Video: Tree. It’s what you make it.
posted at 4:47 pm on February 8, 2008 by Bryan
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Today’s environmental public service announcement is brought to you by I, Reagan.
Roy Innis pulls a similar rhetorical switcheroo on the environment in today’s Washington Times.
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samuelrylander on February 8, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Very well done. Didn’t see that coming! And the Innis article, just WOW. Enough to cheer up a dispirited Conservative!
RushBaby on February 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Toilet paper, I use a bunch of it.. >:}
:Shame:
Chakra Hammer on February 8, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Heh. I think it was Rush who said that if you believe in the Greenhouse Effect of CGW* theory, the first thing you should do is buy something made of wood.
The lumber company will cut down some trees, and plant twice as many as they cut down. Wood — the environment friendly product.
Jaibones on February 8, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Why CH! I’m shocked! I cannot beleive you are not a 1 sheet per sitting person! : )
kcd on February 8, 2008 at 5:10 PM
This is so spot on.
AbaddonsReign on February 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM
I love these parodies cause most people and liberals agree with them hands down.
I love the nature conservatism spot s also where Tom Hanks says, “Remember sound of calling birds, the sound of a fish in a stream? ”
Like we don’t have these things anymore.
Don’t tell me what to be, don’t tell me what to think, don’t tell me what to be.
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 5:14 PM
1. Wait – who’s this supposed to be against? While people might want to save this forest or that forest, I’ve never heard of a “stop using paper” campaign. I’ve heard of arguments against paper bags at grocery stores, but those arguments regard the amount of petroleum used in transporting the paper. This speech enforces, rather than opposes, that line of argument. And I’ve heard parents and companies tell their kids and subordinates to use both sides of the paper, but that’s more about general thrift than conservation.
2. “Renewable” is not the same as “renewed.” So even the argument against the mythical “stop using paper” campaign is rather poor; it only makes sense if it’s mostly recycled, which makes this more a “keep recycling” campaign rather than a “keep using paper” campaign. Again, I’m confused by what this is supposed to accomplish.
calbear on February 8, 2008 at 5:18 PM
It’s what you make it.
TexasDan on February 8, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Woo Hoo Roy Innis! Thanks for that link, Bryan
Can anyone tell me what all this ethanol production has accomplished, other than to drive up the price of corn and farmland and given Iowa more power than it deserves?
If my foods going to cost more I at least expect my oil and gas to cost less. I’m not seeing that.
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 5:30 PM
At the risk of infuriating you….,
Many cars that have engine knocks and plastic fuel parts melting. Boat motors engine parts failing, the list goes on and on…
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 5:35 PM
in denver “they” want to start charging people 10 cents tax to use either paper or plastic bags at grocery marts and whatnot. i like tree. i like what i make it.
sansabelt on February 8, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Hug a tree and breath deeply and exhale.
Your tree will thank you.
Brought to you by friends of CO2, the State of New Jersey, the people for red dye #2….
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Well, if your name has any bearing on where you went to school, I would understand that real conservation would befuddle you.
right2bright on February 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Groovy. I lived in Maine when wells started to get contaminated from MTBE.
One way or another, the envirowackos will destroy the planet they claim they want to save.
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM
If your content-free ad hominem attack has any bearing on your brainpower, I would understand that you were unable to grasp the idea of answering the question you quoted. That would explain why you instead resorted to finding the nearest proxy you could to vent impotent Berkeley-stoked anger at. The city council has a website and emails; those might work better for you.
calbear on February 8, 2008 at 5:57 PM
If you think that’s bad, in Ireland they want to tax your freaking ATM receipts. I kid you not..
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 5:58 PM
There’s a bad thing happening in the paper industry.
We are importing what we ought to be able to produce in abundance from China.
I hate the fact that my home state has been stripped of its native culture and economy to be made nothing more than California’s hat.
Bring jobs home, log Oregon!
End the war on the West.
Scribbler on February 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Same thing when I lived in Jersey. Ground water contamination by MTBE. Yet at the time, Gov. Christie Todd Whitman and soon to be EPA admin claimed EPA standards required else highway funds denied. That’s environmental terrorism at best, or mismanagement at least.
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 6:14 PM
All kids love Log.
Coronagold on February 8, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Finally the obligatory Ren and Stimpy quote! ♥
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 6:21 PM
It’s one huge hoax. The other thing about Maine is that they won’t let you cut trees down now. There are more trees there now then there were 100 years ago.
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Huh-huh he said Wood.
Crusaderman on February 8, 2008 at 6:33 PM
My grandfather built our camp out of logs the old fashion
way,including jamming horse hair between the logs,I think
it was called okum,I think.I spent a lot of summers,and fall
fishing and hunting,and when it rained what a beautiful
pine smell,evenings around the fire on the beach,a lot of
nice memories!
canopfor on February 8, 2008 at 7:07 PM
I love the nature conservatism spot also where Tom Hanks
says,”Remember sound of calling birds,the sound of a fish
in a stream?”
Like we don’t have these things anymore.
Kini on February 8,2008 at 5:14PM.
Kini: I fully agree with you,they make it sound like
“Silent Running” is just around the corner,or
for that matter already is!
canopfor on February 8, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Nice. I like. :D
PolitiNOOB on February 8, 2008 at 7:54 PM
YES! That was AWESOME! I kept waiting for the “PEOPLE SUCK” line and was pleasantly surprised at the end.
Bladerunner1701 on February 8, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Good video. Here is the Penn and Teller BS show about recycling and what a load it is.
TheSitRep on February 8, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Reminds me of this.
Wingo on February 9, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Okay, so Corona beat me to the reference. But I did post the link.
Wingo on February 9, 2008 at 12:23 AM
“Tree. It’s what you make it.”
I usually make it by adding 1+1+1, or 2+1, or subtracting 4-1, or 5-2, or multiplying 3×1, or dividing 9 / 3, or 6 / 2, or 1.5 + 1.5…
The possibilities are endless!
Captain Scarlet on February 9, 2008 at 6:57 AM
Nicely done and honest.
Now let’s tell people some other truths. Grain crops are used for eating to fuel our bodies not our vehicles. Tobacco is a leafy substance to smoke unfiltered (the filters are the killers). Alcohol has many beneficial uses depending on level of distillation.
Our minds are what we make it and to abuse it is to loose it. So do not clutter it up with the thoughts of those who have abused theirs.
MSGTAS on February 9, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Get used to the environmental BS because no matter who the next president is we’re getting this shoved down our throats. All the candidates left are for it. Between the millions of new nanny state dependent citizens and the increased taxes and costs associated with this “green” movement, we should be China’s bitch in a couple decades. That’s ok though, as long as we can still watch American Idol and free porn on the internet we’ll be happy.
kongzilla on February 9, 2008 at 12:38 PM
This well executed send-up of the wacked-out, insane, “environmental” propaganda we are subjected to daily is long overdue.
According to their theology, only “environmentalists” can decide what are “good elements” and what are “bad elements”, and anything useful to man is immediately labeled “bad”. And what qualifies someone to be an “environmentalist”? And who gave these people the unlimited power to decide what is “good” and “bad” for everyone else? Haven’t these people wreaked enough death and destruction on the world with their hysterical propaganda (60 million+ unnecessary deaths from the DDT ban alone!)??
In the real world, is there any such thing as a non-renewable resource? I THINK NOT!!!
landlines on February 9, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Recycling is b.s. Go watch Penn & Teller.
Black Adam on February 10, 2008 at 4:01 AM
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