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  Looks like you two aren't all that familiar with popular uprisings and their dynamics. In any case, and as already noted, these forces ARE amassing as last week's action and upcoming events like 350.org attest. These people won't go away because DC can't get its' act together. The anti-war movement during Nam didn't go away when anti-war resolutions failed in congress. All these actions are about raising awareness, pushing the envelope of accepted limits, moving beyond the dominant paradigm. "If the people lead, the leaders will eventually follow". Read your history. If you're in Washington, DC you're in a bubble.........pop it!On ‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill posted 1 month ago 104 Responses

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  This is nonsense. Young people and other activists are already in motion. The movement is growing with every vanished glacier, extinct species, flood destroyed city, etc. In fact we're commenting on their VERY action last week! There's nothing more in the way of "self-interest" than the f'ing climate crisis! Watch what happens with 350.org. Further: "a far sighted entity can take action - this is usually a government"??? far-sighted government? Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha.......On ‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill posted 1 month ago 104 Responses

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  Well then Susan, put a cap on it AND initiate a tax. it seems yur' trapped in the present paradigm.On ‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill posted 1 month ago 104 Responses

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  Weiss has obviously been beneath the Beltway toooo long: “Unfortunately the moral high ground of ‘we must act for our children’ is necessary but not sufficient for our political process.” Well then, Danny, the process needs to be shaken up.On ‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill posted 1 month, 1 week ago 104 Responses

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  The bill in the Senate is fraught with error & false solutions. Cap & Trade is a suck-up to Wall Street & industry. The definition of renewables is all over the map, including such non-renewables as industrial-scale biomass incineration. Nukes & King Coal still get subsidies.....i do believe. Soooo, what's there to celebrate? Incremental change in the face of massive climate disruption? Sorry. It's business-as-usual in DC.On Boxer, Kerry will introduce Senate climate bill next week posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago 3 Responses