I read the blogs and listen to the news every day. Most of the time, when I see something that pisses me off, my reaction is that of mild disgust. Last night, however, I passed the level of outrage when I saw an article on Planet Gore that tells of the destruction of one of the more intelligent species of hominids in the name of producing biofuels.
The Indonesians are steadily clearing the rainforest habitat of the orangutan to make way for palm oil plantations at the behest of the European Union’s thirst for biofuels, bio-diesel, in particular. The result is that the apes are being slaughtered and displaced.
Where the hell is PETA? Where the hell is Greenpeace? My guess is they’re too busy scheming about their next assault on the ‘evil’ USA.
Read Iain Murray’s Planet Gore article, “Crucifying Apes on a Cross of Green“, for the outrageous details.
It is a sad thing the plight of the orangs. They have been in a major decline along with their habitat for years. Very hard to get them readjusted to new places so relocation does not always work.
As for PETA, ALF, ELF, Greenpeace, screw them all – they are little more than control freak charlatans. I guess that makes them sort of like most Europeans, since they want to control us too, and like typical ultra leftists they hate anything related to the USA, but it is okay for them to mess things over. Somehow they will blame it on us when all the orangs are gone the way of the passenger pigeon.
All the best,
GB
The thing that pissed me off the most about this is the freakin’ mandate and timetable that the Europeans have levied on themselves to “go green” – except for the the fact that the palm oil plantations are having an opposite-to-green effect on the orangutans. The seething hypocrisy is what drives me nuts.
And you’re right – screw the ad hoc greenies – their organizations are nothing more than a collection of subversive agitators waiting for the next opportunity to screw over America.
Jeezes,
so this is how it works? You get a comment that you don’t like and you just remove it? Talking about hypocrisy…Why do you post comments if you’re not open for discussion?
Like I told before: Greenpeace IS doing something for the Indonesian forests:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/footer/search?q=indonesia+forest
Or don’t you want to know about it and just continue criticizing others without acting yourself?
Leftie,
Your previous comment was removed because it violated our policy for commenting; comments that contain personal attacks are not tolerated – clearly, you did not read the rules. And there you go again, accusing me of being a hypocrite when you know absolutely nothing about me personally, or the animal rescue and rehabilitation activities we support financially and as volunteers.
I looked at the link you reference above and see absolutely nothing constructive that Greenpeace is doing for Indonesia. Other than maintaining a list of complaints and some small amount of protesting, it’s business as usual for an extremist group that would rather obstruct than mediate.
Hi Bob,
I’m glad you’ve left this comment and that you seem open for discussion now.
I don’t understand what your problem actually is with Greenpeace. Their tactics consist of reporting to the media, as you see they have many times reported what is going wrong in the Indonesian forests so that the public opinion at least knows what is happening there. With the actions they do, they also try to attract as much media attention as possible, for the above reason.
But next to that they also try to put pressure on politicians to influence their decision making.
I don’t know what you think they should do instead? You must realize that for a lot of environmental problems and issues there is no easy 1-2-3 ready solution and it takes lots of time and effort to take steps in the right direction.
About the rescue and rehabilitation activities you support and volunteer for: keep up the good work