Today (via Drudge) we get a clear example of what radical environmentalists are about: University of Texas professor Dr. Eric Pianka -- who has just been named a “distinguished scientist” by the Texas Academy of Science -- has called for the elimination of 90 percent of the human population, preferably via disease. Here’s just a small taste of his distinguished views:

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A few of announcements regarding members of LvMI.

First, David Heinrich and BK Marcus have accepted analyst positions with the World Bank Tax Enforcement Division. Here they will also be working closesly with the United Nations Council on Capital Exploitation in preventing unfair distribution of incomes across the worlds social strata.

Webmaster David Veksler will shortly announce a re-engineered site for the Microsoft-free Linux-based LAMP platform. This will include a Personals section powered by Google Romance.

Here’s a message from an environmentalist who hides under the name “Tokyo Tom.” He says it comes “off of the web page of the world-renowned Wood`s Hole Oceanographic Institute”:

Some legislative efforts are being made to require the government to pay just compensation for takings done in the name of endangered species (example). But none of these efforts have so far considered the relevance of the third amendment.

The flag is Green now, instead of Red. And the lyrics are different. But the tune is still the same old tune.

When the Reds sang it, the lyrics were that the individual could not be left free because the result would be such things as “exploitation,” “monopoly,” and depressions. When the Greens sing it, the lyrics are that the individual cannot be left free because the result will be such things as destruction of the ozone layer, acid rain, and global warming. (Add an extra chorus now for global warming.)

Poor Alan Greenspan — ex Ruler of Rates. Once he stood before masses of moneymen who dare not cough lest they miss a word, an inflection even. Did he begin his presentation with “Ahem”, “Ummm”, “Uhhh”? Depending, men rushed to open windows high above Gotham to either throw themselves out or holler instructions to waiting minions who executed complex financial transactions.

Bernie Siegan, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego Law School, has died at 81. The author of such books as Land Use Without Zoning and Economic Liberties and the Constitution, he was also distinguished for his beautiful manners. What a great gentleman he was.