[statecom] from Nancy Lee Wood: Presidential nominations... GRP MIA!

[Lawrence Fine]

Is this an on line referendum?

Sure beats consuming refined fossil hydro carbons which releases  
carbon dioxide (which has ben sequestered in many forms, including  
oil and coal, for millions of years and is a known greenhouse gas  
contributing to what seems to be becoming catastrophic climate  
change ) to take care of business.


On May 24, 2008, at 10:53 AM, jstein at massmed.org wrote:

>    apologies for any duplication
>
>
>    forwarded from Nancy, who's having trouble posting to the list-jill
>
>    _____________________________________Â
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>    All,
>    For the life of me, I cannot understand all the hoopla over the GRP
>    presidential nomination when in the broad scheme of things  - IT
>    DOESN'T MAKE A RAT'S DIFFERENCE! Â

agree - - -

>    It seems to me our precious time, energy and talents would be far
>    better spent focused on regional, state and local
>    issues/campaigns/relocalization efforts in food security/ 
> agriculture,
>    public rail transportation, home heating and housing security,
>    rethinking education for post-carbonism and "green jobs" etc.,  
> etc. -
>    especially given that we have entered the period of permanent  
> and rapid
>    declines in oil  (and all fossil fuels) - the real unraveling  
> of our
>    current social system.  We, as a party in MA and New England,  
> should
>    be at the forefront of providing analyses, alternatives and  
> solutions
>    to the royal mess that is soon to escalate as prices of oil  
> continue to
>    climb making food, heating, transportation, health care access,  
> etc.
>    more expensive, less secure and/or inaccessible to all but the very
>    rich.Â

agree - add conservation - - -  and in the area of green jobs,  
learning and practicing the art and science of retrofitting
as much of our "appropriate" building stock to "high performance"  
standards.

How much fossil carbon (in the form of co2) is flowing up your, or  
the power companies flue, to maintain your home and workplaces  
comfort level ? How can this be reduced by - - - 10 - - - 20 - - - 50  
- - - 100%? ( I'll talk with you about this )

>    But no!  What are WE in the GRP doing?  Dithering around with the
>    nonsense of presidential nominations - as if our pathetic little  
> party

it is not the party that is pathetic - - - it's the way people have  
latched on to and prioritized an issue that as you have said ( and I  
misquote to enhance) " doesn't make a rats ass of a difference" and  
has been wasting our vital energies.

>    had any real influence on the national level in the first place  
> - when
>    our real potential influence lies within the region, state and  
> local
>    communities.  Where is the MA GRP at the time when all hell is  
> about
>    to break loose?   MIA!   What a real shame!
>    SUGGESTION:
>    Can we please give up this presidential nomination effort?

ay

> Â  Can we
>    forgo having a presidential slot on the MA ballot altogether?   
> Trust
>    me - the public does not care one iota if there is a GRP  
> presidential
>    candidate on the ballot. Â  People are far more concerned about the
>    "shit-storm" (James Howard Kunstler's term) descending upon them as
>    humankind finds itself propelled into permanent escalating  
> energy costs
>    - and all that this entails - and with no leadership to be found
>    anywhere.  Can we please get down to the other work the co- 
> chairs and
>    committees are trying to do that this nonsense is distracting us  
> from?
>    This is the work that will truly bring people in to the party, and
>    start to deal with the growing crises at the local/state/regional
>    level.

ay - ay - ay ( or is that oy - oy - oy ? )

thank you Nancy for saying ( and so eloquently ) a lot of what I've  
been holding back on - - -

>
>    Nancy Lee Wood
>    PS:Â  This all would be quite comical if it were not for the real
>    tragedy of time/human waste and lost opportunities in helping the
>    public get through what promises to be   -  at the very  
> least  -Â
>    a frightening and very difficult two-decade period.  Truly, the
>    silliness and impotence shown by the MA GRP would make Petra  
> Kelly role
>    over in her grave.
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