[AGL] period of consequences

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Happy Birthday, dear Connie.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Connie Clark" <connie_3c at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: [AGL] period of consequences


> Yesterday was my 62nd birthday, and fate gifted me, through the kind 
> gestures of friends and family, tickets to hear Al Gore's multimedia talk 
> about Global Warming.  He was brought to speak in Houston by the 
> Progressive Forum, and every seat in the Hobby Center was filled.
>
>  Noted in the program was:
>  "This Event's Carbon Footprint is Zero
>  Associated emissions from the theater's power usage and your 
> transportation to and from the event have been offset by a generous 
> donation by DrivingGreen.com which supports agricultural greenhouse gas 
> reduction projects by AgCert, Dublin, Ireland."
>
>  Basically, this is what we all need to aim for in every thing we do, if 
> we are going to alter the progress of global warming. Buzzword: carbon 
> neutral.
>
>  Another message from the lecture/talk was:
>  We can not wait for change of political will, or politicians, the change 
> in policy needs a grassroots movement asking every politician and every 
> business now "what are you doing about global warming".  That is what his 
> personal appearances, book and movie is trying to encourage.
>
>  My fear is that we are so used to issues-of-the-day, and distracted from 
> one cause to another, that this one will soon be 'last seasons' emergency 
> issue.
>
>  Evidently, Al Gore has spent a lot of time over a number of years 
> face-to-face with scientists and visiting locations gathering information. 
> He was a delighful speaker last night, going through power-point charts, 
> graphs, photos - all of which are in the book. You may have read about the 
> Larsen shelf in antartica - the whole of Greenland is showing signs of the 
> same demise.  When Greenland goes, so goes major coastal areas of large 
> human populations.  His talk was full of clever asides, joked a lot about 
> himself.  One of the funny lines was: "You win a few, lose and few, and 
> then there is that other category..." This particular Houston audience was 
> very encouraging and appreciative, surpising that so many people in 
> Houston (oil industry center) would pay to hear his story.  We stood in 
> line for an hour to get our books signed.  Made my birthday!
>
>  The Houston Progressive Forum has been bringing some very good speakers 
> to us since it was formed a couple of years ago. Last year we had Molly 
> Ivins, Seymour Hersh and Robert Kennedy, next year E. O. Wilson, James 
> Hansen and Bill Moyers to name just a few.  Our own Rangeroo David 
> Crossley is listed on the board of directors for this 501(c) (3) 
> oganization. www.houstonprogressiveforum.org
>
>  We were told that Gore's book,  "An Inconvenient Truth", launched this 
> week, will debut #3 on the NYT best seller list. Published by Rodale 
> Press.  Paperback edition only (lots of color photos) $21.95.
>
>  Go see the movie, and turn off your lights, hope for and work for a 
> strong grassroots movement in this country for joining the Kyoto Treaty, 
> lifestyle choices, support environmental groups, buy green power, and 
> anything we can do to reduce greenhouse gasses.
>
>  Oh btw, I am about to conclude from all said, that he is not going to run 
> for president - he is far more interested in what he is doing now, 
> including Current TV and chairing an investment firm called Generation 
> Investment Management (sustainable investment).  Did you know he is a 
> board director for Apple, and senior advisor to Google?  About US's Iraq 
> war he stated something like "the single biggest strategic error in the 
> history of this country."
>
>  Appropriate quotes from the book, lecture, movie:
>
>  Speaking of fascism, Winston Churchil said
>  "The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling 
> expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are 
> entering a period of consequences."
>
>  "Denial is a not a river in Egypt" - Dire Straits
>  "Despair is not the tire in the trunk - Al Gore
>
>  Connie
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> Connie
>
> http://www.gatherthewomen.org/
>
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