Today's dose of Eco-education

Five Myths About Green Energy

Americans are being inundated with claims about renewable and alternative energy. Advocates for these technologies say that if we jettison fossil fuels, we'll breathe easier, stop global warming and revolutionize our economy. Yes, "green" energy has great emotional and political appeal. But before we wrap all our hopes -- and subsidies -- in it, let's take a hard look at some common misconceptions about what "green" means.

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Harrison Ford to Green Critics: 'I’ll Walk Everywhere When They Walk Everywhere,' 'I Only Fly One' of My 7 Planes 'At A Time'

Actor, environmental activist and pilot Harrison Ford, who owns seven airplanes, told his environmental critics that he will "start walking everywhere when they start walking everywhere.” Ford spoke on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about general aviation at an event sponsored by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. In reference to his environmental detractors who criticize his ownership of seven airplanes, CNSNews.com asked Ford if his green activism coupled with his flying was a “contradiction.” Ford said, "They’re quite right. I’ll start walking everywhere when they start walking everywhere."

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These Are Evil People

In "Greedy, Evil, and Green," economist Walter Williams offers sensible suggestions regarding the reality of the warming of the earth. The Global Warming Crisis is a religion, he says. Further, some of the people who are forcing their greedy green policies on the rest of us are evil.
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You might also like to see what the late Michael Crichton had to say about the environmental movement being a religion, complete with requirements for "salvation." Note that during his talk with students, one of them asks, "What caused you to be so prejudiced toward this religion?"

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If you give a Muslim a cookie...

Muslims Want Franklin Graham Removed From Capitol Prayer

Less than a week after Franklin Graham was disinvited from the Pentagon prayer event, the evangelist faces another attempt to remove him from a National Day of Prayer observation. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that is widely accused of having ties to terrorists, has called on congressional sponsors of the National Day of Prayer event on Capitol Hill to rescind Graham's invitation to speak at the May 6 gathering. CAIR denounced Graham as an "anti-Islam preacher" who sends a message of "religious intolerance."

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This is what Uncle Sam calls healthcare

Senate Panel Previews Electronic Health Technology

The Senate Committee on Aging last week offered a preview of the government’s future role in health care, showing how Americans will interact with doctors and other health care providers. The demonstration offers a glimpse at an overlooked effect of health care reform. The effort, loosely called e-Health or e-Care, combines health-care technology with 21st-century Internet connectivity. It will allow doctors to interact with their patients through innovations such as video chats, telephone health checkups, and home-health monitoring devices that relay data over wireless Internet connections. "The development of the broadband network and health information technologies has the potential to truly transform health care and simultaneously enable better outcomes and lowering costs," said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

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Parents without a spine

Even though our children are dying, there are still some who find it easier to give up and give in rather than protect and fight for them.

Let Teens Drink? Parents Wrestle With The Question

With matters of health, safety, morality and legality to consider, what goes through parents' minds when they determine what stance to take with their children on alcohol? Debbie Taylor says she told her son, Casey, that she didn't want him to drink while underage, but if he ever did, he was not to drive. She wishes her message had been different. Casey Taylor, of Casper, Wyoming, was 18 when he died of alcohol poisoning in July 2002.

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Somone still has a backbone!

Talk about dumb and dumber. This began when a "diversity group", presided over by a Muslim, at a Christian-founded college (which has the word "Trinity" in its name!!!) were outraged that their diplomas would have "In the Year of our Lord" on them.

University Will Retain 'In The Year Of Our Lord' On Diplomas

Trustees at Trinity University in Texas have voted to keep the words "In the Year of our Lord" on its diplomas. A campus diversity group had asked the school to drop the phrase to reflect an "inclusive campus spirit." Walter R. Huntley, vice chairman of the Trinity board of trustees, said the board thought the language was appropriate. "The board's decision reflects its desire to continue a Trinity tradition," he said, "and the words 'in the year of our Lord' are appropriate for the diploma, given Trinity's history and heritage." The school was founded in 1869 by the Presbyterian church.

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America's Decline

Another reason for the decline of morality in America as well as its standing in the world. Each passing generation sees more turning away from God and turning toward idolatry of self.

Survey: 72% Of Millennials 'More Spiritual Than Religious'

Most young adults today don't pray, don't worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows. If the trends continue, "the Millennial generation will see churches closing as quickly as GM dealerships," says Thom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources. In the group's survey of 1,200 18- to 29-year-olds, 72% say they're "really more spiritual than religious." Among the 65% who call themselves Christian, "many are either mushy Christians or Christians in name only," Rainer says. "Most are just indifferent. The more precisely you try to measure their Christianity, the fewer you find committed to the faith."

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Anti-Abortion Legislation Keeps Coming!

Praise God!

Oklahoma House Overrides Veto Of Law Mandating Ultrasounds Before Abortions

The Oklahoma House voted overwhelmingly Monday to override vetoes of two restrictive abortion measures Gov. Brad Henry has called unconstitutional intrusions into citizens' private lives and decisions. The Senate was expected to follow suit Tuesday, after which the bills would become law. One of the measures requires women to undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before getting an abortion. The other prohibits pregnant women from seeking damages if physicians withhold information or provide inaccurate information about their pregnancy. Supporters said the second measure was aimed at preventing women from discriminating against fetuses with disabilities.

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