Great editorial in one of the newspapers today that explains how the Big Left harms economies and societies, whereas Big Oil helps to sustain them.
This past weekend, for example, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, which represents the blue-collar side of the oil and gas industry, raised $720,000 for the non-profit Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS). Over the past 18 years, the PSAC has helped raise more than $5.3 million for STARS, the medical helicopter transport service that has flown 20,000 missions since it was established in Calgary in 1985.
In 2011, STARS received $7.2 million in donations from energy companies, not counting the $1.3 million that was raised by a group of mostly energy company CEOs “stranded” in the wilderness for a mock rescue and fundraiser. The energy sector’s support of STARS represents just a minute fraction of the industry’s contributions to charitable and non-profit groups in Canada, supporting sports, cultural groups, post-secondary scholarships, university research centres, conservation initiatives and more.
By contrast, the Big Left, represented in this case by the enviro clowns, is only about destruction – destroying Western civilization, destroying our way of life, destroying lives and economic prosperity.