GO FIGURE

License plates for 1948 were made, presumably by prisoners, in 1947. In those years in that state every year marked a new plate.

But in 1948 the plates were either made from soybeans or fiberboard. How cool is that? Illinois was green before it was cool to be green. And that's the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it.

My problem with the green people is that they seem to be dictatorial or condescending. I guess you can be both. They act as if they invented green. That before they shed their light on us, we were ravaging the planet.

And hey, I went to the first Earth Day. I've picked up litter for years. I don't litter. And I'm not alone. So you didn't start a movement. You merely got on board. Which is fine. Please, just please lose the attitude.

While I may not buy every green product on the market, I'll usually try them. If they don't do the job I'm used to, then I won't buy them again. So if you're looking for a cause, please try green paper towels. I haven't found any that work as well as my white ones: note no color/no dye in them.

Better yet, try soybean towels. I mean if they worked for car licenses 60 years ago, they might just be of more use today than we give them.