~ Happy Earth Day 2015 ~

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Hello everyone,
Today is Earth Day, April 22, 2015.
I hope that everyone is able to contribute in some way to helping make our planet better !
Have a wonderful day !

~ Hilary ~

I'm actually kind of sad because so many people think helping the environment is a waste of time and effort, and that all it does is make us feel guilty. I see people all the time who are too lazy in my area to hold onto a paper cup until they find a garbage can. One time I saw a kid just toss his Subway cup on the sidewalk. I picked it up and said, "You'd think planets like these were a dime a dozen." his reaction was to laugh hysterically and repeat "Dime a dozen" several times in a stupid-sounding voice. Children are the future... be very afraid.

Yeah, lostonearth35, I see that kind of behavior all too often. Last week I was driving through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and saw an idiot in front of me flick a cigarette butt out the passenger side window. Such disrespect for a place of such beauty sickened me.

Taking nothing away from the expression of desire to improve Earth's natural resources, I avoid recognizing the day because of how its master of ceremonies and "co-founder," Ira Einhorn, had murdered "his ex-girlfriend and stuffing her 'composted' body inside a trunk" ( http://www.dailycaller.com/2015/04/22/f ... girlfriend ).

Similarly, I also avoid recognizing Kwanzaa because of how its creator, Maulana Karenga, tortured two women. "Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Miss Davis' mouth and placed against Miss Davis' face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga, head of US, also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said. They also were hit on the heads with toasters" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_K ... or_assault ).

The once-admirable deeds of crazed attackers do not warrant recognition, in my opinion. At the very least, the current leaders of these eventful days should change the days' names out of respect for the injured and dead people at the hands of the days' founders.

I am sorry to distract from an otherwise well-intentioned topic. But, I believe that good people should know the full history of certain events.

...What?!

If you base what days or holidays you recognize upon what their founders did at some point in their lives, you'd have no holidays to recognize.

Back on topic: I was surprised to learn today that the transit mode I prefer (partially because of its "green" ride sharing qualities) was actually the least fuel efficient of all mass transit options. The city bus. Good thing I'm upgrading to light-rail soon.

There was an Earth Day festival at school today with lots of vendors. Nothing much to my liking, but I did get some free pizza when I was finished looking around.