Shocked I say. [/sarcasm]
Posted on 06/19/2008 7:55:38 PM PDT by tobyhill
The Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest and most politically-active environmental organizations, announced this evening it would endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president.
The announcement was not a surprise: the group's executive director, Carl Pope, had hammered the presumptive GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for months over his missed votes in the Senate and his support for nuclear power subsidies as a way to address global warming. This week Pope criticized McCain for announcing he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling.
Tomorrow, Pope will speak at an event in Cleveland, Ohio with Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers, and formally endorse Obama. They will use a giant wind turbine as a backdrop to their announcement, in an effort to underscore the two groups' commitment to renewable energy.
"We believe Senator Obama is the change our nation needs -- he is the leader who will put America on the path to a clean energy economy that creates and keeps millions of jobs, spurs innovation and opportunity, and makes us a more secure nation," Pope said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...
Shocked I say. [/sarcasm]
Has the Communist Party-USA (CP-USA) endorsed Obama yet, or is that already implied?
I wonder how the Steelworkers rank-and-file members feel about all of the car and truck plants closing around North America? What will they do when the layoffs hit the steel mills? How will they react to seeing their union president sharing a soapbox with activists that are causing these shutdowns?
Why not have a 2 faced Sierra club endorse Obama, Sierra burns gasoline in record amounts anyhow.
There, fixed it
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30406_Video-_Worlds_Craziest_Dictator_on_Al_Jazeera
Well, well well......thanks for the link!!!
Those fools have been yammering about “alternative energy” for nearly forty years. Where the heck is it? If it’s so wonderful, why isn’t it powering my car right this minute?
I want to know how much money Saudi Arabia funnels to the Sierra Club.
The ghouls at SC and Obamasama definitely go together.
Is that branch registered? There is branch control, ya know.
"... The Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, successfully pressured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block ConocoPhillips’ expansion of its Roxana, Ill., gasoline refinery, which processes heavy crude oil from Canada, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The project would have expanded the volume of Canadian crude processed from 60,000 barrels per day to more than 500,000 barrels a day by 2015. After the Illinois EPA had approved the expansion, the green groups petitioned the federal EPA to block it, alleging ConocoPhillips wasn’t using the best available technology for reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Apparently, the plant’s planned 95 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions and 25 percent reduction in nitrogen oxides wasn’t green enough..."
All kidding aside, we/I as a right wing conservative/libertarian should be very jealous.
It really would be great to have a candidate who was ideologically pure representing conservatives.
They have their extreme leftist, we have McWannabe.
Maybe the windmill people can put a mini-windmill in the US autos for power.
Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas prices.
Yes, — their current goal is to “defeat the right-wing Republican candidate.”
That I momentarily went to their website I must shower now.
In other news - Chavez endorsed Obama and the Sun rises in the East.
“Pray that the electorate chooses wisely. “
It’s going to take some very strong prayers. The “electorate” seems to be sheep, and of course, sheep don’t read, think, or comprehend english.
Obama is also on a major crusade of nuclear disarmament for all civilized nations (US first, of course) - gee, that would leave only the radical, renegade insane jihadists with atomic weapons...hmmmmmm....
The Sierra Club is a shill for the democrat party .
The Sierra Club does not support their own members when they run for political office.
Steelworkers - this is why Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Pittsburg, Bethleham, Gary and Ambridge - amongst other steel factories towns are hurting, it is this DUMBA** Leo Gerard.
I hope you steelworkers know if we can't build - we won't need steel!
Partial list of Obama supporters:
>William Ayers
(Weatherman Underground bomber, unrepentant domestic terrorist)
>Frank Davis
(Member Communist Party USA, Early mentor to Obama)
>Jeremiah Wright
(Black Liberation militant, racist, and Pastor)
>Tony Rezko
(Corrupt Financier, ties to Terror Financing)
>Louis Farrakhan
(Nation of Islam Leader, racist, anti-American)
>RailaOrdinga
(Fundamental Islamic Candidate, Kenya, Obama’s Cousin- who caused riots that resulted in the deaths of over 1500, including 59 Christians burned to death when their church was burned. OBAMA WENT TO KENYA TO CAMPAIGN FOR ODINGA. GOOGLE ‘OBAMA IS MY COUSIN’.)
>Daniel Ortega
(Marxist Sandinista Leader. Nicarauga)
>Raul Castro
(Hard-line Communist Leader, Cuba)
>Fidel Castro
>Communist Party Illinois
(US Communist Political Party)
>Socialist Party USA
(Marxist Socialist Political Party)
>The New Black Panther Party
(Black Militant Organization, anti-American and racist)
>Hamas Terrorist Organization
(Islamic Terrorist Organisation)
/>More than 80 attorneys for Guantanamo detainees
-who have been offering free-of-charge legal services.
Not surprising that lawyers for Muslim terrorists would support Obama.
>The Communist Party USA
>The Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
>Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim congressman
> Sam Graham-Felsen, (Obama campaign’s official blogger)
He spent time in France taking part in labor riots, has written for a socialist magazine, hung a communist flag in his home, and was a fan of Marx while at Harvard.
>Kwame Kilpatrick
>MoveOn.org
George Soros’ (slumlord undergoing trial) son, Jonathan Soros, an attorney and financier, recently promoted to deputy manager of Soros Fund Management , is personally involved with MoveOn.org’s activities.
>Muslim Americans for Obama ‘08
>The Muslim American Society
>Obama Supporters for Marijuana Law Reform
>Obama Youth
“Obama Youth” had as its logo the Islamic crescent and stars (until word got out on the net and they had to clean it up)
>President Daniel Ortega
..who statee, “It’s not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. ... but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change.”
>Project Islamic H. O. P. E.
..who displayed Obama as their banner boy until word got out and they had to clean that up.
Obama is no longer there on the site.
>Rev. Al Sharpton
..obviously supports Obama, but obviously advised to keep it quiet.
>Shepard Fairey
Official artist of the Obama posters...remarkable resemblance to Marxist posters
>Tony Rezko
Obama said that he estimated Rezko raised about 50,000 to 60,000 for his political career.
Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle.
>Malaak Shabazz
Daughter of Malcomb X
>The Socialist Party USA
>George Soros
billionaire - Jew hater
.
I’ve wondered the exact same thing. Are the greenies paid saboteurs to keep OPEC countries in control of the oil supply ?
The greenies have no effect in OPEC countries, after all — those are all monarchies or dictatorships that simply ignore or imprison anybody that protests against government actions. This means that OPEC countries could fund green groups anonymously so the environmentalists wouldn’t even need to know where the money came from be beholden to them. Ignorant dupes that can only do damage to your competitors ? Why not fund them ?
When will someone ask BHO this question??
In related news, it has been found that Water is indeed Wet. If you like $5/gal, Thank the Sierra Club.
Pray for W and Our Troops
NOT exactly GLOBAL THINKERS.
We need to "Fast Track" oil drilling and refinery building. Can the president use an executive order to bypass the courts (law suits by enviro-wackos) and most permitting? This is a national emergency.
And just how do they do that? (I'm not a fan of these idiots; I'm just asking.)
Union bosses are the biggest dumbasses to ever walk American soil.
The Sierra Club fascists have devoted millions of dollars to shutting down all ventures that would benefit union workers.
Shut off their power. let them use candles and body hair to heat and light their offices.
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