[MR] Fwd: [COTEARTH] Earth Day at the Capital

[Baldwin, Joyce (Property Office)]

I think this post really is OT -  even if some SCAdians might be interested,
there are other channels to distribute this stuff.

Now if the article had been about King William Rufus taking over perfectly
good farmland to turn into a forest just so he could go deer hunting....

Say, do you suppose he was actually done in by a medieval version of
Greenpeace?  :-)

Jocetta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noel Evans [mailto:evans at cicada.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:40 AM
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> Subject: [MR] Fwd: [COTEARTH] Earth Day at the Capital
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> I thought that this information might be interesting to many people, 
> including SCAdians.
> 
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> >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:43:41 EDT
> >Subject: [COTEARTH] Earth Day at the Capital
> >
> >Today, in honor of Earth Day, Greenpeace demonstrated on the 
> lawn of the
> >capitol.  They made no illusion of their feeling towards the 
> president and
> >his administration.  Their banners were filled with 
> commentary about the
> >"TOXIC TEXAN".
> >
> >One of their main points of contention was the 
> administration's apparent
> >decision to allow the destruction of the wild forests in the 
> US.  These
> >forests; previously protected by federal law; are now in 
> danger of being
> >destroyed for roads, lumber, development, and industry.  
> According to the
> >vice president, there has been no public address of this 
> issue, even though
> >public outcry has made congress repeatedly bring the issue 
> up and pass more
> >stringent laws.  
> >
> >A comparison was made of George W. Bush and his 
> administration to King George
> >during the revolution.  King George also ignored the people 
> and simply did
> >what he wanted. The first George brought forth protest and civil
> >disobedience.  The speeches implied that this administration 
> may also bring
> >forth such actions by its policy of ignore and bulldoze.
> >
> >Greenpeace then went on to suggest that its crowd put green 
> ribbons on the
> >fence of the capital to leave a lasting reminder.  It is a 
> good idea. Maybe
> >it is the start of a better idea.
> >
> >Since the first step to any change is to let the public know 
> about it.  Maybe
> >if each of us wear a green ribbon, and tell anyone that asks 
> about it what
> >the ribbon is for (to keep the forests untouched) it will 
> help make the point.
> >
> >Please pass this on to other lists that might be interested.
> >
> >Steve
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