Letters: 'Greenies' want to control your life

I'D LIKE TO offer Daily News readers an Earth Day IQ test:

Can you change the weather by paying more taxes?

The Democrats in Washington seem to think they can, so don't laugh!

I happen to be pro-choice on CO2 emissions. If my neighbor wants to heat his home, cook his food, drive to work or fly to see his grandchildren, it would be wrong for me, and certainly wrong for Obama, Pelosi and Reid, to try to punish him by making energy too expensive to consume.

Yet that is exactly what these lunatics in Washington are trying to do.

So before you sign on to "ration and tax," otherwise known as "cap and trade," think about turning over your wallet, and your freedom, to people who want to control every human endeavor since every human endeavor has a carbon footprint.

How exactly did the anti-CO2 "green" movement get its name?

Don't green plants breathe in CO2 and exhale oxygen? Maybe the "green" they're after is what's in our wallets. Why else would they be trying to change the weather through tax policy?

Jerry Cunningham, Philadelphia

Our fantastic athletic scene

As the Flyers hopefully continue to advance in the playoffs, the Phils look to go for a third consecutive NL pennant and a World Series championship and Eagles fans dissect the upcoming schedule. . . let's not forget of some of the "secondary" sporting events taking place in this great city over the next few months.

This weekend, we have the 116th running of the Penn Relays in venerable Franklin Field. (Has it really been 50 years since the Eagles last won an NFL championship in this shrine?)

On Sunday, May 2, we have the 31st Broad Street Run (30,000 participants). On the second weekend of May (May 7 and May 8), we have the 75-year-old Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill. (Thank you, Aberdeen Asset Management, for saving the event.)

And on the first Sunday in June (June 6), we have one of the best bike races in the world taking place on our challenging streets.

These events not only attract world-class athletes, but let children, high school and college athletes and the elderly participate as well, not to mention the millions of dollars they generate for a struggling Philadelphia economy.

Sometimes we take these events for granted - but no other city has the history or the venues to pull off events like these. If any of you reading this are participating or attending - enjoy!

Joe "Jake" Dunphy, Philadelphia