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To: RetiredNow who wrote (237633)	6/17/2005 9:46:18 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577894

Geo-greens seek to combine into a single political movement environmentalists who want to reduce fossil fuels that cause climate change, evangelicals who want to protect God's green earth and all his creations, and geo-strategists who want to reduce our dependence on crude oil because it fuels some of the worst regimes in the world. The only part evengelicals have in common with environmentalists is that the two words start with the letter "e"...that one is off the mark. The Bush team has been M.I.A. on energy since 9/11. Indeed, the utter indifference of the Bush team to developing a geo-green strategy - which would also strengthen the dollar, reduce our trade deficit, make America the world leader in combating climate change and stimulate U.S. companies to take the lead in producing the green technologies that the world will desperately need as China and India industrialize - is so irresponsible that it takes your breath away. And there's the proof. Evangelicals flocked to vote for these myopic (and very vested) oil men. Al

To: RetiredNow who wrote (237633)	6/17/2005 3:20:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577894

It's all about our stupid energy policies folks. Many of the other issues would be resolved if we just had a good energy policy...... During the 1990s, on the West and East coasts, train travel had started to take root. Trains have never had the status here that they have in Europe but they were beginning to provided a reasonable alternative in those two areas of the country. However, Bush has changed all that. Systematically, the GOP has been cutting back on Amtrak's budget and its starting to show badly. The equipment has really deteriorated over the past two years. The employees are still great but it has to be embarrassing for them that so many of the small defects in the equipment go unrepaired. A comprehensive energy policy is made up of many parts. One by one, the Bush/GOP regime has cut back on each of those parts. These cuts are so incidious it amazes me how cow like the American public remains when it comes to this president. ted