Comments on: Union of Concerned Scientists Create Unique Guide http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni/comment-page-1#comment-59130 alexatheist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-59130 There is an excellent book on this very topic called "The Republican War on Science" by Chris Mooney. It is a wonderful read.<br /> <br /> http://www.waronscience.com/home.php<br /> There is an excellent book on this very topic called “The Republican War on Science” by Chris Mooney. It is a wonderful read.

http://www.waronscience.com/home.php

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni/comment-page-1#comment-59157 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-59157 Here's a question...<br /> <br /> Why are all of the "Global Warming" fanatics all Liberals...?<br /> <br /> Here’s a question…

Why are all of the “Global Warming” fanatics all Liberals…?

]]> By: reason http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni/comment-page-1#comment-59159 reason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-59159 i'm curious phreedm do you think existing law is to strict.what do you think of the exemptions some get from current laws.even if you don't believe in global warming wouldn't it at least be prudent to enforce with vigor current law. i’m curious phreedm do you think existing law is to strict.what do you think of the exemptions some get from current laws.even if you don’t believe in global warming wouldn’t it at least be prudent to enforce with vigor current law.

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni/comment-page-1#comment-59161 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-59161 "I see the third main threat to individual freedom in environmentalism."<br /> <br /> V?clav Klaus is president of the Czech Republic. This essay is based on a speech he delivered at the Cato Institute on March 9, 2007.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>I came here today as president of the free and democratic Czech Republic?a country that succeeded more than 17 years ago in getting rid of communism...<br /> <br /> The reason for my concern is the emergence of new, very popular and fashionable, ?isms? that again put various issues, visions, plans, and projects ahead of individual freedom and liberty. There is social-democratism, which is nothing more than a milder and softer version of communism, and there is human-rightism, which is based on the idea of mostly positive rights applicable all over the world. There are also internationalism, multiculturalism, europeism, feminism, environmentalism, and other similar ideologies.<br /> <br /> Communism is over, but attempts to rule from above are still here, or perhaps they have merely returned.<br /> ...<br /> <br /> I see the third main threat to individual freedom in environmentalism. To be specific, I do understand the concerns about eventual environmental degradation, but I also see a problem in environmentalism as an ideology.<br /> <br /> Environmentalism only pretends to deal with environmental protection. Behind their people- and nature-friendly terminology, the adherents of environmentalism make ambitious attempts to radically reorganize and change the world, human society, our behavior, and our values.</blockquote><br /> <br /> http://www.civita.no/civ.php?mod=news&cat=8&id=473<br /> <br /> <br /> “I see the third main threat to individual freedom in environmentalism.”

V?clav Klaus is president of the Czech Republic. This essay is based on a speech he delivered at the Cato Institute on March 9, 2007.

I came here today as president of the free and democratic Czech Republic?a country that succeeded more than 17 years ago in getting rid of communism…

The reason for my concern is the emergence of new, very popular and fashionable, ?isms? that again put various issues, visions, plans, and projects ahead of individual freedom and liberty. There is social-democratism, which is nothing more than a milder and softer version of communism, and there is human-rightism, which is based on the idea of mostly positive rights applicable all over the world. There are also internationalism, multiculturalism, europeism, feminism, environmentalism, and other similar ideologies.

Communism is over, but attempts to rule from above are still here, or perhaps they have merely returned.
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I see the third main threat to individual freedom in environmentalism. To be specific, I do understand the concerns about eventual environmental degradation, but I also see a problem in environmentalism as an ideology.

Environmentalism only pretends to deal with environmental protection. Behind their people- and nature-friendly terminology, the adherents of environmentalism make ambitious attempts to radically reorganize and change the world, human society, our behavior, and our values.

http://www.civita.no/civ.php?mod=news&cat=8&id=473

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2007/05/10/union_of_concerned_scientists_create_uni/comment-page-1#comment-59162 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-59162 reason...please give me an example reason…please give me an example

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