Rachel Carson’s Environmental Dogma

I am a little late to post this but one of my local new papers, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, published one of ARI’s op-eds. It was about Rachel Carson, the mother of environmentalism, who attended what is now Chatham University (located in Pittsburgh).

“On May 27, environmentalists will celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, the founding mother of their movement.” – Read the full article here.

The editorial is called Rachel Carson’s Genocide and focuses on DDT and malaria in Africa. It also talks about how Carson used misinformation to get her movement started. If you do a search on Google you will find better articles on the information she used and how she manipulated it. It reminds me of how people are now doing the same thing on the global-warming issue (on both sides).

I am always embarrassed when Pittsburgh honors this woman; we even have a bridge named after her. How could the city be so proud of someone who is responsible for the death of millions of people?

Her movement is strong and can not be persuaded with reason, so I just hope we can keep them in check. Read the op-ed and let me know what you think about it.

Minimum Wage Hypocrites

I know this is old news but I just found this article on the Capitalism Magazine website. It’s about the minimum wage issue and how the Speaker of the House was a hypocrite on her standing. I guess there is a US Territory that was left off the bill.

“American Samoa would have been the only U.S. territory not subject to the federal minimum wage.” – CM

The article points out that there are two US companies that have packing plants there and that they would suffer if the wages were increased. But here is the kicker: the two companies mentioned are from California where Speaker Pelosi has ties.

“It’s not unreasonable to guess that Speaker Pelosi’s position has to do with the interests of her well-heeled constituents.” – CM

It’s just funny how these people can say they’re for the common good of the people and then you find out they are really for the “good” of themselves. I wouldn’t have a problem with it if they were up front about it. I just don’t like, or trust, people that are two faced.

The last few lines of the article say it all, so make sure you go read it. Lastly, I do not support the minimum wage; I feel that it demoralizes the hard working people that earn what they make. Why should some new unskilled worker get paid the same as someone that is skilled? Also, an employer will only pay you as much as you are worth to them, no more and no less. So it is not fair for the government to set a worker’s worth; not all workers produce equally. Some produce more and are worth more, whereas some produce less and are worth less. The government needs to stay out of business.