Earth Week Message from the Georgia YRs

As Republicans, it is incumbent on us not to yield the issue of which party is better suited to protect the environment to the Democrats. The history of the Republican Party parallels the history of the environmental movement in America from the beginning of the National Park system under Teddy Roosevelt to the creation of the EPA under Richard Nixon. We are reminded that the word “conservation” comes from the same root as “conservative.”

As Republicans, we don’t have to buy into the leftist hysteria of “Global Warming” or the new moniker of “Climate Change” to do our duty to protect our natural resources for future generations of Americans. Furthermore, as Republicans, we understand that the responsibility to protect the environment does not begin or end with government, but with ourselves. The new Eco-Communism espoused by Al Gore, liberal college professors and researchers, the United Nations, the Hollywood elite is about politics, not about the environment. As Republicans, we understand that doing what’s right does not always mean needing a political agenda behind the motivation.

On this Earth Day, the Georgia Young Republicans ask you to show some of that good, old fashion rugged individualism as you do your individual part to protect the Creation to which God has given us stewardship over. Below are some ideas on how to do exactly that.

Georgia YRs Reject Calls to Boycott Olympic Games

The following Resolution was passed by the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs March 29, 2008.

A Resolution of the Georgia Federation of Young Republicans

WHEREAS, the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held this July in Beijing, China, pursuant to a decision by the International Olympic Committee, and

WHEREAS, the long time human rights violations in the People's Republic of China are well documented, and

WHEREAS, the People's Republic has made progress towards a more open, humane, society, but continues to experience difficulty, most recently in the Tibet crisis, and is still in need of vast reform, and

WHEREAS, the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are controversial and the subject of boycott discussions in the media and elsewhere, and

WHEREAS, the Olympic Games are for the benefit of the athletes of the world, trained since youth to so compete, and are not a proper platform for those objecting to various policies of the People's Republic of China, and

WHEREAS, the Olympic Games cannot and must not be used to further political agendas of any type, although the athlete's performances themselves may show the strength of a democracy over other forms of government, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs encourages that the Games be televised live, without interruptions or censorship, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs stresses that this is an appropriate time to draw attention to the governmental issues regarding the People's Republic of China, but denounces governmental attempts to do the same within the very platform of the Summer Games themselves, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs, in hopes of an unblemished Olympics, strongly advocates full participation by the United States of America in the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.