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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.
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November 14, 2007 8:20 PM
"Here's A Novel Concept for Congress: Do something. Anything. Move."
The New York Times reports that my old boss, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) of Montana, will be appearing in a nationwide ad with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R) demanding Congress begin taking concrete steps to address global warming. The ad is sponsored by Environmental Defense. This is good news - and I just love Schweitzer's comment to the Times:
Governor Schweitzer said dealing with global warming was the "greatest imperative" of this and future generations. "We need to find a sustainable, renewable American energy supply so we will not commit the next generation to fight another oil war," he said.
Mr. Schweitzer added: "Here's a novel concept for Congress. Do something. Anything. Move."
They don't call him quotable for nothin'.
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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Takeover. He lives in Denver, Colorado. His daily blog can be found at CREDO Action. He contributes regularly to the Denver Post's Web site, is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and is working on his second book. He has been profiled in Newsweek and the Rocky Mountain News and is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. Sirota serves as co-chair of the Progressive States Network, a 501(c)3 organization that supports state legislators and that is a partner of CREDO.
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On the issue of the environment, I don't trust any of these governors. Schweitzer supports the DISASTEROUS coal-gas conversion which requires loads of petroleum to begin with. Arnold VETOED a pro-hemp bill and is still in bed with Big Oil/Energy. Utah governor? An environmentalist? BIG JOKE ! As for telling Congress to move that's not a problem. It's just that they're doing it in the WRONG direction !!
and I hope he runs for Prez someday. He's one of the few elected Dems who have a spine.
Is there anyone in Montana who supports the idea of hemp for fuel and can pass it on to Schweitzer. The tragedies in WV are already heartbreaking and the last thing I or the Montanans would want to see are the potential for the same kind of tragedies due to excess coal mining.
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