| You should really go read Eric Massa's excellent post at Daily Kos, Global Warming and People-Powered Politics. Here's a taste:
We need representatives in Congress who will take the lead on these issues whether we have a president who does or not. If the current trends continue, this will probably be a priority for the next US president. But an important part of people-powered politics is finding those who will lead and who will hold others accountable when they fail to lead properly. Sometimes corporate interests, and their paid shills in the congress or the White House or elsewhere, will try to deceive us about the challenges and possibilities. We need to be ever watchful and always willing to speak truth to power. Only by studying and carefully sorting through what we read and hear can we recognize where the truth lies. It is in the interests of the people, through true people-powered politics, that we can achieve the results that we need, results-oriented responses to global climate change that simultaneously provide jobs for the future.
Seriously, go read the whole thing. |
