So I took a deep breath, shook off my irritation at the irrationality of some environmentalist wackos, and moved on to the next entries in the Political category. What a refreshing change to read this on an Environmentalist blog:
During the discussion, several of the environmentalists casually referred to business and industry groups as "the polluter lobby".His entry is the showcase is definitely worth reading, and voting for.
To me, this kind of label implies that polluting is the central purpose of their businesses. Somehow, I don't think that's the case. Maybe if we stop referring to them as the polluter lobby, they'll stop calling us "environmental whackos".
I have mixed feeling about endorsing the next entry, from Counterfactually Speaking--this quote is an excellent example of why I am reluctant to recommend it:
"I agree completely that America is in fact the world's most dangerous rogue state and that it has very often interferred with disastrous results in the affairs of sovreign nations. But I also say that the US has not intervened when it should have."Huh.
Joe's Thoughts has an entry that is short and sweet. He gets a vote, too.
There are only two non-political entries so far, and of the two I highly enjoyed this amusing entry from Psyche's Knot. Although Venturpreneur is well written, the issues really didn't interest me. If you're a lawyer or interested in finance, you'll probably enjoy it.
Happy Thanksgiving, Susie!
Posted by: Ith at November 27, 2003 07:42 PMSusie: What I mean is that the USG has illegally used political, economic and military levers to overthrow democratically elected governments in foreign countries (like Chile and Guatemala) in order to promote investment interests, while it has ignored at the same time humanitarian crises of enormous scale (as in Rwanda and Bosnia.) This kind of hypocrisy is something I absolutely cannot abide.
Posted by: Nathan at November 28, 2003 12:00 PM