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  • Looks like Obama Caves

    Obama reverses his position on offshore drilling and says he is willing to compromise with Republicans to allow off-shore drilling:

    "Obama said Friday that he would be willing to compromise on his position against offshore oil drilling if it were part of a more overarching strategy to lower energy costs."

    Hmm, yet both candidates seem to be ignoring conservation and reducing consumption as the BEST and cheapest ways to combat climate change and get on track on energy.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/02/campaign.wrap/On Conservatives will drill-and-burn this planet to the point of destruction posted 1 year, 4 months ago 11 Responses

  • fundi

    caniscandida, your criticism is well taken and I apologize for my immature post. Maybe it was those raging hormones ;)

    I've always been committed to deep ecology and I see the deeper root of the problem is habitat encroachment by us humans and by our unsustainable practices that put a strain on these ecosystems.On Captured sea lions on Columbia River assassinated posted 1 year, 6 months ago 13 Responses

  • Seals just wanna have fun

    http://clubinbabyseals.ytmnd.com/

    But seriously, not cool.On Captured sea lions on Columbia River assassinated posted 1 year, 6 months ago 13 Responses

  • Who's next?

    I've been very suspicious of the Sierra Culb and the National Resource Defense Fund as they've both grown closer to corporate interests.

    Are there any "true" grassroots. non-corporatized, eco-nonprofits left? I'd say Friends of the Earth comes close.On Sierra Club removes leadership of its Florida chapter posted 1 year, 8 months ago 42 Responses

  • Carbon Tax on Air Travel

    What if we placed some sort of carbon tax on air travel?

    1. It may dissuade people from traveling by air and perhaps give trains a competitive advantage when it comes cross country trips.

    2. A carbon tax on air travel wont effect the poor and working class as they much as they won't be flying by air anyhows as its financially prohibited for most (many can't afford to leave work and/or the price of travel)

    Thoughts?On Reducing your carbon footprint from travel posted 1 year, 8 months ago 41 Responses

  • More choices, more voices

    Thanks for the interviewing a presidential candidate outside the two major parties. I would love to see Grist do the same with the Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Constitution Party when they choose their candidates.On An interview with Ralph Nader about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 1 year, 8 months ago 9 Responses

  • let the man run if he wants

    Nader has the democratic right to run if he wants to.

    At least Nader doesn't accept corporate money unlike the Mr. Obama:

    http://opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?id=N00009638&am ...On Ralph Nader jumps into the presidential race posted 1 year, 9 months ago 31 Responses

  • youTube Whole debate

    You can catch the whole 2 hour debate on youTube now at:

    Hour One
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKHr-azwtso

    Hour Two
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72k1ElvwBKIOn What is the Green Party up to, exactly? posted 1 year, 10 months ago 23 Responses

  • Uh...

    Whatever achievements he may have had decades ago, in recent political history he has clearly demonstrated that he is a dunderheaded, narcissistic fuckwit. If you turn from an effective campaigner into a destructive egomaniac, you don't get a get out of jail free card because of your past.

    Ad hominem statement anyone?

    In regards to Florda 2000, Nader was popular with many paleo-conservatives because he railed against the abuse of govenrment power as well as corporate power (many paelo-cons also did not like NAFTA)

    Also not talked about is that Nader galvanized many of those who have never voted before or those who would have stayed home on election day if Nader wasn't in the race.

    I also think it unfair that when people accuse Ralph Nader of "stealing" votes (because we all know that political parties are entitled to a person's vote rolls eyes), they neglect to point out that every single third party in that was on the ballot in Florida could have tipped it to Gore.

    Final Count
    537 vote difference between Gore and Bush

    Republican - 2,912,790
    Democratic - 2,912,253
    Green - 97,488
    Natural Law - 2,281
    Reform - 17,484
    Libertarian - 16,415
    Workers World - 1,804
    Constitution -1,371
    Socialist - 622
    Socialist Workers - 562
    Write-in 40

    Al From, former Leader of the Democratic Leadership Committee, said in Blueprint Magazine (1/24/01) that according to their own exit polls, Bush would have won by one percentage point in Nader hadn't run.

