As you point out Todd, I was the first to frame this discussion in the "us-them democrat-republican" thing, but it was merely an anticipatory post. Any time Dubya does something stupid, shortsighted, or reckless, which happens often enough, invariably the lamentation goes up that "had he not stole the election from Al Gore, everything would be different." To wit:
> I can tell you one thing for absolute certain. Had Shrub not been appointed > we'd still have PNGV and probably a few 10,000 more hybrids on the road and > a myriad of other similar far reaching policies that would benefit future > generations rather than lining the pockets of contemporary corporations as > is the present destructive trend. How can you be so sure? With Republicans controlling both houses Wooden Al would be hard pressed to pass anything. And while they don't have enough votes to override a presidential veto, they could easily have inserted their environmental rollbacks in appropriations, national security, or trade legislation. Oh wait a minute, that's what they did anyway under GW. > Uhhh....there's just one other thing. If you think that you can effect > substantial change much beyond what color of socks you're going to wear in > the morning, you're going to have to give some long consideration to > utilizing whatever yahoos might be in office on any given day - either > utilize their stupidity against themselves or utilize their sway. Nice theory, but I don't have 180 million dollars, and as the last election proved, my vote isn't worth squat. As far as utilizing those "yahoos" in office, they're a lot more conniving and savvy than you give them credit, how do you suggest influencing them, by writing letters and signing petitions? How about protesting, what do you think that will get you besides an entry in the Terrorist (er I mean Total) Information Awareness Database? > But you won't get as much done by discounting them. I don't discount them in the least; I simply doubt that anything I can do (within the current electoral system) will make a difference on their actions. -BRAH [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
