The plastic bag scam is just another example of the "Green" lunacy that is forced upon us. In the past couple of years many large corporate retailers have started charging us for plastic bags. Of course this has nothing to do with their desire to increase corporate profit margins, but rather a sudden concern for the environment.
Does anyone here really think that these corporations really give a shit about you or the environment? The corporations have simply made an observation that customers have been sufficiently brainwashed to the "Green" thinking that they wont push back when forced to pay for or bring their own bags.
When I go to the supermarket these days I shake my head at the brainwashed sheep going into the store with their armful of bags. What is particularly sad is the fact that many of these people have good intentions and actually believe that they are saving the earth.
There is a reason that the supermarkets have been using plastic bags for years. They are cheap,convenient, and sanitary. Reusable bags frequently have unacceptably high levels of bacterial, yeast, mold and coliform counts.Yes I know that I could wash these bags between supermarket visits but who wants to do that?
Whenever I go the supermarket almost every women I see is wearing makeup. If you really want to reduce the consumption of petroleum and save the earth, quick wearing makeup. Of course that will never happen. By the way I don't mean to pick on women but in my experience they seem to be the most militant when it comes to criticizing those who don't drink the "Green" Kool-aid.
Unfortunately there are not enough of us who actually think for themselves, so the brainwashed masses will probably continue to perpetuate the "Green" myth. Somebody has to pay for Al Gore's private jet.
