Ah, environmentalists. You just gotta love 'em. They are so concerned with getting the word out to folks about the dangers we pose to this planet that they seem to overlook their own eco-crimes while doing so.

For example, on Wednesday we received a rather large envelope from an outfit based in Hertfordshire, England called Earthprint Limited. They were announcing their annual publication "GEO (Global Environment Outlook) Year Book 2007," that "provides a thorough overview of the state of the world's environment over the past year, a vital publication for anyone concerned with the environment."

Perhaps someone can explain to this writer how this company is helping to save the environment by mailing single sheets of paper in oversized envelopes all over the world.

From Sweeden.

That's right, a British company selling a book about "the threat of ecosystem degradation" is pumping jet fumes into the upper atmosphere by insisting on having their single page press releases sent half way across the planet to every news room in America.

They could have faxed it. They could have e-mailed it. The book they are selling could be offered in PDF format where it can be downloaded off the Internet and read without having to cut down a single tree or burn all those nasty fossil fuels to deliver it to you.

But they didn't.

Environmentalists. You just gotta love 'em.

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Many have read or heard about the arrest of six fellows that were allegedly planning to shoot up Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could. They were found out after a teenage Circuit City employee became alarmed when he was asked to copy a DVD with a bunch of guys firing AK-47s, yelling "Allahu Akabar" [God is great!] at the top of their lungs.

So following a 15 month investigation, the feds busted these alleged terrorists. Then the denial began in certain circles.

While the New York Post went into detail about the suspects' radical Islamic beliefs, the New York Times did the exact opposite, with reporter Alan Feuer writing that "It is unclear what role, if any, religion played in the attack Mr. Shnewer and the five other men are charged with planning."

"The authorities have described the suspects as Islamic extremists, but the lengthy criminal complaint summarizing the F.B.I.'s 15-month undercover investigation of the group does not mention where -- or how often -- they prayed. Certainly there is no evidence that they picked up radical ideas at either mosque," the Times said.

Oh, of course not. They must have gotten those ideas from watching episodes of "24."

Please.

This writer has noticed more and more of this type of whitewashing from major media outlets when it comes to topics like this. Links to this particular faith are downplayed or even ignored by some in the news business. For example, were you aware that there is an apparent Jihadist camp in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains outside of Hancock, New York?

I didn't, but an article by Paul L. Williams Ph.D., author of "The Day of Islam," outlined the problem up there. But this article did not appear in any New York newspaper, or any American media outlet for that matter. It was published in the paper Canada Free Press.

According to the article, neighbors call the place Islamberg and frequently hear weapons fire and small explosions on the 70 acre property during weekends. There is no power, running water or sewage disposal on the land and no local official has apparently addressed it. No visitors are allowed inside the compound, which is apparently used for some sort of training.

One investigator who made onto the property found that the area "was equipped with ropes hanging from tall trees, wooden fences for scaling, a make-shift obstacle course, and a firing range."

The group is a branch of Muslims of the Americas Inc., a tax-exempt organization formed in 1980 by Pakistani cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who has been directly linked by court documents to Jamaat u-Fuqra or "community of the impoverished", an organization that seeks to "purify" Islam through violence, according to the article.

The article also claims that compounds just like this are in various parts of the country, include one in Dover, Tennessee. Vehicles with Tennessee plates have also been seen on the grounds of the New York property.

If a bunch of rednecks got together on someone's land and began shooting up the place every weekend, disturbing the neighbors, you would probably hear about the federal raid in the news for weeks. But there hasn't been a peep about these guys. One only hopes that the FBI are keeping a close eye on these fellows.

We keep hearing "we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here at home." Let us pray they are right.