Hey -- you guys on the AlterNet editorial board! There’s a war going on in Iraq. How about talking about no draft and the lack of shared sacrifice except by the U.S. military and their families. Stuff like that.

If things don't change at AlterNet, it will have the same relevance as "American Idol."

Hugh E. Scott, editor of King-George.biz -- the only website with hardcopy proof of White House corruption. AlterNet readers who object to my NON-PROFIT campaign to expose President Bush as a lying crook can email me through the website rather than comment here.

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None of the internal links in this piece work.

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The sexiest green thing(s) was Laurie David and Sheryl Crow together. On the road. Period.
Both are babacious.

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Stephane Dion is a latecomer, not that we're ungrateful... but David Suzuki is a scientest and public figure who has been articulately, relentlessly, kindly and passionately banging the green drum forEVER.

And he's hot!

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

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I can't imagine any Canadian thinking Stephane Dion is the hottest environmentalist. Stephen Lewis and / or David Suzuki win hands down. Dion won't be around for very long anyway--he's a politician.

http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

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"This is NOT a test of the emergency broadcast system. Please stand by for instruction from your local authorities....President bush has declared Martial Law effectively immediately...."

We're about one half of a Gulf of Tonkin incident away from nuclear war and Martial Law and our most trusted news site is on a tripe binge
Did alternet get sprinkled with amnesia dust? By that I mean money from secret corporate overlords
See ya'll later, I'll be on globalresearch(.ca)

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In honor of EARTH DAY 2007, everyone is strongly encouraged to "Plug it Out", particulary between the hours of 6:30 and 10:30 pm. That means-- turning off all electrical appliances by physically unplugging everything from the walls (stand-by electricty uses enormous amounts of power). So that's right-- no TV folks, keeping the lights off (break out the candles), and treading lightly. If you can do this during the day as well, and go hang out with friends, at an ED Event, etc, even better.

Here's your chance to not vacuum, or do laundry or any sunday chores! Instead, hang out with friends, take a long ramble, have candlelit sexytime with loved ones, tell ghost stories, stare blankly, write with a pen in the dark-see
what comes out, dance around to the music in your head, or to a friend's acoustic guitar,drink wine, and
enjoy an evening without noisy distractions. and you save money, hello.

If you got the notion, PLEASE take a moment to pass this along to your friends and spread the word. It really does make a difference.

if you want to tell us about your experience, or just to confirm your participation, write to Pluggout@yahoo.com (note double g's). It will be great to hear from different people.

I hope you'll join us, EY?

And for just a couple of everyday power/cashmoney savings:

*Instead of plugging things into walls, use power strips and turn them off easily when not in use, especially when you are on Vacation. Don't leave chargers plugged in. Turn off everything, empty your fridge if you'll be
gone a while, and turn that off as well.

*Switch to Green Power. In NY Con Edison Solutions offers an easy switch to Wind Power. You pay a wee bit more, but if you use good sense (see above) you'll actually end up saving in the long run. go to:
http://www.conedsolutions.com/residentialgreenpowermain.htm

This was inspired by my awesome friend Sacha Jones who can be found at http://www.stigglynyc.com/
We hope to have a website up and running in the next couple of months encouraging regular Plug It Out days throughout the year.

Thank you all.

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I used to be a big fan of Suzuki. Then I lost respect for him after he started harping about the obesity epidemic on his site. He has a right to his views, but he totally dismissed anyone who tried to educate him, including size acceptance advocates, eating disorder specialists, and other academics. Trying to exploit the obesity epidemic as an environmental issue is dangerous for all involved. It is unfair to fat people who will be scapegoated. This is especially unfair because obesity is associated with lower socio economic status. So poorer fatter people are to blame, while the rich corporate executive who make the irresponisble decisions in the board room get to feel virtuous because they keep themselves thin! It is also dangerous to the environmental movement, because the public already thinks thin solves all problems. So the message they will hear is be thin over be green. Once again, image will co-opt real change. But you can't tell this to Suzuki, he knows it all!!!!!! I have also heard from Canadian feminists that his is a misogynist! It was a Suzuki idea that first helped me challenge conventional science - that the science we accept is what reinforces our beliefs and we reject those that challenge them (can't remember exact quote.) Too bad he can't practice what he preaches enough to at least listen to those who might have more insight than himself in a particular area that challenges HIS prejudices!!!!!

"Weight obsession is a social disease. If we cared more about CO2 than BMI there would still be time."

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Global warming “activists” make me want to puke. Where’s their outage? Why aren’t they in Washington, raising hell in front of the White House instead of whining over café lattes at Starbucks?

ANSWER: Greenies are pampered middleclass wimps who don’t have a clue about what REAL protest and activism is.

In 1966, after two combat support tours as a USAF pilot in Southeast Asia, I resigned my Regular commission and spent the next six years protesting the Vietnam War.

