F* the Earth Day

[RogerFGay]

F* the Earth Day (http://www.break.com/index/fck-the-earth-day.html)

[MaximumSam]

LOL

[Timberwolf]

That was hilarious!!

btw - a belated Happy Stalin's Birthday to all you tree-hugging, environmentalist, douche bags.

[RogerFGay]

a belated Happy Stalin's Birthday to all you tree-hugging, environmentalist, douche bags.

30 April is the anniversary of Hitler's death. Maybe you could offer them an olive branch by suggesting a candle light vigil.

[Timberwolf]

...DOH!!!...I don't know what I was thinking...it was LENIN'S b-day, not Stalin's...sorry. As for extending the olive branch...thanks, but I'll pass. :grin:

[DeclinetoState]

April 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_22) was the birthday of actor Eddie Albert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Albert). Because of Eddie Albert's early work with environmental causes and groups, when International Earth Day was created, it was decided it must be held on April 22 because that is his birthday. <SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-eddie_14-0>[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-eddie-14)</SUP>
April 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_21) was the birthday of John Muir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir), who founded the Sierra Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club). This is not lost on organizers who thought that April 22 was Muir's birthday.
April 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_22), 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) was the 100th birthday of Vladimir Lenin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin). Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29) reported that some suspected the date was not a coincidence, but a clue that the event was "a Communist trick," and quoted a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution) saying, "Subversive elements plan to make American children live in an environment that is good for them."<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-time-memento_8-1>[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-time-memento-8)</SUP> J. Edgar Hoover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover), director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation), may have found the Lenin connection intriguing; it was alleged the FBI conducted surveillance at the 1970 demonstrations.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-15>[16] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-15)</SUP> The idea that the date was chosen to celebrate Lenin's centenary still persists in some quarters,<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-16>[17] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-16)</SUP><SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-17>[18] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-17)</SUP> although Lenin was never noted as an environmentalist.
April 22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_22) is also the birthday of Julius Sterling Morton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Sterling_Morton), the founder of Arbor Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day), a national tree-planting holiday started in 1872. Arbor Day became a legal holiday in Nebraska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska) in 1885, to be permanently observed on April 22. According to the National Arbor Day Foundation "the most common day for the state observances is the last Friday in April . . . but a number of state Arbor Days are at other times to coincide with the best tree planting weather."<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-18>[19] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#cite_note-18)</SUP> It has since been largely eclipsed by the more widely observed Earth Day, except in Nebraska, where it originated.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#The_significance_of_the_date)

[DeclinetoState]

...DOH!!!...I don't know what I was thinking...it was LENIN'S b-day, not Stalin's...sorry. As for extending the olive branch...thanks, but I'll pass. :grin:
<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->Stalin's birthday is December 21, though I believe the Julian calendar was still in use in Russia when both of the comrades were born.