You know, if the filthy hippies had stuck to their communes
…or else just given us cool-looking fashions
…then we’d have been fine. Instead of which, they gave us the pretentiously-named Earth Day, wherein we have to save Mother Gaia RIGHT NOW or else WE’RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!
Of course, as this article suggests, it’s all bullshit. Every single one of their doom-laden prophecies has failed to occur, none are ever likely to occur, and as with all this crap (see: Climate Change OMG), it’s basically cover to end Western civilization and the capitalist system.
Feel free to ignore anything that has “Earth Day” in its title (hence my naming this post “ERF Day”), and you will be the happier for it.
During earth hour back in March where you are supposed to be lights out for an hour, I pledged not to have a bright thought.
During the lights out hour, I burn old tires in celebration.
Just doing my part to flame this feelgood idiocy.
Bonus points for using whale oil to start the tires.
OK, I’ll go talk to some eskimos this summer, because I think they can still do some whaling. I’m too decrepit to chase one myself.
Hmm ………. maybe I should check Amazon.
One of these days I’m going to make Earth Day T-Shirts that say,
Composting: It’s a matter of life and death. – Earth Day Founder Ira Einhorn.
(Backstory: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42711922/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/earth-day-co-founder-killed-composted-girlfriend/)
Oooh ! I’ve got to have one.
“Why bother with a divorce when you can just compost?” — Ira Einhorn
On the positive side, it gave Elizabeth Hurley an opportunity to frolic about sans-clothes, so there’s a silver lining.
Every year, hearing the Erf Day tripe reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw on the back of a logging truck in Northern California years back.
Earth First – We’ll log the other planets later.
I think many of the original hippies would ba apalled by the whole “earth day” thing.