In 1983, while flying captain on B727s for Continental Airlines, I went on strike against the company when its tyrannical CEO, Frank Lorenzo, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy to break CAL’s labor contracts. For two years, I walked picket lines and attended protest rallies while trying to feed my family as a low-paid B737 simulator instructor at Western Airlines. Virtually every waking moment away from my WAL job was dedicated to the CAL work stoppage.

Twenty years later, I committed that same level of energy in a one-man campaign against the corrupt Bush administration and its insane war of choice.

In 2004, I wrote and self-published “George Dub-ya Bush: THE PHONY FIGHTER PILOT.” Today, I am 80% finished with my second Bushwhacking work, “LIAR-in-CHIEF.”

To avoid writer’s block, I comment on four blogs daily starting at three a.m. local time, religiously attend MoveOn.org meetings (I’m a four-year member), stand on street corners with other MoveOn members waving an American flag and go to speeches by Scott Ritter, Robert Scheer and next month, Ambassador Joe Wilson. That, folks, is real protest and activism.

At this moment in American history, NOTHING is more important than ending the Iraq War, which is killing hundreds of innocent Iraqis each week and dozens of GIs, not mention thousands of injured and wounded -- all in the name of George W. Bush’s imperialist scheme to control Middle East oil. Yet there is no outrage, no picket lines around the White House, no sit-down strikes on university campuses. Until that happens, all this bullshit about global warming will remain just that. BULLSHIT!

Hugh E. Scott, editor of King-George.biz -- the only website with hardcopy proof of White House corruption. AlterNet readers who object to my NON-PROFIT campaign to expose President Bush as a lying crook can email me through the website rather than comment here.

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In 1996, I researched the danger to mankind ago for a sci-fi novel I was writing. Here's what I wrote in my self-published, 122,000-word thriller, THE LAST UFO:

"Unless there was a reversal of the heating trend, both polar ice caps would melt, flooding coastline communities around the world. Evidence of the trend was particularly dramatic in Antarctica where average regional temperatures had risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1947, when Athenian transporters [UFOs] first began taking measurements."

In the same chapter, two main characters discuss global warning,

Asks one character, “Have you seen the movie, ‘Water World,’ with Kevin Costner?”

“Yeah, I saw it last year. The ice caps melted and completely flooded the Earth. Are you telling me that will happen someday?”

“Yes and no. The ice caps are disappearing and that won’t stop, but dry land will still exist. The problem is, the useable amount would have humans living on it like ants in colonies, only more crowded with little room for agriculture. There will be constant wars for food and fresh water. The mass killings would make the Holocaust seem insignificant.”

That information was old news 10 years ago -- just like droughts, water wars and mass starvation will become old news sooner than we think.

Finally, there is no excuse for the Green movement not linking Iraq to global climate change, which it could've done on Earth Day, and raising hell all across America with protest marches, But sadly for hundreds of GIs and thousands of innocent Iraqis who will needlessly die in the coming months, the justifiable outrage didn’t happen. Another lost opportunity to help end Bush's Middle East madness.

Think about that when you watch "Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation" Sunday morning.

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A freak of 'nature' who has evidently grown up ingesting way too many endocrine disruptor chemicals. Those are frankenboobs if there ever were any. I suppose there was a reason coalmines used to have canaries... If only we'd use them now.

But at least she uses a Bright Card when shopping for a new outfit or yet another shoes.

Anyway, thanks for the mammaries!

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BBC:


Singer Sheryl Crow has said a ban on using too much toilet paper should be introduced to help the environment.
Crow has suggested using "only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required".

The 45-year-old, who made the comments on her website, has just toured the US on a biodiesel-powered bus to raise awareness about climate change.

She teamed up with environmental activist Laurie David for the shows.

The pair targeted 11 university campuses to persuade students to help combat the world's environmental problems.

I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting

Sheryl Crow
"I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming," Crow wrote.

"Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating.

"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."

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everytime i look at comments on an article in alternet the name HughScott pops up and it's always, and i mean always, denouncing something. look hugh, at the risk of sounding like a hippy, which i am, negative comments never accomplish any thing except to create more negativity. we get it, you're angry and pissed off, anyone paying attention is. can't you think of a better way to change the world than to mercilessly attack potential allies? just because we don't see thing exactly the way you do doesn't mean we're blind or let alone working for the devils in washington. try something different, what you're doing isn't working and you know it.

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Why draw a line through Peak Oil? And even Peak Soil? Topsoil is still a huge issue, ya know? That hasn't changed. We've gotten around that lil problem because of all the fossil fuel based fertilizers we use.

It is a most basic equation. Our economy is predicated upon a positive growth rate. If it doesn't grow it collapses.

Economic growth is predicated upon energy consumption. If we cannot consume more and more energy the economy cannot grow. UNLESS energy efficiancy improves at a higher rate than energy depletion. That can not happen when 99% of the population has their heads in the sand.

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