>>>>On April 22, 1870, the future founder of the 20th century's first communist state was born.
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>>>>On April 22, 1970, the next step towards communist America was born.
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>>>>I am celebrating both today by turning on all lights and appliances in my houses, opening all the doors and windows while running my ACs at 50. Meanwhile, I've enlisted several friends to drive my SUVs around and cut down as many trees as they can and so we may burn them tonight in a giant bonfire party. I've loaded up on bottled beer, carried in plastic bags (although I now hear paper may be worse, oh well). We shall throw our empty bottles in the dump and pee in the river while clubbing baby seals. Happy Birthday!
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>>>Welcome to the USA. Home of consumption
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>>Damn right, and I encourage all my fellow citizens to follow suit. Think of it as doing your part to help the economic recovery. ;)
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>Here's a little article about what consumerism is doing to the planet.
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8639769.stm
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Here's a little article about what consumerism is doing to the global economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/business/economy/26econ.html
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>I walked to a local retail park yesterday and was shocked by how much plastic rubbish there was in the grass areas around it. Every bush was covered in plastic lotter. Mos people don't see it because they drive there.

That people are pigs is not in dispute, but to blame "consumerism" is not objectively valid. San Francisco smells and looks like a dump and it has nothing to do with discarded plastic. ;)