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Tale of Two Mentalities

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We Are Both Misguided and Well Informed Today's NYTimes.com has two articles that come from two different realities.  I couldn't pass this up without a comment.  These days "amazing" must be way more so to kick over the threshold of "gotta blog about it." First I read " Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot" Its about Tea Party types who believe the U.N. is trying to undermine our freedoms and American Way of Life by encouraging hiking trails and reducing greenhouse gases.  Just a sample: " Across the country, activists with ties to the  Tea Party  are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy.  They brand government action for things like expanding public transportation routes and preserving open space as part of a  United Nations -led conspiracy to deny property rights and herd citizens toward cities. They are showing up at planning meetings to denounce bike lane