It’s funny how quickly change takes place when the right time rolls around. For the last thirty years, maybe fifty years, maybe even back to the Industrial Revolution— I don’t know– people have been trying to draw the attention of the public to the polluting of our world. No one paid them much attention, whether they were hippies in tie-dyes or Moses look-alikes carrying placards in the streets, but suddenly fear of Global Warming has focused our attention and snapped us around quite sharply, and politicians, entertainers—whoever– are clamoring to show people how “green” they are.
No one dares voice opposition at this stage. If you aren’t fully into Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming, you are a Neanderthal at best. A few brave souls seemed to be hanging on with meek suggestions that we could be looking at large weather cycles that have swept through our history over the last number of centuries, but their voices are fading from our hearing. David Suzuki, long regarded over the last thirty years as a pain in the butt who could ruin what might have been a good day with his proclamations of doom, has become a darling of the Canadian public, even appearing in curious TV commercials to convince homeowners that unplugging everything in the house will get them more beer in the long haul (but warmer beer, however). Continue reading
Last week I read some comments from people responding to an online “Topic of the Day” regarding Sidney Crosby and his contract for 43.5 million over the next five years. Most were supportive of the Cole Harbour boy and the fantastic success he is having in NHL hockey. Only a few made comments suggesting that the dollar figures were a little out of line with other areas of “employment”, while some Cole Harbour people optimistically suggested that he use his new wealth to build them a hockey arena.