Extra traffic thanks to a link by Tim Blair. Hadn't been to site before, but I suspect I've run across him before somewhere....
He has a bunch of slams against Earth Day. Jokes are fine of course, but what is it about Earth Day that gets conservatives' knickers in a twist? I mean, I know the sight of faux hippies frugging to Phish and playing hacky sack drives them insane, but why otherwise?
They may not believe that all those evil liberal regulations and taxes are a good way to protect that thing called the environment, but on the other hand they shouldn't be so against the the concept of protecting it. (Unless they're in the James Watt school of Environmentalism - Rapture is coming, so why worry?)
Even conservatives should appreciate that rivers aren't on fire too much in this country anymore, that the air in Los Angeles is much more breathable, that more and more bodies of water are suitable for swimming and fishing, etc... etc... The Clean Air Act has been a great success. One can debate the cost effectiveness of the various regulations, of course. But, obviously the EPA hasn't destroyed the economy.
