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  • Gah . . .

    Right-wing talking points . . . too many of them at once . . . brain . . . turning to . . . mush ....On Republican platform acknowledges climate change but spurns 'no-growth' radicalism posted 1 year, 2 months ago 25 Responses

  • Wow, sounds disturbingly similar to . . .

    the Paris Hilton energy plan.

    There's just gotta be some obscure phrase or foreign word for this . . . when the simulacrum is just as real as the thing itself or even moreso . . .On T. Boone Pickens airs his first television ad posted 1 year, 3 months ago 5 Responses

  • Well I guess celebrity is only a bad thing...

    . . . if you're a Democrat. It certainly didn't stop Reagan, Schwarzenegger, or Fred Thompson from achieving high office. On McCain compares Obama to Britney and Paris in new energy ad posted 1 year, 4 months ago 9 Responses

  • With apologies to PT Barnum . . .

    . . . you'll never go broke underestimating the prejudices of the American public. Then again, it might be worthwhile to mine this ad for best practices regarding how to talk about environmental issues to red-staters. For example, note that the word "environment" does not appear once in the ad copy. Instead the emphasis is on "population," "infrastructure," "resources," "gridlock," and "traffic," all concerns that average Americans can grasp easily. When it comes to proselytizing the unwashed, the less we invoke hippies and eco-asceticism (though I personally endorse both) in our language, the wider we'll be heard. On Anti-immigrant groups hide agenda behind environmental concerns posted 1 year, 5 months ago 17 Responses

  • The instinct to classify . . .

    . . . is fundamental to the human mind, which means that as long as our eyes can distinguish between earth tones, race will continue to be salient. It's unfortunate, but if you look at the fates of recent black electoral candidates (Lynn Swann, Michael Steele, and Harold Ford Jr. come to mind), there does seem to be a bit of a colored-glass ceiling in this country. So CR is probably right, but right now I'd settle for a reality-based president only slightly less in hock to corporate interests than the one we have now.On Al Gore: Not retarded posted 2 years, 8 months ago 2 Responses

  • I'm disappointed to hear

    that more celebrities were not in attendance. If the time-honored technique of political carnival can't sexify global warming as a hot (entendre intended) cause-célebre for Hollywood trendsetters, I don't know what the world's coming to.On Lots of posh enviro stuff, but no celebs posted 2 years, 10 months ago 2 Responses

  • Re: [new] yip yip yip

    Why in the world, by the way, are you yourself Madame la Juge, to decide what is correctly "wrought" and "deserved"?

    Newsflash--sometimes people express opinions on their blogs. We'll have more after this:

    Here is a suggestion: Why don't you move to Tibet?!  You would be so much happier there, not having to deal with idolatrous Americans.

    Oh, come on. You sound like a Freeper, which is especially ironic given that your PETAesque signature is strident enough to bring out the "love it or leave it" in even your average centrist. I doubt that anyone here disagrees with (most of) the yippies' aims, but as the vicissitudes of politics in the age of mass media show us on a daily basis, presentation matters. Questions regarding what means are most likely to bring about our mutually desired ends will never close until we actually get everything we want. So, let's try to have a polite conversation about that rather than this whole circular-firing-squad deal. Bit of a dead end, in case you hadn't noticed. On Opening night film relives 1960s activism, but who even cares anymore? posted 2 years, 10 months ago 15 Responses

  • The convergence . . .

    of business and environmental imperatives generally leads to better outcomes when it's more than just idle chatter. Although this probably won't affect the nation's burgeoning buy-nothing demographic (I can snipe because I belong to it), this is probably the best way to get the silent majority that cares only about low prices into some serious energy conservationism. And this is coming from a guy who can't even step inside a Wal-Mart without catching vertigo, so you know it's a grudging admission, but good job, corporate robber-barons.On Wal-Mart pushes CFLs posted 2 years, 11 months ago 17 Responses

  • Environmentalists aren't the only ones . . .

    . . . miffed at UNICOR. Its slaves inmates do their dirty work for well under minimum wage, and that's got market fundamentalists a bit hot under the collar. After all, how can good ol' American industry compete with a captive workforce that might as well be toiling for free? Hmm, is that a potential coalition I smell, or just the sweet stench of PVC?On E-waste recycling in U.S. prisons posted 2 years, 11 months ago 4 Responses