Comments on: The real life and the phony life http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:22:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MarkD http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87096 MarkD Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:25:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87096 No, LarryD, There is actual science that proves Freon damages the ozone layer. It is not vented into the atmosphere by any responsible recyclers. It is recovered for reuse where possible. Your point about CO2 offsets is exactly right. They are twenty-first century papal indulgences for sinners/suckers. The fad of indulging children's self-esteen has now reached its inevitable conclusion. Facts are optional, attitude is everything to a significant part of the populace. No, LarryD,

There is actual science that proves Freon damages the ozone layer. It is not vented into the atmosphere by any responsible recyclers. It is recovered for reuse where possible.

Your point about CO2 offsets is exactly right. They are twenty-first century papal indulgences for sinners/suckers.

The fad of indulging children’s self-esteen has now reached its inevitable conclusion. Facts are optional, attitude is everything to a significant part of the populace.

]]> By: LarryD http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87095 LarryD Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:51:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87095 "Carbon offsets" more resemble papal indulgences. That fact that they do nothing to actually reduce CO2 emissions is no surprise, that was never one of their real purposes, high on the list of which is making the buyer feel good about themselves. I've hear that the Freon "disposal" is a similar scam, all that Freon is collected, trucked to a central disposal site, which ... vents it into the atmosphere. “Carbon offsets” more resemble papal indulgences. That fact that they do nothing to actually reduce CO2 emissions is no surprise, that was never one of their real purposes, high on the list of which is making the buyer feel good about themselves.

I’ve hear that the Freon “disposal” is a similar scam, all that Freon is collected, trucked to a central disposal site, which … vents it into the atmosphere.

]]> By: Captain Hate http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87094 Captain Hate Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:25:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87094 Everybody that believed those "carbon offset" solutions please raise your hands. Anybody? Everybody that believed those “carbon offset” solutions please raise your hands.

Anybody?

]]> By: Roger http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87093 Roger Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:31:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87093 Sorry to all who have not been able to post comments. Our MoveableType-TypePAd nightmare is now over... I hope. Sorry to all who have not been able to post comments. Our MoveableType-TypePAd nightmare is now over… I hope.

]]> By: ShoreMark http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87092 ShoreMark Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:09:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87092 "...no one was pretending they were harmless, or innocent or misunderstood..." Terrye, Yes, maybe they were making important sounding noises back then, but the reality is they were pretending there was no threat as witnessed by lack of action behind the empty rhetoric. They got "religion" after 9/11, but only because they knew they had to, now it's back to that status quo -- i.e. they still cannot see the threat and frightenly enough, they represent the thoughts of too many... “…no one was pretending they were harmless, or innocent or misunderstood…”

Terrye, Yes, maybe they were making important sounding noises back then, but the reality is they were pretending there was no threat as witnessed by lack of action behind the empty rhetoric.

They got “religion” after 9/11, but only because they knew they had to, now it’s back to that status quo — i.e. they still cannot see the threat and frightenly enough, they represent the thoughts of too many…

]]> By: Terrye http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87091 Terrye Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:11:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/04/28/the-real-life-and-the-phony-life/#comment-87091 I understand that these people just want to get elected, but at times they actively encourage stupidity. For instance I can remember Democrats and the media talking about Saddam and AlQaida back before Bush came to office and no one was pretending they were harmless, or innocent or misunderstood or not connected to each other in any way. The thing I find amazing is the willingness to revise history and just plain lie. Today we hear Democrats tell how Bush mislead them. Puhleaze, if anything it was the other way around. I understand that these people just want to get elected, but at times they actively encourage stupidity. For instance I can remember Democrats and the media talking about Saddam and AlQaida back before Bush came to office and no one was pretending they were harmless, or innocent or misunderstood or not connected to each other in any way. The thing I find amazing is the willingness to revise history and just plain lie.

Today we hear Democrats tell how Bush mislead them. Puhleaze, if anything it was the other way around.

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