From Melissa Etheridge's acceptance speech for "I Need to Wake Up":
... Mostly I have to thank Al Gore ... for inspiring me ... for showing that caring about the earth is not Republican or Democrat. We are all green. This is our job now. We can become the greatest generation -- the generation that woke up, the generation that changed ...
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randino Posted 9:48 pm
25 Feb 2007
I think you need to read some political tea leaves into this. Oscars are political, and that second Oscar may be a shot across the bow of Hilary Clinton inevitability. Along with Geffin's comments it shows that maybe the Clintonistas cannot take Hollywood for granted.
That's how I read the bones.
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Delay And Deny Posted 4:48 am
26 Feb 2007
Samuel Johnson said that patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
I now say that "Environmentalism" (in it's current, Hollywood-hyped Green form) is the last refuge of Hasbeens.
From Al Gore to Tom Cruise to Melissa (when was here last hit) Ethridge to Kevin Bacon, all can gather round and jump on the Coaster Wagon, getting a few last pumps of the old career.
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