> Looking for Leadership or "How Democrats are funding > the Bush Regime." > by Tim Castleman > www.drive55.org > > I hear Democrats saying we need to get rid of this > Bush administration in > 2004. I agree, but I understand the Republicans will > have $200 million > dollars to use in the 2004 campaign. How will > Democrats meet that funding > challenge? > > About half of that $200 million dollars will come > from Democrats, and here > is how: every time we buy petroleum, or products > reliant on it, we are > funding the Bush administration and supporting his > biggest backers, the > petroleum and defense industries. > > Vote with your wallet > > If we could convince Democrats to drive less, and at > more moderate speeds, > they would reduce their petroleum consumption by 20% > to 50%. If the 50 > million registered Democrats would do this, they > would reduce the petroleum > industry's income by at least $2 billion dollars > each month, for a total of > at least $32 billion dollars in the 16 months we > have before the 2004 > Election. > > What sacrifice will we make? > > What sacrifice are we willing to make to get rid of > the Bush Regime and > elect an Administration that will shift funding from > the Pentagon and > petroleum industry to schools, the elderly and > children? Are we willing to > slow down our driving a little bit for these things? > > What sacrifice are we willing to make to prevent the > Bush regime from > keeping its stranglehold on our economy, which it > does by exploiting our > addiction to petroleum and high-speed driving? What > sacrifice are we > willing to make to stop the military industrial > complex from waging war on > every country that has significance to the petroleum > industry? Are we > willing to slow down our driving a little bit for > these things? > > Looking for Leadership > > What is needed now are leaders willing to stand up > and make a commitment to > reduce their personal consumption of petroleum by > slowing down, taking fewer > trips, using public transit and walking or riding a > bike instead. > > What is needed now is leadership willing to take a > Train instead of a Jumbo > Jet Airplane to reduce petroleum consumption on a > "per-passenger-mile" basis > by 50%! Is there a leader that will make the point > by taking his campaign > on the road via the grossly under-funded National > Rail System instead of > using the obscenely-subsidized Jumbo Jet Airplane > system, stopping in each > town to speak to the people who would elect that > leader? > > What is needed now are leaders that are willing to > sacrifice the illusion of > power and the thrill of speeding along in a private > vehicle at the highest > rate of speed possible, in favor of the public > benefit of slowing down or > even taking public transit. Instead of a convoy of > SUVs guzzling petroleum > to haul around the Secret Service and staff, how > about bio-diesel powered > buses for our national leaders? > > What is needed now are leaders that will show others > that it is OK to slow > down a little bit, and that it isn't a big sacrifice > to take a few extra > minutes to get where we are going. > > The Big Payoff or "What's in it for ME?" > > The result of this small sacrifice will be to reduce > the amount of funding > available to the petroleum warlords -- but that is > not all! It will also > put at least $2,600 a year back into the annual > budget for the average > family of 5, or at least $528 for individuals. We > will help lower traffic > fatalities by 7,000 to 10,000 each year and > therefore reduce insurance > rates. Additionally, we will reduce wear and tear > on our vehicles, > resulting in lower maintenance costs and longer > service life before > replacement is needed. Emissions of C02 will be > reduced by 150%, N0x by up > to 30%, and PM by 10% to 30%. > > There is NO downside or "Isn't a Mile-A-Minute fast > enough?" > > An average five mile trip MAY take 1 1/2 minutes > longer. A 30 mile trip MAY > add 5 minutes at the reduced speeds. I say "MAY" > because some studies > suggest that increased accidents due to high speeds > actually have a time > penalty as we wait for the wreckage to be cleared > and our time is consumed > in hospitals and doctors offices. Racing to the > next red light will not > speed up our trip -- most signal systems are timed > to allow a certain rate > of progress, no matter how quickly we get from one > red light to the next > one; they are simply a requirement to allow > cross-traffic to pass, and > realistically cannot be overcome. > > What if we don't find any leaders to do this? > > If we don't have any leaders who are willing to > "lead-by-example" and use > less petroleum on a personal level, then we have no > one but ourselves to > blame when the Bush Regime retains control for > another four years, because > they will have been funded by us every time we fill > up with their products > at the local gas station and refuse to moderate our > consumption by slowing > down, walking or riding a bike, taking public > transit and saying "NO" to the > energy-hog airline system in favor of an efficient > National Rail System. > > Leaders! > > Your followers are waiting for you to lead! Show > them your courage and make > a public record of YOUR pledge to obey existing > speed limits, never > exceeding 55 MPH, and urging restoration of the > national 55 MPH speed limit. > Make your commitment now at: > http://www.petitiononline.com/drive55/petition.html > > Visit www.drive55.org for more details and the facts > to back up statements > made here. >
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