Powerful words from President Obama; now we the people must act.
I’m taking the liberty of reproducing in full the item that was published by Bill McKibben of 350.org yesterday. As I wrote on the 17th this year has to be the year that we make a difference, a call to every man, woman and child on the planet. This is a snippet from that post.
With these in mind, Doherty proposes a new grand strategic concept: “The United States must lead the global transition to sustainability.“
What a vision for the United States of America. That this Nation will be the most wonderful example of how man can learn, adapt and change.
So to the call issued by 350.org.
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Dear Friends,
Here’s what President Obama said about climate change during his address today:
With words like that, it’s easy to let ourselves dream that something major might be about to happen to fix the biggest problem the world has ever faced.
But we know that even if the President is sincere in every syllable, he’s going to need lots of backup to help him get his point across in a city dominated by fossil fuel interests. And, given the record of the last four years, we know that too often rhetoric has yielded little in the way of results.
That’s why we need you — very badly — to take a trip to our nation’s capital on Feb. 17th. We’ll gather on the National Mall, in what is shaping up to be be the largest environmental rally in many years.
Click here to join us in DC: act.350.org/signup/presidentsday
Together we’ll send the message loud and clear: ‘If you’re serious about protecting future generations from climate change, stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. If you can do that, Mr. President, we can all work together to help build a climate legacy that will be a credit to your critical eight years in office.’
Look — numbers count. If 20,000 of us show up on February 17th, it will be noticed. We need you in that number. The President may have given us an opening, but it’s up to us to go through it, and we need to do it together.
Thanks for all you’ve done to bring us this far, friends. Let’s keep it up — this is our chance.
Bill
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Even if you are unable to be there in person on the 17th., do what you can to circulate this just as far and wide as possible.
Learning from Dogs 
In his Press Conference about new laws to tackle gun violence, President Obama admitted that what he says he wants has no chance of being passed into law unless the people of the USA demand it of their political representatives… The same would apply to climate change if Obama actually believed what he says. Somehow, I doubt he believes it because, although his words suggest he has read the Executive Summary to new National Climate Assessment, his actions (in acquiescing to the Fossil Fuel Lobby [FFL] on the Keystone XL Pipeline, etc.) suggest that he is still convinced by the FFL propaganda machine that says “business is usual” is a survivable strategy. However, one thing is certain: he has not watched any videos of Guy MacPherson.
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If there is anything less than a clear decision on the Keystone XL project his words will be disregarded for evermore.
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Oblivion it is then for Obama. I would happily bet money on his permitting this insanity. Why? Because the USA is not a democracy: It is quite possibly more corrupt even than Russia; and its supposed public servants are mostly controlled by the FFL and the NRA. (No response required or expected)
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He has been saying this during his first attempt at presidency,it’s time to put words into actions, this is his 2nd and last term, nothing should stop him from doing what he wants!
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Perhaps less of what he wants and more of what he was re-elected for.
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He may be better than the alternative, but that’s not saying much. This emasculated president can’t even keep a simple promise to put solar panels on the white house ‘by the Spring’ (a promise that he made almost two years ago). Colour me cynical, but I don’t think this is any more than rhetoric to keep the people happy while they burn.
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When I read your comment, for which I thank you, I sense immediately within me the forces of head vs heart at work. My head agrees with you but my heart wants so much more. Like me heart feels when I bury my face in the fur of one of our dogs. Total openness and honesty. Why does asking for honesty and integrity from our politicians, on both sides of the pond, seem so utterly naive!
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My heart, too, yearns for more. My head confirms I ain’t gonna get it.
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Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week has put all us cynics to shame:
http://climatecrocks.com/2013/01/22/why-i-believe-obama-on-climate/
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I’ve yet to read that but wait with great interest to so do.
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