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  Bill hit that one on the head, didn't he? Don't give up yet, though. That is largely how we wound up with the worst president in U.S. history; remember 2000? What we need is a strong FOUR party system on the libertarian-right and left to counter the corporatist (my word) influence of the establishment parties. In the short term I think we need to hold the Dems to account and support as many insurgent "green" primary candidates as possible, and support third-party options whenever feasible. We need to make the Dems understand that they can't coast their way into the corporate money their opponents enjoyed for the last couple of decades without consequences.

  On House GOP circulating anti–climate bill document created by coal lobby posted 5 months ago 12 Responses

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  Hey, don't hate the goatee! But yeah, there seems to be a "Dr. Evil" syndrome infecting the Republican party these days. How long before they come out in favor of torture . . . oh, wait . . .

  On House GOP circulating anti–climate bill document created by coal lobby posted 5 months ago 12 Responses

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  This is profound

  This is huge. I have always thought that anti-environmentalism and political corruption were separated at birth. This may strip destructive industries of their ability to game the system. One can only hope...On Obama's early actions bode well for the environment posted 10 months ago 5 Responses

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  So that means...

  ...we should muck it up worse for us to our heart's and the oil industry's content?

  Nice logic...On There is no negative feedback in the climate system posted 10 months ago 51 Responses

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  You may be right

  ...but we need to push hard to make sure that the research is mostly put upon these wealthy industries to prove their effectiveness before they see serious tax dollars. The subtext I see in the admin. language on coal seems to indicate that strategy. One can only hope...On The four global warming impact studies Bush tried to bury in his final days posted 10 months ago 16 Responses