Recycling Matters

Lettersship of property is what gives real power to the people’s ability to check the government’s corruption and abuse of power.

Socialist Democracy (Democrat) Policy: Government should control the distribution of property in a manner that makes outcomes equal for all regardless of input. Translation: Slavery and Poverty for the many; Property, Privilege, and Wealth for the few.

First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ,

Religious Freedom: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” (Amendment I, US Constitution) [emphasis mine]

Constitutional Republic (Republican)

The applications for aluminum are woven into modern life. It is a lightweight, sturdy metal necessary for the infrastructure we see all around us, as well as for products we use daily. What an awesome material! When we learn how it is produced, we may give it the respect it deserves by being more vigilant about recycling our cans, bakeware and aluminum foil.

I recently came across a lot of good information about aluminum from Wasted: How We Squander Time, Money, And Natural Resources — And What We Can Do About It by Byron Reese and Scott Hoffman. The chapters devoted to aluminum revealed both the difficulties of mining bauxite, the ore from which aluminum is made, as well as the ease of recycling aluminum. We can and should do better to make sure we always have a plentiful supply of aluminum. Throwing aluminum in the trash or littering the roadsides with it is a shame.

Policy: Freedom to worship God in the manner that they choose; the obligation to equally allow others a like freedom to worship their God as they choose. The freedom from fear of conversion through coercion, intimidation, or violence.

Socialist Democracy (Democrat) Policy: Remove God from the marketplace, government, and all public places. Religious observance is limited in every way possible. Atheism replaces God in their brave new (actually retro) world of socialist conformity to the antigod; particularly intolerant toward Christianity.

Freedom of Speech: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech or the press…” (Amendment I, US Constitution) [emphasis mine]

Constitutional Republic (Republican) Policy: Individual right to express one’s opinions, without interference from government, hostile groups, academic monopolies, or individuals.

Socialist Democracy (Democrat) Policy: Limiting speech, political speech in particular, is a basic tenet of policy of the Socialist Democracy. Anyone who disagrees with the official word is a heretic and needs to be canceled and driven from society.

The policies of our Constitutional Republic are diametrically opposed to the policies of the Socialist

By Sally Chappell Bridgton Recycling Committee

Bauxite is mined in far flung places on the earth. Australia, China, Brazil, Guinea, and India are the top five bauxite producing countries according to World Atlas. Ideally, the refining of aluminum from bauxite would be done near the mining site. Due to the high amounts of electricity needed to refine aluminum, however, most often the bauxite ore needs to be shipped to places where electricity is cheap. Iceland is one example because of its plentiful supply of geothermal energy. 70 percent of all the electricity generated on Iceland is used for its three aluminum refineries. Cheap electricity, on the other hand, can also come from coal-fired power plants.

In contrast to the mining, shipping and refining of bauxite ore into aluminum, recycling aluminum is a simple

ALUMINUM, Page 2B espoused by Progressives. Jock MacGregor Sebago