As a presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich keeps coming up short. But among deep green voters he's a trailblazer. Kucinich is calling for a radical overhaul of the U.S. government and economy -- one that infuses every agency in the executive branch with a sustainability agenda, phases out coal and nuclear power entirely, and calls on every American to ratchet down their resource consumption and participate in a national conservation program. ( Grist)
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A Democratic Hopeful's Green Agenda
Category: Energy • Environment
Posted on: August 2, 2007 11:43 AM, by EJGili
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It's easy to be a pessimist these days as one watches the same ole' - same ole' happening in the presidential elections. I swear it's Iowa and Ohio that elect our presidents and they're just not with it, IMO.
It is time for a radical change in the way government is run. People have been so brainwashed into believing that their way of life is o.k., when it's not. The comfort zone rug needs to pulled out from under people's feet, a wake up call if you will.
It would be like a refreshing spring rain if one of these "lesser" candidates really, really could win. I just don't see it happening, and forgive me for projecting that thought.
Posted by: Sound | August 2, 2007 02:04 PM
Way back in the 1980 race between Reagan and Bush I, there was a third candidate, John Anderson, who whilst he wound up not doing very well, captured a lot of attention, partly for the things he was saying (e.g., petrol (er, gasoline) taxed so the cost would be $5 per gallon(?)--and this was in 1980!), but perhaps mostly because Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury gave him a rather favourable spin.
So what does this have to do with Dennis Kucinich? Quite possibly very little. Maybe a warning about being seen as a maverick, or the difficulties of not sucking up the paymasters, or perhaps a suggestion to get the (favourable?) attention of something like Doonesbury.
(Note: The above-referenced Wikipedia article claims his petrol tax proposal was 50 cents, but my own memory is that it was sufficient to raise the cost to $5. Either way, it would have been a massive increase in the cost of petrol at the time.)
Posted by: blf | August 2, 2007 06:16 PM