>Glad you saw it. Yes, Gore sounds like such a cool guy! I guess >it's just more on the Buy the Administration shenanegans. Block this >great guy, get the richer one into office. > >Jesse
http://members.aol.com/bblum6/aer34.htm Anti-Empire Report, June 21, 2006 The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends June 21, 2006 by William Blum "Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice." Thomas Paine Recently, Al Gore appeared at a bookstore in downtown Washington signing copies of his new book on environmental concerns, when who should show up on the line of people looking for a signed copy but Ralph Nader. Gore stood up and said: "Nice to see you! How you doing? I'm really so grateful to you for coming by." After more pleasantries, Gore inscribed the book: "For my friend, Ralph Nader. With respect, Al Gore." Two men in line could not resist remarking to Nader that if not for him Gore might have won the election in 2000. "Thanks to you, we had Bush all these years," said one. "How many are dead in Iraq because of that?" [Washington Post, June 16, 2006, p.2] What Nader replied has not been reported. The idea that Ralph Nader cost the Democrats the 2000 election will likely persist forever, so let me state for all eternity, speaking for myself and for the millions like me: The choice facing us was not Ralph Nader or Albert Gore. The choice facing us was Ralph Nader or not voting at all. If Nader had not been on the ballot, we would have stayed home. The millions who voted for Nader and the millions more who stayed home demanded an inspiring alternative to the Republicans; even a halfway inspiring alternative would have sufficed for most of us. The Democrats did not, and still do not, offer any kind of alternative, particularly on foreign policy. On foreign policy the two major parties are completely indistinguishable. For all intents and purposes, the United States is a one-party state in all but name -- the War Party. The occasional minor points of difference which arise are Democratic artificial constructs created for election purposes, and in these cases the Democrats often take a position to the right of their Republican "opponents", like calling for tougher measures in the war on terrorism or against Iran. This is the case with the Democrats whether we're speaking of the conservatives amongst them, or the moderates, or the liberals. And this has long been the case. Here is an excerpt from a talk delivered in 1965 by Carl Oglesby, President of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), at an anti-Vietnam War rally in Washington: "The original commitment in Vietnam was made by President Truman, a mainstream liberal. It was seconded by President Eisenhower, a moderate liberal. It was intensified by the late President Kennedy, a flaming liberal. Think of the men who now engineer that war -- those who study the maps, give the commands, push the buttons, and tally the dead: Bundy, McNamara, Rusk, Lodge, Goldberg, the President [Johnson] himself. They are not moral monsters. They are all honorable men. They are all liberals. [November 27, 1965, copy of Oglesby's speech in my possession] " >On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:24 PM, JJJN wrote: > > > Mark, > > I was in a Hotel last night in Bismarck North Dakota, I got to see the > > whole interview. I must say I am ready to see the movie. I wish more > > people could have seen Al in this light about 6 years ago. > > > > Jim > > > > mark manchester wrote: > > > >> Ha-HAH! Same post, new title. This is a fantastic interview, > >> guys, to > >> which there has been no response at all~! Read! Or else let's > >> talk about > >> our lawns. (Lawns are important too, don't get all biofuelly on > >> me..) > >> > >> Al Gore interview, last month, about his global warming platform > >> and movie. > >> I missed it, maybe you did too. Jesse > >> > >> http://www.macleans.ca/culture/films/article.jsp? > >> content=20060522_127258_127 > >> 258 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
