[AGL] period of consequences - Gerry

[Connie Clark]

Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:    All political parties are collections of splinter groups.

That environmental passion seemed to leave him during his tenure as VP and
in the 2000 race. Many of us took his lack of passion in this area as a slap
in the face. Prior to his movie his main contribution to the environment was
a book he wrote about hiking with his son. Plenty of smoke but no fire. In
my NSHO his campaign was run by the DLC who told him to soft peddle the
environment and stick to the center--hardly a place to express one's
passion--and he complied.
   
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  couldn't agree with you more, except the part about the book.  I read Earth in the Balance, and it was an extensive treatise on environmental ills of every kind.  It was quite an education for me back in '92. 
   
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Anyway, I like the guy but still wonder about him, a very strange fellow,
Aries, smart but strange. I jumped to the Greens in 2000 and have no
regrets. Until the Dems get passionate about the environment (much more
passionate than Kerry in 2004) I will stick with the Greens. The environment
is issue number one with many of us--and I don't mean global warming...I
don't downplay it but there are lots of environmental problems that have
been around for a long time and have to be addressed, like acid rain and
coal operators who reap the profits and leave huge holes in the ground, and
range reform on government lands, and Monsanto, etc, etc, etc.
   
  C----------------------------------
  I also agree here, but I don't find him strange. Gore would not dismiss any environmental issue, but he is saying Global Warming is a threat to our planet's existence, now.  So much of the world's environmental problems are closely if not directly related to fossil fuel production and consumption as you know. The new book is mostly pictures, graphs with global perspective of conditions all over the wordld - hope you can get a chance to look at it.
   
  BTW, Gerry, thank you for doing the small footprint thing.  I do take that seriously myself.  It is hard.
   
  - good luck with the rain dancing
  Connie
   
   
  
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Edwards" 
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] period of consequences


Yeah. But I wasn't really talking about THAT Green Party. Which was
(is?) really nothing more than a collection of splinter groups. I do
admire Gore the most when he's being true to his environmental passion.

On Jun 8, 2006, at 10:21 PM, Connie Clark wrote:

> thanks
>
> but uh Harry, maybe the Green Party should have supported him in 2000
> - or at least given him half a chance.
>
>
> Harry Edwards wrote:
>> Happy Birthday Connie! Almost sounds like Gore is calling for a . .
>> . uh . . . Green Party.
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Connie Clark wrote:
>>
>> > the change in policy needs a grassroots movement asking every
>> > politician and every business now "what are you doing about global
>> > warming?"
>
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