Put a lump in your stocking (& your throat and lungs too!)

Ah, the good old days here in America, when life was simple and we worked our land for energy instead of wriggling under the thumb of oil-rich Arab nations...

NOT.

We must never, never go back.

Some things really are backwards- the move to coal as a viable source of energy is one of them.

Say no in innovative and informed ways:

Check out this project the Sierra Club has set up to counteract the "Clean Coal" lobby:

they are putting slogans that we the people come up with and post them on their "Truth Truck" which will drive around Washington D.C.

We may not have as much money as those lobbyists, but the creative capital is ALL on our side- let's show it.

Now, I think personally, that they should have come up with a cleaner, greener billboard solution, one that doesn't involve fossil fuels, but there is no denying the flexibility and visibility their trucks will offer.

Who knows, maybe they are electric?

http://www.coalisnottheanswer.org/

The site is good looking and some of the slogans are really, really clever.

They have come up with something that really is both informative and fun.

You can post your own, watch a slide show of the cache of submissions so far, or scroll down the list and vote or comment on your favorites.

So, get busy y'all- we have another dirty little war to fight!

www.coalisnottheanswer.org

YES WE CAN!

We did it!

We let the right one in...

Let the right one in, redux

"African-American Flag" by David Hammons

The end is nigh- we are almost there- No more George Bush!!!

OK, so there will be, in all likelihood, lots of squawking from the Republicans about alleged "voter fraud" and lots of attempts to get people's votes not to count.Let's make things as fair, transparent and clear as we can from the get-go, so that this ploy won't work.

Remember: "you can fool me once...."

NPR-bless them- had a story this morning about the National Campaign for Fair Elections, which has set up "Welcome to Our Vote Live", the official site documenting the groundbreaking voter assistance work of the Election Protection Coalition.

They offer an easy to use system for reporting irregularities, asking questions or seeking help with issues surrounding voting. The organization will offer a national hot line to answer voter questions and respond to problems, they also will use high-tech doohickeys like twitter to instantly connect you with help.

The official website is here- by all means go on it before you vote tomorrow!

http://www.866ourvote.org/

At the very least:

PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR CELL PHONE!

1-866-OUR-VOTE

to alert them directly and instantly about intimidation, irregularities and problems when voting. I am done with mysterious voting screw-ups and botched ballots. This allows us, the voters, to take control, to cleanly and accurately put a stop to irregularities as they happen- let's make it as hard as possible for them to to throw away our choices!

If you need more reasons/motivation to get up and out into the voting booth, check these fab photos of gov. Sarah Palin out. My fav. is the first one, with dead bear and stuffed crab, but frankly, they are all gems:

http://www.adn.com/photos/v-gallery/story/509850.html?/1521/gallery/509852-a509968-t3.html

say no to coal!

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