It's Funny What Real Problems Do

Fairy tales seem small time when compared with bad news from the stock market.

There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada. - Windsor Star

I'm sure there's an easy explanation. Like being told for the past 20 years that the world is heating up, only to step outside and freeze your ass of from October to May. Like usual.

This is why I think the enviro-boobs changed the theme from global warming to climate change. That way if the Earth didn't heat up on cue, they could point to a hurricane or a blizzard and say, "See! See!" Doublethink is their specialty.

People have all kinds of time to listen to garbage when they have nothing else to worry about. Then they hear that the big 3 auto makers might go bust and Senator Charles Shumer's response is that people should buy green cars. You know, the expensive hybrids that the move stars buy. Great, Chuck.

Or how about Toronto, where they've decided to charge you more for every bag of garbage you put on the curb. That's not much of a hassle for a beer swilling bachelor, but it puts the kibosh on junior's new shoes if he lives with a family of six.

Or how about the latest news from glorious Toronto: a by-law is being tabled to force shops to sell plastic bags at 5 cents apiece. Toronto takes the phrase "nickle and dime them to death" straight to heart.

Then there's the Chief of the Enviro-Boobs, Al Gore. He flies around in a gas guzzling jet while telling people to turn off their lights and pay him big bucks to mouth off about polar bears. Maybe, just maybe, people are beginning to see through the hypocrisy.

Point is, "going green" only makes you go green because you're ready to barf at how expensive it all is. Going green costs money. When wallets get tight, going green doesn't seem like a great idea.

Real life is meeting the religion of Environmentalism in a head-on collision. When the dust settles, I'm guessing real life will be the winner.