Recyling Kills

The Hill reports that Congressional Democrats are complaining that Styrofoam cups in the House cafeteria could contain carcinogens. "The Democrats are upset with the switch to Styrofoam from recyclable materials put into place when Democrats ran the House."

The change to Styrofoam caused a stir among some staffers and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill late last month, when the recyclable material preferred by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was replaced. Lawmakers mostly raised concerns about Styrofoam's impact on the environment.

In the U.K. cereal manufacturers are abandoning recycled cardboard for their cereal boxes because of possible cancer risks.

Let's  face it, most of us suspect that all that "recycled" lust by Democrats amounts to nothing more than redirecting business to a recycling industry heavily mandated -- by Democrats.

Not without cause. The Green movement began in East Germany (where they were, as the New York Times described, the "darlings of East German leaders.") One of the early founders was Petra Kelly who became inconveniently unpolitical at some point. The Green movement was, I always thought, a way to tell East Germans -- who were then literally choking on Stasi oppression who could see the fresh freedom and prosperity across the wall -- "But look at how the bastards are ruining the planet."

It's been the Left's message every since.