Originally Posted by
LeeC
A BIL sent me an email with a link to a site called, if I remember correctly, True Facts. I've got his emails flagged as junk mail, so I only noticed it in passing as I cleaned out my junk mail. It occurred to me that the phrase "true facts" is redundant, as the word "facts" indicates that which we know to the best of our understanding to be true.
I didn't bother mentioning such to him though, as he has his head so far in the sand that he doesn't recognize reason. Talk about manipulation, like "global warming" is now called "climate change" to lessen its portent. A sign of the times that we now call alternate facts true facts, or on second thought I suppose it has always been humankind's Achilles heal.
"It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled." ~ Mark Twain
I noticed on social media where more seem to be picking up the "save Nature" theme. Actually, it's not Nature that needs saving ;-)
“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” ~ Stewart Udall
"The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle.
But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me.
Have I done all to keep the air fresh?
Have I cared enough about the water?
Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom?
Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?"
~ Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh
I've had a great life. I hope you all are having a great life also.
