"Welcoming Homer the Tree-Hugger"

George Meyer on the environmental movement:

"Great clouds of hypocrisy swirl around me. But even a fraud has feelings. And this summer, I'm feeling uneasy; I'm starting to think that our culture's frenzied and mindless assault on the last shreds of nature may not be the wisest course.

True, when you go for a stroll on a Sunday afternoon, nothing seems amiss. But as we know from horror movies, that's exactly when the giant alien embryos come blasting out of the sidewalk."

The entire op-ed on BBC is quite good...

There is no place on Earth...

... left cellphone free. When even the top of Mt. Everest gets cell reception, you know the end must be near.

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