Environmental Republicans???

"Jonathan Cook" wrote


For you waverers like me or even for you hard-core Republicans
that also feel the sting of its anti-conservations stances,
there seems to be hope at http://repamerica.org and
http://conservamerica.org



"Party" isn't ( or shouldn't be ) as important as "policy"

I'm hardcore middle of the road, and happy to support any group making
sensible efforts at improving environmental policy. I hunt, fish, and live
in a wood frame home .... I consume "nature" not just hug it. I deeply
believe that the environment and Man can both thrive, IF man will limit his
greed and limit his political leader's shortsighted, self serving, cronyism.

I also deeply believe that the child born today is at greater lifetime risk
from bad environmental policy than from the things Bush wants us to fear, to
deflect attention from his miserable record.

Defeating terrorism includes refusing to be terrified into self destructive
voting by it ..... we must have the courage to vote the environment and
other important issues.

I was "window shopping" for things to ask for ( birthday soon) and found
these opinions, they express the need to
vote for the environment better than I can ... give them a read

http://www.patagonia.com/enviro/reports/times_up.shtml

http://www.patagonia.com/enviro/repo...h_stakes.shtml

P.S. Chouinard has come a long way since he was blacksmithing pitons in
Yosemite's Camp Four to pay for his climbing. An admirable man and an
admirable company, imho

"Larry L" wrote in message ...
"Jonathan Cook" wrote

FWIW, let me get my citations correct -- it was that muskie
post (aka katie star) that cited the REP group, which I then
googled. I did that while starting a cup of coffee, then met
with students for a couple of hours, then went back and found
it interesting enough to post about. In between it just slipped
my mind to point back to muskie's post. I generally find muskie's
posts annoying, but I have to admit I occasionally read them :-)

Jon.

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:43:12 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


P.S. Chouinard has come a long way since he was blacksmithing pitons in
Yosemite's Camp Four to pay for his climbing.

Yes, he has - now he sells 5.00USD chinos (imported, BTW) for about
75.00USD and 3.00USD polos for about 50.00USD...sorry, but whatever his
ideals once might have been, it's just another purveyor of trendy now...

While Patagonia's record is certainly undisputable, and I've not heard
that they don't give to _certain_ environmental causes, it ain't like
ol' Yvon is going hungry for the "cause," and it has become impossible
to tell what's real and heartfelt, and what's just good PR for the
company. For me, I'd rather a company act like a for-profit business
first and then quietly go about whatever social causes it wishes then be
this type of self-promoting "commune corporation" that acts like it just
happens to accidentally and reluctantly make a profit.

IMO,
R
....and to think, Ralphie "Lauren" Lipschitz was once just another tie
salesman at Brooks Brothers, who now makes it safe for twits of all
races, creeds, religions, and sexual orientations to pay ridiculous
amounts of money for all sorts of trendy ****...