The Debate between...

this man...


and this man

Wow...again, Mr. Kerry delivered. I was going to take a sip of beer everytime Bush lied, but after the 3rd beer I looked at the clock on my cell phone and realized that I couldn't keep up with the pace.

You're a mean dry drunk, Mr. President. Cya in Crawford real soon!

The Debate summary will be here for you soon enough...stay tuned.

*******Time Passes*******

Ok, back and ready to weigh in on what I thought was nothing more than a stump speech refinement session. I still think Kerry won because he has the better stump speech, but I can't tell whether I'm dissappointed with the candidates' performance in the answering of questions, or in Bob Shieffer. Shieffer was throwing softballs to both candidates. These aren't the same kind of critical questions we heard from the folks at the town hall meeting.

I hate to admit it, but I believe that the questions asked reflect what kind of issues the people at CBS News think we're concerned about. It kinda makes me feel like I, along with other enviromentally-conscious people, haven't been doing our job to press our leaders on issues of the environment and energy independence.

Yeah, I know the stereotype, environmenalists are supposed to be these backwoods hippies riding around in VW microbuses with bumper stickers from bumper to dashboard, but the fate of the environment effects EVERYONE in the nation and on the planet as long as we're tied to the umbilical cord of Mother Earth. Think about the issues asked about...

Jobs...
An Eco-friendly policy would insure the manufacturing jobs of the 21st century. It would insure lower energy prices so people aren't paying so much of their hard-earned wages to provide the energy we have grown so dependant upon.

Economy...

A Green Economy puts more green in everyone's pocket by lowering energy costs, health care costs, and food costs.

Energy Independence...

Can you imagine if the next "Saudi Royal Family" was Farmer Jones and his cornfields in Iowa. With the use of biodiesel and ethanol as fuel sources, the grain we eat could be the gas of the future! Energy Independence would also insure that we get off the oil teet and be able to make our own energy at home as opposed to having it delivered from some of the most troubled areas of the world.

International Trade...

With a Sustainable Economy, the United States stands to become the the banker rather than the borrower of energy resources. This position would put us in a better position to dictate our terms of trade with other nations.

Health Care...

Cleaner Air and Water insures better health. Less work and school days would be missed due to the pollution in our air and water.

Education and Ethical Dilemas such as Abortion

Women of child bareing age in this nation consume water that is laden with murcury and other neurotoxins that can effect the cognitive ability of a developing fetus. With Eco-friendly policy, we insure the most ethical promise we can make to a new citizen of this world: The opportunity to develop into your greatest potential. A sex-ed classroom that teaches sustainable principles would provide our children with all their available options from condoms and birth control to adoption and abortion.

Now, one has to ask, why didn't Mr. Schieffer ask about the Environment and Energy Independence? Oh yeah, it's not that big of a topic next to gay marriage...sorry, I forgot.