Calling All Tree-Huggers, Damn Hippie Liberals

i've said this several times before in this journal, and i have the feeling i'm going to say it several more.  for me, the environment is the single biggest issue in this election.  if we terminally f-up this planet, none of the rest of it matters: economy, civil rights, immigration, war and peace, supreme court justices, et al.  or, as Mark Morford puts it..."if there is any better time in American history to proudly announce yourself as an environmentalist, this is it.  It really doesn't matter where you stand on other issues.  Because when that beautiful bitch Mother Nature really begins to strike back, nothing else will matter." 

and so, the fact that the energy bill is being brought back into play for yet another vote very very soon is something we need to think about.  do something about. i received an email from the Natural Resources Defense Council group Biogem Savers today that i have sent on to many people in my address book.  it asks us to take a relatively simple action, by which they will send a letter or fax to the senators from our state, over our signature.  it's a request not to vote for this evil bill.  it failed to pass by a miniscule margin before the recess.  you know the oil/gas/coal/etc industries are going to be wooing congress to get a few votes to change.  we need to speak louder than these industries, for the sake of our children, ours and all other species, the planet itself. please stop by here and send your letters.  your grandchildren won't have to pay off the deficit after all, or do much of anything else,  if there isn't any air to breathe, or water to drink, or food left unpoisoned.  

and maybe that's what all this new enthusiasm for heading out to the moon and mars is all about.  we've trashed this planet, time to move to the next one.
(the picture with this entry isof the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.)