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The Ugly Side of Going Green – But No Pressure

If you have not yet heard of 10:10 or a video that it is difficult to label as anything other than horrifying, I do apologize for the shock. The 10:10 campaign has a very happy looking website and even now is gaining momentum; the website boasts that nearly 12,000 organizations, businesses, and people “are on board” committing to cut carbon by 10% a year starting in 2010.

The trouble with this happy, upbeat website and its goals (besides the obvious) is that they let the mask slip for a minute on the kind of thinking that is behind the “go green” agenda. In late September 10:10 released a video project that received so much negative feedback it was quickly pulled.

As author Chris Horner pointed out in an American Spectator post, despite 10:10′s efforts to scrub the video from the internet, people who had immediately downloaded it keep putting copies back up on YouTube and more and more people are seeing it. Horner shared an excellent article in the UK Telegraph which is not only entertaining to read, but includes details about 10:10′s funding sources and more.

While even many environmentalists were outraged by the “No Pressure” video, as the Telegraph’s Delingpole points out:

“With No Pressure, the environmental movement has revealed the snarling, wicked, homicidal misanthropy beneath its cloak of gentle, bunny-hugging righteousness.”

Of course, many people involved in the environmental movement would not support the video, but how many of them are asking themselves about who they are joining forces with? The explanation from the 10:10 team, also found in Delingpole article, is the usual “sorry if we offended anyone” non-apology apology. I can’t help but scratch my head when I consider how many churches, businesses, and organizations are still jumping on the bandwagon.

**WARNING** This video is disturbing to watch. PLEASE use discretion.

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Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts