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I am to busy shaking my head over these idiots.

United Nations diplomats on Wednesday will set aside pressing issues of international peace and security to devote an entire day debating the rights of “Mother Earth.”

A bloc of mostly socialist governments lead by Bolivia have put the issue on the General Assembly agenda to discuss the creation of a U.N. treaty that would grant the same rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Mother Nature.

Treaty supporters want the establishment of legal systems to maintain balance between human rights and what they perceive as the inalienable rights of other members of the Earth community — plants, animals, and terrain.

Communities and environmental activists would be given more legal power to monitor and control industries and development to ensure harmony between humans and nature. Though the United States and other Western governments are supportive of sustainable development, some see the upcoming event, “Harmony with Nature,” as political grandstanding — an attempt to blame environmental degradation and climate change on capitalism.

The General Assembly two years ago passed a Bolivia-led resolution proclaiming April 22 as “International Mother Earth Day.” The measure was endorsed by all 192 member states. But Bolivian President Evo Morales envisioned much more, vowing in a speech to U.N. delegates that a global movement had begun to lay “out a Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth.”

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/18/prepares-debate-rights-mother-earth/
 

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The idea of letting UN greenie wienies regulate industry is like putting Democrats in charge of the budget, it is going to be a fuster cluck.
 

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This all sounds crazy right now but I can't help to think back at all of the "crazy" ideas in the past which have become reality. (Mostly for the worse).

I like the old saying that goes something like this: "If you put a frog in a pot of water you can gradually heat the water and cook him to death. If you put a frog in a "already boiling" pot of water IT will jump out.
 

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Gradualism.
You don't really NEED a machine gun.
You don't really NEED an ASSAULT weapon.
You don't really NEED a 33 round mag............Do you?
 

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United Nations diplomats on Wednesday will set aside pressing issues of international peace and security to devote an entire day debating the rights of “Mother Earth.”

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I'm all for it. It's about time Mother Earth gets her share, too. She needs reparations for all of the strip mining and water pollution, and we need a Congressional Oak Caucus in D.C - the Oaks have been under-represented for too long. I'm sure if it were possible that my peppers would hold some kind of rally, my tomato hybrids would promote a diversity agenda, and my apple trees would hold a parade celebrating cross-pollination. Someone needed to step up and support those who aren't able to be heard. Thank you, United Nations!
 

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