In South Carolina, the “Democratic Party” candidate is Bob Conley, who must be mentioned was recently a Republican, on a county GOP committee until winning the Democratic Party primay, and Ron Paul supporter. On the Repulbican side, Lindsey Graham. In this race, Saturday’s debate could well be a telling one for anyone who cares for […]
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Reality Denial can be bipartisan … sort of …
October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Reality Denial can be bipartisan … sort of …
Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics
T Boone Pickens continues hard sell with blogger call
October 7th, 2008 · 19 Comments
T Boone Pickens continues his hard sell efforts when it comes to the flawed Pickens’ Plan. Yesterday, a bipartisan group of bloggers had a teleconference with T Boone. (Notably, this is just when a rush of advertisements are appearing across the blogosphere from T Boone.) If one listens through ‘the call’, several points might jump […]
Tags: Energy · politics · the pickens plan
Why not 435? Or, even 535? And, that’s just voting members …
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Why not 435? Or, even 535? And, that’s just voting members …
Yesterday, 152 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on climate principles. The elevator speech: create jobs clean energy reduce pollution protect consumers With four key goals, 1. Reduce emissions to avoid dangerous global warming; 2. Transition America to a clean energy society; 3. Recognize and […]
Tags: climate change · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · politics
John “Truthiness” McCain’s evening in Mississippi
September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
There are going to be millions of words already and coming out about the debate in Ole Miss. Thus, to add a few into the pile. Whether captured or not, the facts will show that John “Truthiness” McCain showed up in force this evening. We could discuss Senator McCain’s failure to fight for funding veterans’ […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · Energy · Global Warming · john mccain · political symbols · politics · renewable energy
McCain: Failing his own “test”?
September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on McCain: Failing his own “test”?
Both Barack Obama and campaign-suspended John McCain spoke at a session of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. Some have already called John McCain’s comments “the height of hypocrisy.” Reading McCain’s speech and considering John McCain’s spinning out of control flip-flopping on energy and global warming issues over the past year, it is hard to disagree […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · climate change · Clinton Climate Initiative · Energy · environmental · john mccain · oil · political symbols · politics
CT4O: Clean Tech For Obama
September 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This afternoon, a group worth joining, Clean Tech & Green Business Leaders for Obama, held a reception with a number of insightful and impassioned speakers including Peter Schwartz (Art of the Long View), Congressman Jay Inslee and Jason Grumet from the Obama campaign. And, some notable clean tech and other heroes and celebrities in the room, […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · Energy · government energy policy · politics
Wall Street Meltdown and a melting globe
September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Wall Street Meltdown and a melting globe
Global Warming, it is said, offers perhaps both the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced and perhaps the greatest opportunity we’ve ever had. Either we will figure out how to transform society, to a prosperous and sustainable path, or we will fail to do so with dire consequences. When it comes to Global Warming and […]
Tags: climate change · politics
Vote Grand Oil Party! Multi-layered deception coming to a street corner near you
September 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments
In my neck of the woods, the local Republicans are showing a real green thumb (actually, perhaps green hammer) as there is green sprouting all over. Green signs with a gas pump are appearing with the words “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!” Now, other than the direct linkage of a gas pump and the […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · Energy · oil · political symbols · politics · republican party · truthiness
Taking Deception to Extremes: “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!”
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Taking Deception to Extremes: “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!”
In my neck of the woods, someone is showing a real green thumb (actually, perhaps green hammer) as there is green sprouting all over. Green signs with a gas pump are appearing with the words “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!” Now, other than the direct linkage of a gas pump and the Republican Party […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · climate delayers · Energy · oil · political symbols · politics · truthiness
Green Stimulus would be worth some real green
September 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
This nation (actually, much of the globe) is struggling economically. Earlier this year, stimulus checks went out to a good number of Americans. Not counted in taxes, these checks aren’t “letting people figure out how to spend their own money” but giving them a chance to live off the money that their children will have […]
Tags: Energize America · Energy · energy efficiency · politics