’re just saving them for the boys, who should be ready to drive in around 15 years or so…

Anyway, back to the Post article. An actual Doomsday Believer is frustrated with these high-profile, so-called green advocates who make convenient exceptions for themselves:

“It’s arrogance. It’s a sense of entitlement. A lot of people in the environmental movement, and in government, are so convinced that they’re smarter than everybody else, a certain amount of behaviour just comes from that.”

What do you think? Do you feel it’s acceptable for these environmental saviours to preach one thing but do another?

If you’re rich enough to purchase carbon credits to offset your lifestyle, does that seem fair to others that are being asked to make huge personal sacrifices with cutting back on the A/C in the summer, shivering in the winter, letting their lawns go brown and taking the bus to work?

Or are such questions considered to be an act of heresy?