"Clinton wants 'mass movement' on climate change"

[Nay]

42. Your problem is that the mass ecological movement has already occurred. In the

1970's. The people definitely did not want rivers that caught on fire, Love Canal, etc. Since then, several positive things have happened as a result -- there was some cleanup, kids learn about the ecology and celebrate Earth Day every April 22, some corporations have adopted sustainable practices (only if it saved them money, tho).

Your idea that we have to keep reminding politicians that we don't want to live in a degraded environment is specious. They know that. What they are trying to do is push an emotional hot button to get a vote without having to actually do anything hard like, you know, stopping corporations from trashing the planet, speaking up against destructive pipelines and TPP, etc.

Clinton has not, to my knowledge, shown one iota of interest in or support of major environmental issues or actions. Did she endorse Gore's movie, host showings, and put her money behind his effort? Not to my knowledge. Nor did she listen to the MASS MOVEMENT that told her the Iraq War was unwanted and that the evidence for the war was fake. She supports projects and laws that will ensure we go full speed ahead into further environmental degradation because she is truly beholden to the corporations that give her money. She is so late to this 45-yr-old party that cynicism is the only reasonable reaction.

I won't even get into my diatribe about how leaders should effin' lead, and stop waiting for some vague quota of people to get out into the street to "make them do it." Just do what's right, especially if the cost of doing nothing is so high.