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"I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct." J. Coleman (Founder of the Weather Channel poo-poos Globwarm)
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I know this sounds really strange, but I find this speech really...depressing. All the things he talks about need to be done, I really believe that.
But it's far too large an agenda for any one President.
Because far, far too much has gone wrong.
Sigh.
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Dennis starts by saying: I see the world as being an integrated whole, I understand the world as being interconnected and interdependent. What is the number one threat to the world's environment? Global Warming? Air pollution? Oil? Dennis has the right answer: Number one: the United States must lead the way in abolishing all nuclear weapons. Second greatest threat? War, Dennis says. Right on, I say. Then he gets to Global Warming. We must come to the next Climate Change conference with a real intention to reduce Greenhouse Gases. And then, he gets to Oil. This is a call to the heart, a cry to the heart, a call to conscience, for all Americans to recognize that the connection between Global Warring and Global Warming is Oil, the connection between war and ecocide. Then he talks about Mass Transit, Green Building Codes, Wind and Solar Microenterprise, and government as an investor rather than a manager. He talks about using the scientific skills and tools of America to develop "carbonless combustion". It's amazing what is possible today in America.
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I think there's an unlimited amoutn of wealth out there that is available to our creative energy if we would only "go green". And finally: We are the generation that we have been waiting for. What a great quote! No matter what we do or do not do, those words still ring true. No matter what goes right, or what goes wrong, they are still true. We are. No other generation is going to come and replace us. Dennis calls us to action: The real "cause" of our lives is to heal the world. So while we're here, let's support the candidacy of a man with a real vision. Sure, he has no chance of winning. But every time he opens his mouth, he alters the national conversation. Let's make sure he can keep talking.
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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Crazy talk. How could anything the US does in any way be questioned?
darn its hard irking
Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
You are born naked and everything else is drag - RuPaul
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not to be too superficial but:
Is America ready for an unphotogenic president?
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
(Philip K.Dick)
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Um...can you say Truman? Nixon? Eisenhower?
Remember the cartoons of Jimmy's ears?
Ford?
various Bushes?
Julia
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perhaps i was being a little too subtle... thats not like me you know!
i was making a snide comment about media speculation, nonsensical questions like "is America ready for a woman/black president"
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
(Philip K.Dick)
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Schlack, to put it more to the point, "Is America ready for a leader instead of a poll watcher or oil whore?"
Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
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Is America ready for an unphotogenic president? Yeah, sure, but look at his wife. Really. She doesn't mind. And guess what? She talks the talk just like he does. Maybe even more effective, cause it's so darn easy to maintain focus on her face.
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
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not to be too superficial but:
Is America ready for an unphotogenic president? Yes! As long as he never leaves his wife's side...
Castigat Ridendo Mores
(laughter succeeds where lecturing fails)
"Those who will risk nothing, risk everything"
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