Greenpeace activists left a line in the rainless desert that the government said would last “hundreds or thousands” of years during a stunt to place a message calling for renewable energy and their logo next to the geoglyph of a hummingbird.The article (with photographs) is in The Washington Post. I invite you to guess what troubles WaPo readers more, the seemingly crazy destruction by a lone truck driver or the deliberate destruction by an activist organization.
Trick question! The top-rated comment is: "And the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
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"Inexplicably" An adverb that adds nothing to the story.
This story would have benefited from a picture above the old Greenpeace site -- is the damage still plainly visible, as was claimed would happen in 2014?
Commenter has to be a troll. ;-)
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So now I'm wondering: Is 'inexplicably' in the Headline because it has been shown to increase the possibility of someone clicking the link?
Would you be more or less likely to click the link the word inexplicably was absent?
Virgin forests raped by Republicans need their own #metoo moment.
Given where he highway is, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
The indians in South America walk in single file, at least the one I saw did.
- ancient example of overgeneralization.
We now produce 10 million barrels of oil per day; a record. But we use 20 million. All of this oil consumption can’t be replaced.
Green and “sustainable” energy has been an expensive failure in Europe and hasn’t materially reduced carbon dioxide.
One of Trump’s greatest achievements was pulling out of the Paris deal. That’s one of the reasons why the Left hates him so. It will probably be in the Articles of Impeachment.
Graffiti artists write over older graffiti artists work. It would seem that men want their existence to be noticed, especially so in a wide flat expanse as far as one can see. Thank God for our Mountains majesty and the big trees.
"And the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
A comment typed after a hamburger lunch using electricity to run a laptop with lithium batteries located in a wood framed house with central heat.
"...the despicable republican party murders..."
And for the record, we're "deplorable" and we "ravage" the public lands. Get it right, snowflake.
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Green and “sustainable” energy has been an expensive failure in Europe..."
Not really. European governments have been able to reward their corporate rent seekers with lucrative green contracts, collect gasoline taxes of $3-$4 per gallon, and double and triple residential electrical rates, all the while feeling really, really good about themselves. That's hardly a failure if it was your goal all along.
And the despicable republican party murders our public lands,
Greenpeace is Republicans? Who knew?
And the despicable republican party murders our public lands,
Greenpeace is Republicans? Who knew?
Not only that -- they're Peruvians!
"A truck driver inexplicably plowed over a 2,000-year-old site in Peru, damaging the designs."
Ancient astronauts hardest hit.
Althouse said:
Trick question! The top-rated comment is: "And the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
actually, the top comment now is:
"Some confused bonehead truck driver I can kind of understand. Greenpeace ruining the designs on purpose I just can't wrap my head around. Why in the world would they do that?"
WRT to the substance of: "And the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
I think this was written by an Easterner. Most Westerners understand that the bulk of the West is Federal lands (80% of Nevada) and that most of it is unremarkable. The Feds intrude far too much in the lives of people out West by their arbitrary land decisions.
A National Monument should be a small thing, not more land than some blue states.
"the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
Yes, but if you're going to speak political cant you can do far, far better. For example,: ""Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people!"
Notwithstanding the second part of their name, Greenpeace has a long history of applying violence to "get people to listen to their point of view. Here's how to deal with Greenpeace effectively.
The money quote: "Meanwhile, other traders inside the building were punching and felling men and women with a politically correct lack of sexual discrimination."
"the despicable republican party murders our public lands, our national treasures by opening them for exploitation by the fossil fuel, mining, lumber, cattle interests."
The environmentalists have a narrow definition of "our" when describing public lands. People who "exploit" these lands for fossil fuels, mining, lumber, and cattle are also serving the public interest, and arguably to a greater extent that the it is served by the environmentalists. After all, if there is money to be made in these industries it is because the public finds the products that come from these lands to be of more value than the preservation of the land's undisturbed status.
When the environmentalists speak of "our" public lands they are actually treating public lands as the exclusive property of environmentalists.
Big Mike,
I would have guessed your link would have described this incident instead.
Fossil fuel, mining, cattle. And any other profitable enterprise that can be used to enrich the citizenry of the nation. To hell with leftists.
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