What Liberals Say » Environment

The real enemy is humanity itself

Alexander King — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:27 +0000

“In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself.

Environment

David Brower — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:11:42 +0000

“Loggers losing their jobs because of spotted owl legislation is, in my eyes, no different than people being out of work after the furnaces of Dachau shut down.”

Family

David Ross Brower — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:07:55 +0000

“Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license… All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.”

Crazy Environmentalist part 2

David Ross Brower — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:04:38 +0000

“While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind.”

Crazy environmentalist

David Ross Brower — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:01:23 +0000

“I founded Friends of the Earth to make the Sierra Club look reasonable. Then I founded the Earth Island Institute to make Friends of the Earth seem reasonable. Earth First! now makes us look reasonable. We are still waiting for someone to come along and make Earth First! look reasonable.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want . . . That’s just not going to happen

Barack Obama — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:55:48 +0000

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.”

If you deny global warming, you’re a Nazi

Ellen Goodman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:14:48 +0000

“Let’s just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.”

Mother Earth is a Victim

Brian Williams — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:43:12 +0000

“My nominee was a woman — a victim of abuse. A strong, resilient woman who is a constant topic of discussion these days: Mother Earth.”

Treason has a whole new meaning

Robert F. Kennedy Jr — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:13:05 +0000

“This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors.”

–speaking of global warming opponents

We are what is wrong

Al Gore — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:50:23 +0000

“The earth has a fever. And the fever is rising…[Something] basic is wrong. We are what is wrong…”