http://clipmarks.com/clipper/dakotayii/search/quote/sort/newest-clips/filter/added/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/dakotayii/search/quote/sort/newest-clips/filter/added/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3FE69D45-4DB1-440A-941F-809A008FCC64/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/willhelm/">willhelm</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html" title="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html">maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing, but worships everything.</P><P><EM>Contrary to a widespread impression, G.K. Chesterton apparently </EM><A target="_blank" href="http://www.chesterton.org/qmeister2/any-everything.htm"><EM>never said that.</EM></A><EM> </EM></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Still, it's a fine statement, and relevant to the modern form of Paganism which views the lives of the unborn, ready-to-be-born, or born-damaged as insignificant, but the social lives of Goldfish - and now the souls of asparagus - as sacred.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>A quote <A href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp">from Smith at <EM>Weekly Standard:</EM></A></P><P dir="ltr"><EM>"What is clear, however, is that Switzerland's enshrining of "plant dignity" is a symptom of a cultural disease that has infected Western civilization, causing us to lose the ability <STRONG>to think critically and distinguish serious from frivolous ethical concerns. </STRONG>It also reflects the triumph of a radical anthropomorphism that views elements of the natural world as morally equivalent to people.</EM></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Why is this happening?</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.htmlMon, 05 May 2008 04:31:50 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A8E21C15-21FF-4C74-82E2-3D81DFD8A227/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/masbury/">masbury</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Who says 4 years in college doesn't give you assets? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/beer-can-house.php" title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/beer-can-house.php">www.treehugger.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/masbury/512/E1E97C2F-7C29-4F0C-B6B6-97841C2C239C.jpg" alt="beercanhouse.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>John Milkovisch spent twenty years emptying 50,000 beer cans and recycling them into cladding for his house and workshop, using the tops for a clever sun-shading system. It opens this weekend as Houston's latest tourist attraction. A quote from Mr. Milkovisch is on a wall: “They say every man should leave something to be remembered by. At least I accomplished that goal.”</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/environment/" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/recycling/" rel="tag">recycling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humor/" rel="tag">humor</a></div>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/beer-can-house.phpFri, 07 Mar 2008 15:20:17 GMT