Since when is being environmentally conscious a "left wing" thing?

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

I don't think it's a left wing thing. I don't think it's a right wing thing.

Just had to share this with y'all.

One of the guys at work is a freeper. We got a newsletter from a food services consultant we use, and there was a column in there about conserving water. Good idea for everyone, right, left or otherwise, correct? The newsletter was to be routed to him before me, but somehow, that didn't happen and it came to me first.

So, I gave it to him and he says, "Oh, this is that 'left wing' newsletter." I said, "They talk about conserving water...that's a good idea for everyone."

I guess if they were writing about wasting resources, it WOULD be a partisan thing...a right-wing thing, huh? Sheesh!

[MasonJar]

1. Always?

[movonne]

2. I think it is a left wing thing...it is the repugs that is destroying it..

[salvorhardin]

3. Ask this person

If he views Teddy Roosevelt as left wing.
http://www.nps.gov/thro/tr_cons.htm

[pitohui]

4. since...always?

i wasn't alive in days of teddy roosevelt so mebbe it was different then but in real world modern world wingnuts don't believe in saving any cake for the guy who comes after them -- even if the guy who comes after is their own kid

[Johonny]

5. You are correct

Many conservatives care about the environment. However few conservatives vote on these issues.

[boobooday]

6. I would trace it to the early nineties

And Poppy Bush's remark about the "spotted owl crowd."

[misternormal]

21. Anybody remember James Watt???

[boobooday]

23. Yep

The seeds were all sown during the Reagan/Bush I years.

[misternormal]

25. Ya got that right !!!

[NanceGreggs]

7. Good stewardship of our natural resources ...

... became a 'left-wing' thing the day that Big Business realized it would cost money NOT to pollute.

It's a very easy formula: If it takes money OUT of someone's pocket, especially a corporation that's already making billions in profits, that automatically makes it a crazy, left-wing idea!

[catmother]

13. you're absolutely right sis.

:hi:

[NanceGreggs]

14. Hey, long time, no see (or read?)!!!!

If anyone on this thread wants to talk about preserving the natural beauty of our country (or what's left of it), just ask my sister, CatMother.

She lives in the desert, and she'll SMACK YOU SILLY if you step on a bug, or crush a newly-sprouting cactus!

[catmother]

15. my sister is absolutely right. i live in the most beautiful place --

phoenix. i would not even chase the rattlesnake that was sleeping right outside my bedroom door. i figure he was here before me.:eyes:

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. being environmentally conscious is "bad for business"

At least that's what they have claimed for the last 35 years.

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. That's the key - it's "profit at whatever cost" that is anti-environment

You can find a few right-wingers who are environmentally conscious - mostly those who come from a long rural background, and to whom farming and property are important. Also, the 'left wing' regimes of Eastern Europe were awful for the environment, because they had a similar obsession with production (just for the state instead of company owners).

[Canuckistanian]

9. It's a knee-jerk reaction when talking about 'saving' anything

The right wing view is that there's plenty to go around, damage to the environment is vastly exaggerated and global warming is a myth.

It comes from listening to too much Limbaugh. But Limbaugh dismisses anything the left pays attention to.

For instance, I remember about 10 years ago when Limbaugh announced he got a new computer. He made a big deal out of the fact that he found the EnerStar options on his PC and when he realized what they were, he disabled them all, so now his PC was using the full amount of power all the time.

Now, I'm sure he mentioned this just to get a rise out of us lefties (and all others who care about their power consumption) but it shows you the mentality here.

[pinto]

10. If you live in the West, water is an issue for everyone.

I hear your frustration.

Tell him Teddy Roosevelt was a conservationist, regardless of his other "endeavors".

He helped establish intelligent public land policy in the West, policy which is being decimated by his party today.

[Baconfoot]

11. Acting responsibly and not COMPLETELY selfishly has always been leftist

Then what kind of leftist you are is determined by how to cash out "responsibly."

[Liberal In Texas]

12. It's becuase the RW Noise Machine says things like "enviro-wackos"

so that whenever conserving the environment is mentioned, it is now equated with wackos.

Probably because the biggest destroyers of our environment are large corporate interests and the RW looks out for them over people. They don't want their buds in the corporate world to have to spend any money cleaning up the messes they make, or to be prevented from destroying the environment in the first place.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

16. So hypocritical.

Speaking of energy conservatin, the firm I work for won the Energy Star Award 4 years ago for a state office building it designed, and just today, he and my other boss approved an ad to be published that touts just that.

[catmother]

17. wow. that's great.

:bounce:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

18. Since 1980

I would point out that even the anti-christ (that would be Richard M. Nixon) thought enough of the environment to create the EPA.

[Raine]

19. Having air to breath and

clean water to drink is something that everyone needs and all should want to have.

[Beelzebud]

20. It became a "left wing" issue when the Dominionists took over the right.

[OnionPatch]

22. It's a left thing because

the right really don't seem to give a crap about the environment.

My farmer grandfather used to tell me that even a dog won't shit in its own bed so I guess they have more sense than Republicans.

[proud patriot]

24. When Rush Limbaugh started attacking "tree huggers"

[shance]

26. Since White conservative males bought all the media and made it so.

n/t

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

27. All very good points.

Another thing: there's the attitude of, "Well, I won't be around when things REALLY go to hell (not that they're not going to pot now, mind you), so why should I care?"

[Blue_Tires]

28. ttt one time

[htuttle]

29. Because all that is good and true in the world is now on the Left.

The Right? They got nothing left but greasy con men, greedy billionaires, and sweaty leering preachers.

:)

Didn't used to be that way, but that's how it is now.