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If people like Lee were honest, the only place you would see words like that would be in their suicide notes.

Funny that Wretchard titled his excellent, insightful piece, "The Temple of Dagon." I've always said that the deep-ecologists remind me of the cultists in "The Call of Cthulhu", who are trying to invoke *Earth Powers* to destroy the human race, so that they can live as godlike beings on a "cleared" planet.

The MSM didn't even have a few minutes in which to claim that Lee was a "teabagger".

Aquila: Wretchard knows.

Cthulu? Baal is close enough, what with all the child sacrifice.

These "deep ecology" nuts have been insisting for decades that the Third World must not have any industrial development and the First World must de-industrialize. Let's just call them the death-loving monsters that they are. (And like fat, bloated Al Gore with his jet travel and multiple mansions, they again resemble the ancient priests who enjoyed privileges while ordinary people suffered and died.)

Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg. Read it if you haven't yet.

Then read this article again.

It is kind of sad, what a waste of his life's energy. So deceived and deluded. All for naught but mockery.

"If people like Lee were honest, the only place you would see words like that would be in their suicide notes."

They see themselves as saviours, apostles of Doom sent by the Mother Earth to Save the Planet from Destruction by Evil Capitalists.
They see themselves therefore as the Chosen Ones, Guardians of Nature, who will remain behind to preserve the Planet for all eternity in its state of bliss after the rest of humanity has been vanquished.

If I may be so immodest as propose you read my May 2008 post, "Environmentalist religion explained."



Even Freeman Dyson acknowledged that Environmentalism has become a religion in its own right. And as Michael Crichton pointed out, "environmentalism is in fact a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs and myths."

That is what I elucidate in my post.

I watched this story unfold on Fox News Channel from the comfort of my armchair in Norfolk, England, throughout our evening (your morning). Megan Kelly kicked it off with a breaking news item and tentatively put together the early stages in her clinical and precise way, then handed over to Shep Smith. He fleshed it out during the dramatic stand-off with a gradual supply of background gen which moved it from a possible 'Asian' terrorist strike, to an environmental nut-job pantomime, in very smooth transition. Interjected were vox pops from eye-witnesses and harrowing pictures of infants being removed from danger in their cots, one sitting up and apparently enjoying the incident (unlike his rescuers) despite looking a little bemused by all the excitement.

Shep, in his inimitable way sailed through an hour of faultless non-stop commentary, orchestrating the whole shebang with characteristic consummate ease and interjecting his wry humour into the incident without stepping over the line, managing to get a couple of digs at Al Gore in the process. Then Neil Cavuto took over. During his stint the researchers had contacted the husband of Lee's sister; Cavuto proceeded to tease from him the story of Lee's life and gradual decline of his mental health: more or less the complete story of Lee's families trials and tribulations resulting from Lee's descent into madness. All this with a life and death stand-off being depicted by a multi-screen set up. Brilliant. It was a masterpiece of reportage. Unfortunately I missed the denouement because just as we got to the vinegar strokes, we had a power-cut (not unusual in these here parts these days; it’s the socialism thing – beware!) and by the time power was restored, Beck was already into his usual entertaining crusader shtick - and didn't even mention it. It was only later when I scoured the Internet and discovered that Lee had been whacked by the SWAT cops; by then it was yesterday's potatoes and I went to bed.

The point of my own long ramble about it is to point out to you guys that you are very lucky to have Fox News. We have nothing even approaching its professional journalistic and production qualities in Britain. The Channel gets written off here by our liberal/communist MSM as a right-wing looney/commercialistic outfit.

The two hours plus of the Lee hostage siege was gripping telly and the journalists and producers should collect some sort of award as a result. Only in America, indeed! Congratulation to Fox - and all who sail in her.

As for the lies and corruption of the Al Gore bandwagon - perhaps some of them should reflect on what their cynical scams can provoke in the minds of the impressionable. The evil bastards won't - of course.

Via Ace of Spades:
"James Lee, the bomb-laden gunman who was killed by police in the lobby of the Discovery Channel, was once convicted and imprisoned for smuggling illegal immigrants into the country from Mexico.

The revelation that Lee had once smuggled illegals contrasts sharply with a hate-filled manifesto he left behind in which he describes illegal immigrants as "disgusting filth" and their children as "anchor baby filth."

Apparently the networks aren't really all that into letting us know the environmentally ill assholian whack activist's political leanings....another reason the internet rocks, FrankP.

...And ye shall know them by the fruitcakes which they bear.