Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Liberal environmentalist wackos want to kill hundreds of thousands

When environmentalist, or liberals in general, come up with the next idea that will save the world and you from yourself, it usually is shown later that they actually were more harmful than helpful. I have proven that over and over with their social policies...
However, here is a great story from newsbusters that shows how they would rather have thousands die than use DDT:
Its amazing how consistent one group of people can be at being wrong

Sam Zaramba, in a subscription-only op-ed column in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, gives the next Woodward or Bernstein a hot story to follow up on:

..... malaria ..... is the biggest killer of Ugandan and all African children. Yet it remains preventable and curable. Last week in Germany, G-8 leaders committed new resources to the fight against the mosquito-borne disease and promised to use every available tool.
Now they must honor this promise by supporting African independence in the realm of disease control. We must be able to use Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane -- DDT.

..... Today, every single Ugandan still remains at risk. Over 10 million Ugandans are infected each year, and up to 100,000 of our mothers and children die from the disease.
No one could possibly be conspiring to prevent the eradication of malaria, could they?
Well, yes they could. And they are, as Zaramba notes:

Although Uganda's National Environmental Management Authority has approved DDT for malaria control, Western environmentalists continue to undermine our efforts and discourage G-8 governments from supporting us. The EU has acknowledged our right to use DDT, but some consumer and agricultural groups repeat myths and lies about the chemical. They should instead help us use it strictly to control malaria.

Environmental leaders must join the 21st century ..... and balance the hypothetical risks of DDT with the real and devastating consequences of malaria. Uganda has demonstrated that, with the proper support, we can conduct model indoor spraying programs and ensure that money is spent wisely, chemicals are handled properly, our program responds promptly to changing conditions, and malaria is brought under control.

Who ARE these people who are allowing thousands to die? America's and the world's journalists should be devoting substantial resources to finding out who these people are, naming names, and exposing their treachery to the public. These enviro-religious zealots are stuck in the 1960s and 1970s. Lives are lost for every day they cause delay.

What else could possibly be more important than exposing these people?

10 comments:

PCD said...

I think the environmental whackos ought to taste their own medicine in full. Especially the Earth First! whackos. The Sopranos could not hold a candle to all the whacking the EF! whackos

I'd like to whack a few at google who cobbled together this verification nightmare.

Anonymous said...

Hey Game, I couldn't find an e-mail, so I'll post this link here:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-churricane13jun13,0,4183214.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Apparently libs are so petty and childish they would put politics above emergancy broadcast information that could save lives.

(This was discussed on Rush's show yesterday, but I heard this today on a local talk radio show.)

Anonymous said...

Dammit,

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/
local/broward/sfl-churricane13jun13,
0,4183214.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

jhbowden said...

SUV-driving environmentalists want to kill industrialization in the developing world. This is seen in their elitist attitudes from genetically modified food to protectionist "fair trade" policies.

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, environmentalists argued that the world couldn't produce enough food, energy, et cetera, and a population bomb would explode in the 1980s. Now they've changed tactics and act as if countries shouldn't develop.

The 3rd world is better off under sustained development, not this "sustainable development" dogma. Only then will they take their rightful place among the world's prosperous people.

blamin said...

Jim,

Do you remember?

Jay,

Did you support them (the environmentalist)?

Phillip,

Will you defend them?

DDT, used properly, has never been proved to cause harm to humans or the environment.

But do you remember, the horror of supposed thinned egg shells (never proved)? The danger to humans (never proved)? And all the mossf^ckers joined in to ban this "evil substance" (after all what could be more evil than a chemical produced by an American corporation?). I mean, they "flocked" to the cause, had the usualy suspects (CBS, ABC, NBC) promoting one side of the debate!

All the while people dying from malaria every day!

No game, not "hundreds of thousands" but millions have died!

Most assuredly, this is a crime against humanity!!!

And you people wonder why we might be just a little skeptical about global warming hysterics.

The Game said...

nothing from the liberals???
Ha ha...

Jim said...

OK, here's something if you need it. I don't think this is a liberal-conservative issue. I think you and the author have to dig up theories about how liberals supposedly want to repress emerging economies. Although there may be a world-wide agreement calling for a ban on AGRICULTURAL use of DDT, I don't believe there is any kind of legal ban on use of DDT to fight malaria.

What have you read about the subject besides this article?

Chet said...

I don't know how you could be any more misinformed on this issue, but as an entomologist, let me fill you in.

There's never been a ban on DDT for malaria control. The ban on agricultural use, in fact, was instituted so that DDT could continue to be used for malaria control - the mosquitos were evolving resistance from exposure to high concentrations in ag use.

The ban on DDT saves lives by allowing DDT to still be effective against mosquitos - instead of useless.

Chet said...

Now that I read the article, I guess I don't even understand it. If Uganda wants to spray DDT for mosquitos, who's stopping them? Not the G8 or the UN. It seems like they're complaint is that the world community won't buy them the DDT and sprayers. How is that the liberal's fault, exactly? Reductions in foreign aid are a conservative position.

DDT is known to have relatively low mamallian toxicity (though it is harmful to nearly every bird species), but let's keep in mind that the civil engineers building the Panama Canal turned a land assumed to be uninhabitable because of malaria into one of the world's busiest shipping areas - 30-40 years before DDT was ever synthesized. DDT isn't the only control measure for malaria - draining swamps is still effective, and malarial medications cost pennies per course.

What's this guy's problem, exactly? What's yours? Besides your assumption that liberals are the root of all evil?

E said...

If you didn't guess, I'm an entomologist. Your ignorance leaves me breathless. It doesn't even matter that environmentalists were pushing for a ban on DDT because so many insects had developed resistance by the time Rachel Carson wrote her book that farmers had mostly switched to new pesticides. Entomologists were already researching new pest management strategies well before the hippies got in on the show. Besides, as Chet said, DDT is still used to kill mosquitoes - it's mixed into paint and put on netting. Not only that, but spraying insecticides willy-nilly is bad science. That works for maybe a few seasons. Then you've not only killed off all the beneficial insects, but you've created a population of super pests that are resistant to your pesticide. But hey - don't let ignorance get in the way of shooting your mouth off.