http://statenews.com Guess what today is. Apart from the obvious “Tuesday,” many people might not know what falls on April 22. After all, unlike major and secondary holidays that receive a lot of fanfare when individuals might enjoy a day off, Earth Day doesn’t do much. Not a lot of guidance from Hallmark this time. en-us Foundry4 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:08:02 -0400 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:05:24 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16171/view I always leave all my lights on for Earth Day. I like to do this to remind myself that I have the luxury of lighting every square inch of my house at the same time. I will also be burning tires in my backyard this year bc I think the black smoke looks cool. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:18:00 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16171/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16209/view Who writes these titles? they have been consistently terrible this semester. The actual editorial here isn’t too bad. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:56:22 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16209/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16220/view When are we going to advocate a Life Day, which would create awareness for the murder of thousands of aborted babies each year? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:31:40 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16220/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16227/view F Earth Day: Let me know when you light up those tires. It will make it easier to track you down and strap you on top of the pile. Grease fires look pretty cool too. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:52:16 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16227/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16238/view F Earth Day … At least I’ve got the pride in knowing I’ve never been “that guy”. From your comment, it’s safe to say you are exactly like the collegehumor.com students that put “your mom” or “fag” after each reply. Awesome stuff. I’ll recycle and bike for you today. Also, Dan you bring up a valid point however it’s a far too touchy subject and I do agree we all have been swamped with the idea of living green. New topic: Might be a great story to follow a handful or more MSU students who have fled from Africa’s genocide. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:24:34 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16238/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16239/view Dan, we’ll have a ‘Life Day’ when there’s a ‘Choice Day’ created to honor the woman’s right to choose. Or maybe a ‘Her Right’s Day’- because afterall, it’s our body, and our choice and nobody should tell us otherwise! (And that’s a conservative viewpoint because even though I am a Republican conservative, I don’t believe anyone should tell me what I can and cannot do with my body). Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:30:43 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16239/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16250/view Dan- you bring up the alleged murder in most of your comments regardless of the topic at hand, so it doesn’t appear as if a Life Day is necessary. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:14:17 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16250/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16257/view I am happy to that on earth day I try to be the least possible “green” I can because the new trendy “Green” hysteria is so annoying. so annoying even major companies built the hysteria into their sales pitches and add campaigns to capitalize on you idiots. today i will: let my car idle, not recycle cans, use a fist full of napkins, take two state news papers from the bin (then throw them out), let my shower run for an hour, flush several times, leave my lights on all day, and of course…rip up any new trees i see planted Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:42:35 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16257/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16299/view Spinoze: Be sure to print your above comment and paste it in your “Book of My Life” so your great-grand kids will know how much you cared about them. That way when they piss on your grave at least they’ll have a good reason other then from pure spite. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:01:41 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16299/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16308/view @ Spinozi: I agree, the trend to call everything “green” is annoying. There ends anything worthwhile in your post. If ALL the climate change argument is just fluff, and we end up helping and bettering the planet as a side effect (not to mention helping the economy by coming up with new technologies and possible industries), what’s the harm there? Coming up with eco-friendy modes of transportation is only going to help the auto industry. Making new forms of fuel (that DON’T require taking FOOD from starving people) will broaden the field for energy industries (I would say “the oil industry,” but that’s something we should be getting away from, too). New technologies, new jobs, cleaner planet…yeah, I can see where you’d want to put an end to this kind of non-sensical thinking… Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:49:36 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16308/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16311/view i like when green crazed radicals say “don’t waste water, man” AS IF the planet can run out of it. water is an endless resource (see 4th grade science book about evaporation & rain) and can never ever go away. plus with our technology of filtering, it willalways always be clean to drink. green enviro craze is just that, crazy with hardly any substance. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:32:06 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16311/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16319/view “add campaigns to capitalize on you idiots” Please tell me you go to LCC and not MSU Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:40:06 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16319/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16329/view The earth is fine. I don’t see a need for improvement. It’s good to be aware, but that’s as far as I’d take it. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:02:34 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16329/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16330/view so far today i used: half a package of napkins several plastic cups a few hundred gallons of water (don’t pay a water bill at my apt) half a stack of paper plates full pack of copy machine paper (at my office) usual amount of gasoline common sense: for a smug guy with “common sense” you must not have a tv otherwise you would see the few dozen giant corporations and oil companies running catchy/trendy we’re green now” adds to make idiots like you feel good when you buy their product. it’s called a smart business plan. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:05:24 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16330/view