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10/20/2009

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Mark Arnold

Didn't cash for clunkers involve the "wanton destruction of tens of [millions] of [dollars] worth of machinery"? Was that "wasteful extravagance" or in "poor taste"? It certainly impressed some ecomentalists.

Freddy Hill

“The wanton destruction of tens of thousands of pounds worth of machinery impresses no-one. It’s a wasteful extravagance and, in the middle of a global recession, in very poor taste,” he said.

As I remember, greenies seemed quite impressed with the wasteful extravagance of Cash for Clunkers.

This makes me cry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4

Brian

Really? Did the professor really just say (in effect) "don't mind the opinions of environmentalists...they are simply neo-trotskyists)

It's this sort of categorical logic that makes liberals resent intelligent conservatives who should know better. Glenn Beck can call environmentalists commies, but does prof. Bainbridge really have to stoop to that plane?

William Sjostrom

Greens are keen on other people making sacrifices, not so much for themselves. We all know about Al Gore, but here is another example. John Gormley is the leader of the Irish Green Party, and is also Minister for the Environment. He took a trip to Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire, on the English - Welsh border. Rather than fly there, he made a big show of taking the ferry from Dublin to Holyhead in north Wales. He did not mention that he ordered a Mercedes limo all the way from London (about a five hour drive from London to Holyhead) to get to his destination, at a cost of 2200 euros, and then he flew back to Dublin from Cardiff. Details at http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2009/oct/11/green-gormley-wheres-my-limo/

save_the_rustbelt

I'm guessing the greenies would not appreciate the demolition derbies featuring retired wheat combines.

This is what country folks do when simply mashing cars loses its cachet.

Floridan

I would like to register my complaint about Bainbridge complaining about environmentalists' complaints about Top Gear.

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