I interrupt my watching of Bill Maher's show to bring you the following bulletin:

[Mira]

I'm in love. At first sight (never heard of him before...)and hoping he'll read this and call.

This man is funny, beautiful to look at, self-depracating, healthy, a Democrat, and a Billionaire. He is giving huge amounts of money to support the things we want him to support.
I'll get to WHO he is in just a minute.
So damn effin' rare to find that.
A first for me.
He and Bill carried on about the OTHER rich guys, and their reasons to not "share" their wealth in spite of the fact that we all can only eat one lunch a day, and wear only one shirt at a time. And that instead of sharing they decimate the wealth of others to amass more of their own for insane and singly self serving reasons.

This man Tom and Bill discussed the fantasy of having the Koch brothers on Bill's show so they could have a discussion about climate change all together now. And then they frolicked knowing that can't happen with men who strike from the darkness of the shadows. But Tom said (paraphrasing of course, as you must remember I'm excited and newly in love) that they may have the advantage of that there is two of them, but he has truth and science on his side.

OK
I go back to the show now, but I'll leave you with this clip from who this man is:



Tom Steyer is a clean energy advocate and the Founder and President of NextGen Climate, a “non-partisan organization focused on bringing climate change to the forefront of America’s political dialogue.” In a recent blog post about his visit to the Canadian tar sands, Steyer writes, “I have always firmly believed that Keystone XL unlocks even more carbon pollution in the Alberta tar sands, and my trip to the source convinced me even further that this is not an investment we can afford to make.”

[Cha]

1. To Bilionaire Dems like Tom

[Mira]

2. Indeed - A Toast is in order

a quick one, because as I told you I'm waiting for his call...

[calimary]

3. So Tom, GET BUSY!!!!

We have a lot of elections to win so that we can help you turn the tide and save our planet. We need you. And your voice. And your influence. AND your money!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. yes indeed! n/t

[Cha]

6. ..

[sheshe2]

5. Yup! I just fell in love too!

Thank you Mira!

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I hope you two will be very happy.

He's a millionaire, eh?
May I point out..it is not too late to adopt me....

[Mira]

8. B...he's an Billionaire with his heart in the right places

With whatI bring to the union there is so much available to share that much suffering will be alleviated, also the pre-nup will stipulate that I'm in charge of adoptions.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. And I believe he vowed to give away most of his wealth.

That ancient tradition that dates back to the Vanderbilts and Carnegie seems to be a lost symbol of social redemption that modern conservatives scoff at. They say "let Buffett pay more to help poor people", or "Gates can give his own cash away, I want more".

The Waltons and Kochs, while I'm sure they donate a percentage of their income to what they view as noble causes, plan to make certain their heirs for the next hundred years want for nothing. I think it was Bill Gates who said that if his kids can't make their own way on a million dollars, he raised them wrong.

Unabated greed appears to be the very cornerstone of republican conservatism these days, and they wear it without shame.

I too was impressed. I knew little about Mr Steyer before tonight.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

10. Here's a little link

and a photo.

http://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-steyer/