The Leap Manifesto: Naomi Klein, Communism, and The Hollywood Hippys
CBC says: "This is a document that was written collectively," [author Naomi] Klein said, flanked by national indigenous Anglican bishop Mark MacDonald and environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki. Actor Tantoo Cardinal, author Joseph Boyden and newly crowned Mrs.Universe Ashley Callingbull were also at the press conference. ...which is good to know, because the IQ emenating from this document surely reflects some lowest common mental denominator. And its fucking out there . Among other things, it proposes a kind of Universal Law of NIMBYISM with respect to energy projects. In technical language, Klein's bunch are BANANAs . They write: The new iron law of energy development must be: if you wouldn’t want it in your backyard, then it doesn’t belong in anyone’s backyard. ...which dictum, if ever followed, would pretty clearly result in no clean energy projects ever being built in Ontario ever again. Because its not just wind people hate; they b...