Submitted by EricLykins on Fri, 2009/12/18 - 4:47pm
“West Virginians can choose to anticipate change and adapt to it or resist and be overrun by it. One thing is clear: The time has arrived for the people of the Mountain State to think long and hard about which course they want to choose.”
Thank you, Senator.
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And I'm a little relieved to
And I'm a little relieved to see the reaction to today's weak climate agreement is mostly, so far that I've seen (CP, Sierra, LCV), on the positive side. Eh, it's an agreement. It seems so hard to get anything done. Something is happening, however slowly. It's hard to celebrate, though. OK, we're still really screwed without more, really big steps.
This is an astounding
This is an astounding statement from the 92-year-old Bobby Byrd. I think he's channeling Teddy.
My hat's off to him.
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