Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Ok, I’m doing a new thing now. I was inspired by “An Inconvenient Truth” this afternoon (depsite watching it in black and white due to an unknown TV malfunction). If you haven’t seen it, the message is basically this:
(1) the Earth’s climate is definitely changing,
(2) human activity is the overwhelming cause,
(3) there will definitely be significant effects for all of us, and probably catastrophic ones if we don’t change our ways immediately. But,
(4) we can still change course, and
(5) as individuals, it’s up to us both to change the way we interact with nature and
(6) to demand our politicians institute even more widespread changes.
I guess this blog is mostly about #5 — what we can each do in our daily lives — although More…
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Here’s the Thing:
Tell your president what you’re thinking.
My brother’s favorite president is Grover Cleveland, because he ran for president as a bachelor but was secretly courting a 21-year-old college girl, whom he married shortly after taking office. He was 49 at the time.
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Grover Cleveland…
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William Henry Harrison was U.S. president for 30 days. He caught a cold while delivering a 2-hour-plus inaugural address without an overcoat on an extremely cold and windy day, and eventually died of pneumonia and pleurisy. His final words, according to Wikipedia, were “Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.”
Many of today’s current presidents don’t seem to understand the true principles of government. Or perhaps they understand, they’re just not carrying them out. If you want your president — or any elected leaders for that matter — to act responsibly and uphold principles of justice, tell them so! It’s Presidents’ Day in the United States. Why not send your president a card to mark this momentous event?
I interned in the U.S. senate many years ago, and we read and responded to every piece of constituent mail, no matter how cooky. And we took every bit of More…
