GOP for foam out of spite

[Swatopluk]

Another top priority of the GOP at last came on the table (or off it in a way).
Pelosi had introduced biodegradable packaging in the Congress canteen to replace styrofoam.
Since all what Pelosi does is evil from start, that decision now got reversed and the old foam is back.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/509010/gop_cancels_biodegradable_packaging%2C_brings_styrofoam_back?page=entire

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I heard that in the morning news, and it doesn't surprise me at all (remember Reagan pulling down the solar panels from the WH?) it simply proves what we already know. What will depress me is the celebration of the measure by not only the usual suspects but some of the base. I don't wanna know how many people still don't understand those problems despite the growing mountains of garbage surrounding them.

[Aggie]

I genuinely would like to believe that these type of Republicans are just stubborn, prideful and needlessly combative, and not intentionally evil.

It's difficult.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I stopped trying. They are misguided, evil or (most likely) both.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

I think they're funny, in that can't-decide-if-I-should-laugh-or-scream kind of way. They seem to be convinced that God has given us a planet which will effortlessly bounce back because he loves us. Or something.

[Aggie]

<sub>you mean something as in, it's all going to burn and styrofoam will help it burn hotter?

sorry, I keep looking up to find myself wearing my pessimist hat today</sub>   

[Swatopluk]

I think they're funny, in that can't-decide-if-I-should-laugh-or-scream kind of way. They seem to be convinced that God has given us a planet which will effortlessly bounce back because he loves us. Or something.

It will last (for the US) until Armageddon arrives, which will always be soon.
Or to quote James Watt (Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, not the inventor): When the last tree is felled the Lord will come back.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

While I don't doubt some idiots think that way, I seriously doubt the ones pulling the strings are, they just want excuses to pollute as much as they can because they know eventually they wont be able to get away with it. Is being destructive on the virtue that later it will be harder to be as destructive.

[Swatopluk]

But the string pullers likely do not care about such 'peanuts' as the packaging used in the Congressional canteen.
They have bigger fish to fry (and oil). It might even displease them since it attracts unwanted eyes to their machinations.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I disagree, those people are heavy on symbols, they believe that if congress is using Styrofoam then it is "safe" for the rest of the population, and by extension, it is A-OK to use non biodegradable materials in they everyday lives. 

[Swatopluk]

Time to lace it with something nasty

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

As if they cared.

[Aggie]

Yeah!  Let's put something nasty like styrene in it!  

[Griffin NoName]

It was even reported in the press here.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Yeah!  Let's put something nasty like styrene in it!  

I love you.

While I don't doubt some idiots think that way, I seriously doubt the ones pulling the strings are, they just want excuses to pollute as much as they can because they know eventually they wont be able to get away with it. Is being destructive on the virtue that later it will be harder to be as destructive.

Mmmm, I wouldn't say that. I'd say that they don't care beyond the next quarter and unless you start clean, it's expensive to get clean. And getting clean would bite into profits ya know. The health and safety of the planet and everyone on it just isn't worth it because it's not going to hurt the bottom line this quarter. I've said before, but corporations (or a lot of them) are very much profits nownownow and things that aren't Now don't matter. I'd liken it to pre-OSHA factories more than anything - people were (are) replaceable and keeping your workers safe is pretty much not worth it if you can go get someone new to replace an injured worker.