Just for perspective, Hezbollah, the terrorists, now have 150,000 missiles aimed at tiny Israel. Thousands of them are medium-range that can reach Tel Aviv. How would you like living in Israel under those conditions, soft, apathetic, narcissistic Americans? You know who you are.
The Wall Street Journal ran an article on page 3 about the plastic bag backlash. Minnesota has joined five other states in making bag bans unlawful anywhere in the state. Pennsylvania has cities moving to ban bags but Democrat Governor Tom Wolf will veto such a bill saying he wants to protect the constituents obviously referring to 14 businesses in the state who employee 1,500 people making bags.
There was no discussion of the virtues and vices of plastic, paper, or reusable bags. That would have been most helpful as the Journal has a reputation for honesty and completeness in its stories. For instance, the weekend article about Venezuela was terrific.
Still, the question remains - how many Brattleboro bags are getting into the oceans, and secondly, how? I'm not putting any there. Are you? I'd love to see the ocean though. Are they getting there because the barges are dumping them illegally? Then clean that up. Force those employees to clean up their act or fire them. Don't force the people of Brattleboro to do without bags because barges dump bags into the ocean. That's immature and power-mad! Go where the problem is instead of kicking the people around. Give me the authority to do something about this problem, and I'll damn sure try and you'll get some straight talk from me for feedback too.
Stand up, Vermonters!
Peter Nickerson, Philosophy Major, Class of '68
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