Mark My Words … I Mean What I Say

0 Comments | Insight on the News, August 27, 2001

"The only antidote to these haters of mankind and their antihuman philosophy is to uphold man's right to pursue his own life by means of his productive activity."

-- Glenn Woiceshyn of the Ayn Rand Institute weighs in on the plight of Klamath Valley farmers and ranchers, urging that Congress rescind the Endangered Species Act and any other environmentalist-espoused scheme to sacrifice people to nature.

"We are sending a message to the federal administration that it is time to act, just like the rest of the world."

-- Seattle Mayor Paul Schell announces that his city's goal is to exceed the greenhouse-gas reductions set forth in the KyotoProtocol by a factor of three to prove President George W. Bush wrong in asserting that the agreement would hurt the economy. Of course, Seattle can produce clean power mainly due to abundant hydroelectric dams in the area. So what message is Schell sending to the poor salmon?