These are self-righteous jerks with an urge to power. Power to make YOU, one of those who doesn’t see the world through their particular set of beer goggles, relent his ignorance and cussed stubbornness and TOE THE LINE. And these guys don’t have the slightest sense of humor.
They are hard after the power of law, since they know they can’t manage with just the power of persuasion.
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Thomas Kostigen is the author of You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet and the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book. He writes the "Ethics Monitor" column for Dow Jones Market Watch and the Better Planet column and blog for Discover magazine. He is a longtime journalist and former Bloomberg News editor. Kostigen has been writing about global warming, the environment, social issues, and government policies for two decades. He lives in Santa Monica, California.