Saturday, June 06, 2009

[In an insane attempt to improve the world's weather] Liverpool schools to go meat free once a week
LIVERPOOL schools and businesses could go meat free once a week under radical new plans.

The council is to consider having an official city-wide “meat free day” in a collective bid to protect the environment.
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The proposal comes on the back of a three-year Greenpeace study which claims western demand for beef and leather and an increase in cattle ranching is leading to intensified deforestation of the rainforests.

The plan is the brainchild of the council’s former education boss and staunch vegetarian, Cllr Paul Clein.

He told the ECHO: “I believe climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face.

“This is about changing the mindset and showing you can make a difference in the long term.”
The Seven Most Iconic Liberal-Guilt Documentaries :: List of the Day :: Paste
The Lesson: In the granddaddy of these movies, we learn that Al Gore is well versed in PowerPoint, and, oh yeah, we’re destroying the planet. No one will deny the good this movie has done, but man did it seem to enjoy rubbing it in.
Massey Energy CEO encourages cowards
“You have to be competitive,” Blankenship said. “You can’t always take from the rich and give to the poor, or have empathy in your judicial decisions.There are dozens of business people who tell me while they don’t believe in global warming, it is a political reality. They feel if they speak out, they will receive extra scrutiny. They should speak out and say what they think.

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