[PRCo] Re: Pogo earth day

[Fred Schneider]

Beautiful.   Why didst thou say I wanted to move to Switzerland where they will walk a block just to put a candy wrapper in a dust bin?   


On Dec 5, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> Mr.Netzlof,
> This is another version of the Earth Day poster  'comic.'
> This isn't the first time this 'motto' was used on this
> list is it; it is in the archives but I don't remember
> exactly where nor the reason.
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> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Pogo_-_Earth_Day_1971_poster.jpg
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> With the pollution evident in this cartoon the
> topic is hardly a new or recent event.  But
> there are those who say or deny that global
> warming is man made.  What portion is man's
> may be disputed but in light of the pollution 'we'
> have caused---Pgh. is a fine example with day
> looking like night before 1950---signs along the
> highway of groups who sponsor litter clean ups
> thus the associated fines for littering;  Lake Erie
> nearly dying before cleanup; ground
> contamination in may locations;  it seems very
> clear that  'humans'  have made many errors and
> are strongly contributing to the current warming.
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> Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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> From: robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 3:35:22 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PAT's cuts
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> As I recall, the saying as beaten about here had its origin in one of the Pogo 
> strips published in the 1950's. Can't remember any of the context although it 
> may have been one of the constantly changing mottoes on the side of the little 
> scow Pogo was wont to pole around the swamp.
> 
> Bob Netzlof, Auld Pharte
> Doddering Sloleigh PA
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