    America badly needs electoral reform like Instant Runoff Voting and Proportional Representation.
    http://www.fairvote.org/On Darth Nader endorses Edwards instead of Green Party candidate posted 1 year, 11 months ago 38 Responses

  • Well...

    "The Democratic candidate knows that (s)he owns every vote here.

    The same kind of thing is happening on the other side, as the Republican candidate knows that he owns every evangelical vote."

    That's the kind of hubris thinking that leads to candidates taking certain parts of the electorate for granted. No candidate or party owns or is entitled to anyone's vote! It's simply ridicuouls to say that the Democrats are entitled to all Black votes or environmentalist votes.

    What are Greens, Libertarians, Constitutionists suppose to do? Tell us we can't participate in the democratic process?

    I apologize for sorta derailing the thread though.

    Obama is just bound to too many industries. Illinois is a big coal state so Obama doesn't want to offend the Big coal.On Obama condemns mining reform package as too hard on the mining industry posted 2 years ago 18 Responses

  • Time for a third party

    This is what I've been telling people. This year is the time to vote Green Party. The only party that does not accept corporate donations. The only party with that recognizes global warming as the greatest threat to mankind. And the only party that has the most comprehensive plan for a sustainable farm-environmental-enery policy.On Obama condemns mining reform package as too hard on the mining industry posted 2 years ago 18 Responses

  • The little party that could


    Sure, and then a Republican wins.  Like it or not, the simple fact of the matter is that our political system is built around two parties.  It's been a century and a half since a third party has managed to supplant an existing one.

    With all due respect, but that's the kinda of self-defeatist talk that global warming skeptics employ: "We can't do anything about global warming, so why bother"

    But we can! Think globally, act locally. We can be active and informed citizens by trying to reform the electoral system by implementing Instant Runoff Voting or some form of proportional representation starting at the local level. And Greens have been proven to be capable of running governments as shown by the German Greens and soon the Irish Greens. Plus we have hundreds Greens at the local office level here in the good ole U.S.

    I also am troubled with the statement that voting Green will in virtue elect a Republican. First of all, people can vote for who ever they want, Democrats aren't entitled to any person vote just as the Green Party isn't entitled to environmentalists votes. The party has to earn it through the best policies and campaigning (assuming there's a level playing field for all regarding the media and campaign finance.) People shouldn't be pressured to voting their fears, they should vote for their hopes and dreams, as cheesy as that may sound.

    Now, I am also in the belief that in order for the Greens to grow, they have to start from the bottom up. That means getting elected at the local level, whether it be for county board or water commissioner.

    Now I'm not saying all the Democrats are corrupt and bought off by Big Business, but the progressive wing of the Dems are still chained to the Machine that is the Democratic National Committee and play by their rules.On It makes Senate Dems act like wussies posted 2 years, 5 months ago 23 Responses

  • Well?

    well, what happen? Was the amendment voted up or down?On Make your opinion heard posted 2 years, 5 months ago 5 Responses

  • Change is in the air!

    I think its time to vote Green in '08. Think about it; The Green Party is the only party that refuses corporate contributions and least likely to be bought or swayed by Big Coal...and Big Ethanol.

    I may be a partisan, but at least my side has a spine and principles.

    Ten Key Values of the Green PartyOn It makes Senate Dems act like wussies posted 2 years, 5 months ago 23 Responses

  • Part II

    Part II of Colbert's The Word segment on Griffin's comments.

    http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?ml_video=87981On Unfortunate posted 2 years, 5 months ago 9 Responses

  • someone didn't get the memo

    That's good to hear and I applaud the Dems, but the Green Party has been saying this all along; that we can have smart, sustainable growth by investing in things like renewable energy.On A hearing in the House shows promise posted 2 years, 6 months ago 13 Responses