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After 25 years of writing for others I am now writing for myself and for the sheer fun of it. As for my "PC Fugitive" name that is in reference to my complete abhorrence to anything labeled "politically correct". I also have a unique perspective on the current financial problems. I spent 10 years in banking from 1980-1990 which was during the height of bank deregulations. I then spent seven years ending in 2005 as a consultant to banks and credit unions advising them on how to become more profitable.

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Hypocrisy of Being Green

August 8th, 2008 • PC Fugitive

Green is too green for meI just read a fascinating article by Alice Thompson of the Times Online who was discussing a new book “Not In My Name - A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy” by Julie Burchill:

The premise is that as the economy gets worse, people no longer care about being green because they can’t afford it any more. It makes perfect sense. When you were making a good salary and had enough to satisfy your basic needs then you had the extra to buy the higher priced green items. But today, when money is tight, buying green is a luxury available only to the upperclass or “toffs”.

Perhaps because most people can’t afford to go green, there is a growing trend to mock the rich who are green. There is a collective sarcastic laugh by the masses when Al Gore and his ilk continue to lecture everyone else. In a bad economy that “Truth” of Gore’s is not simply “Inconvenient” but is now ridiculous. Who is going to pay extra for green


foods when they have barely enough to put any food on the table? Not only are people backing away from the expensive green ideology but they are also laughing at far left greenies and monitoring their hypocrisies. The conservative bloggers and other right wings take delight in finding and counting the hypocrisy of Gore and other greenies who preach that we must be green while they fly around in their private gas guzzling jets.

Green is too green for meAlthough Gore and his Hollywood sycophants still tout the green doctrine, the politicians are observing which way the wind is blowing and are now changing their tune.Green pastures for all Maybe that’s another reason Gore is such a lousy politician, but even Obama has given fewer and fewer green speeches. Because as long as the economy is lousy, only Kermit can afford to be green.

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  1. Comment by Jason Blanchard on 8 August 2008:

    Indeed! And the idea of Carbon Credits is insane…we give money to some 3rd world person, and they agree not to produce any CO2….keeping them in poverty while we live it large.

    Our environmentalists insist drilling for oil damages our coasts, wildlife, and land….but our citizens still demand more oil than any country in the world. It’s ok with our collective conscience to spoil the coasts of Africa, South America in the name of oil….just as long as it’s not OUR environment. We have a responsibility to the world to “eat what’s close to us”. For decades we’ve allowed the greens to inhibit our energy growth in favor of buying our way out of it. The problem now is that we’re running out of cash.

    Jason Blanchards last blog post..Exxon’s 2Q revenue leads to record taxes paid, again

  2. Comment by Dizzy Dezzi on 8 August 2008:

    And, lest we forget, even Kermit crooned that “It’s not easy being green…”

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