As soon as I saw the first photo of the first gunked-up pelican, I knew that a tsunami of bullshit was about to wash over America yet again. If this keeps up it will be bullshit snorkels all around. Marginal Revolution puts the plight of our feathered friends in just a bit of a perspective:
Number of birds killed by the BP oil spill: at least 2,188 and counting.Bullshit snorkels? Make that full bullshit scuba gear. Posted by Vanderleun at July 21, 2010 1:55 AMNumber of birds killed by wind farms: 10,000-40,000annually.
Number of birds killed by cars: 80 million annually.
Number of birds killed by cats: Hundreds of millions to 1 billionannually.
Don't worry there is some good news.
Number of birds killed by fisheries: tens to hundreds of thousands annually (fortunately for the birds, some of these fisheries are now shut down).
You MORON! What you don't understand - since you are a tool of greedy corporate America - is that the birds in the Gulf were killed by OIL! That means they were killed by BP! BP is an EVIL OIL COMPANY!
I don't normally type in all caps but I am now because YOU ARE IN BED WITH EVIL, GREEDY OIL COMPANIES!
You PRETEND to be concerned about the millions of birds killed by other things. Take wind farms. Wind farms are GOOD! They are GREEN! It's OKAY for birds to die by flying into those jigando blades whirling because wind energy is RENEWABLE! The birds die a GOOD DEATH and besides, they shouldn't be effing stupid enough to fly into a wind farm, anyway.
Cars: Cars hitting birds is a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. I mean, GAIA! Those deaths are responsibility of OIL COMPANIES, too! Unless the car is a hybrid or an electric car. Then it's OKAY!
Cats: WTF are you talking about? Cats kill birds. It's part of the cycle of life on MOTHER EARTH. Just like mountain lions EATING PEOPLE!
Fisheries: Thank MOTHER GAIA these have been shut down! They rape the sea, which is the VERY WOMB of MOTHER EARTH!
You are SO CLUELESS! Your blog should be SHUT DOWN!
Posted by: Left and Proud at July 21, 2010 7:47 AMThese disasters never turn out to be as bad as people would like. I live in Oklahoma, which has lots of tornadoes. People here always talk about how horrible tornadoes are. It took me awhile to realize that most people actually enjoy them, the bigger the better. They love the excitement and drama created by tornadoes and the aftermath of them, although they will never admit it.
This old planet has shrugged off events that were thousands of times worse than anything humans have ever done to it, despite our best efforts!
Posted by: Quent at July 21, 2010 8:01 AMshorter LandP: "Leave Britney alone!!!!!!!" :-D
Posted by: pst314 at July 21, 2010 12:32 PM"Number of birds killed by cats: Hundreds of millions..."
Sounds like the Evil Glenn needs to fire up his blender and make more smoothies.
Posted by: pst314 at July 21, 2010 12:34 PMI'm probably just not getting the joke, but can you tell me how birds get killed by fisheries? Or is this some sort of code word for...RACISM!
Posted by: sf at July 21, 2010 6:07 PMHow many bird deaths are Bush's fault?
Posted by: Roger Drew Williams at July 21, 2010 6:43 PMSilly rabbit. ALL OF THEM!
Posted by: vanderleun at July 21, 2010 6:51 PM"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood." -- Karl Popper N.B.: Comments are moderated to combat spam and may not appear immediately. Comments that exceed the obscenity or stupidity limits will be either edited or expunged.
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