If It Takes A Village To Raise A Child Then What Does Burning A Village Do?

To someone, somewhere, this all made sense.

“They said if we hesitated they would shoot us,” said William Bakeshisha, adding that he hid in his coffee plantation, watching his house burn down. “Smoke and fire.”
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But in this case, the government and the company said the settlers were illegal and evicted for a good cause: to protect the environment and help fight global warming.

Bumper Sticker Of The Week

The sticker in and of itself isn't that unusual:

The Suburbs: Where they rip out the trees, and name streets after them.

It's the only sticker that was vaguely political on the car.

The kicker was where the car was found. In a suburb of Richmond, Virginia.


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The New Green Enemy Is. . . Backyard Grilling?

For the love of Pete (Link to the New York Times. Fair warning).

FOOD is responsible for 10 to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By many estimates, cooking represents more of a meal’s carbon footprint than transport. For certain vegetables, it accounts for more emissions than agriculture, transport and disposal combined.

Fourth of July, the national celebration of combustion, presents an opportunity for atonement.

I’m not advising you to forsake grilling this holiday and join the ranks of raw-foodists. Nor do I believe that we can reverse climate change by eating burgers rare instead of well done. But a little creative thinking can reduce this year’s Fourth of July carbon emissions without gustatory sacrifice. And maybe that awareness will carry into other days and other parts of our lives.

Consider potato salad: a pale mixture of boiled potatoes and mayonnaise that is sometimes appetizing but always wasteful. An overwhelming majority of the energy in boiling goes into heating the water rather than cooking the potatoes.
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Now for the burgers and dogs. First, a green disclaimer. Beef is an environmental disaster, no matter how you cook it. However, if you can’t resist grilled cow, your big decision is between charcoal and propane.

And it goes downhill from there.

It starts here. Then some more people will pick up on this and eventually make it's way into the city or state legislator. A bill will be presented requiring permits to buy grills. For the good of the planet, it will be explained. New York City tried to ban salt in prepared foods not too long ago. Would a ban on grills be that far fetched?

But because liberals are really tyrants at heart and 'Going Green' is merely another way to control you life, your diet and your habits.

That only gave me an excuse to show off my Father's Day present:

It's been put to good use too. The first time I tried it out was with chicken quarters and country style ribs:

Tonight it was plain old Beer Can Chicken on the grill:

I also have several slabs of ribs needing to be smoked and a pork shoulder waiting to be cooked low and slow so I would imagine that the carbon offset from those will be huge.

What are you grilling up for this holiday weekend?

It's "We The People" Not "We The Plover"

I haven't talked enough about radical environmental groups here. One more thing on the "I need to do" list for this blog. Among others, a tip jar.*

Many of them fall into the Watermelon category. Green on the outside but Red (Marxist, Socialist, whatever your flavor is) on the inside. Self proclaimed socialist and former 'Green Jobs Czar' Van Jones is a perfect example.

Lisa was kind enough to email these to me. It's a bit long but worth sitting through it to see how environmentalists is using government encroachment to force people off their private property in The Outer Banks (OBX) in North Carolina. It's forced relocation.

Until the Audubon Society needs to sell off some of their land for money. That's primo beach front property. Plovers be damned when there's a buck to be made for the Watermelons.





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*Hey, it can happen. My parents might read this blog one day close to my birthday decide not to send the card that year.