[Vision2020] Superficial Editorial

[Shirley Ringo]

The editorial was disturbing to me as well.  One of my major concerns is the naive assumption that terrible environmental practices in Canada will not have far reaching consequences.

I am sure my pharmacist appreciate Henry's work - it aggravates my hypertension.

Shirley
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: Moscow Vision 2020 
  Cc: Jane Kauzlarich ; Kathy Judson ; Borg Hendrickson ; Friends of the Clearwater ; Fritz Knorr ; Dave ; Fiddlin' Big Al Chidester ; Brett Haverstick ; Marilyn Beckett ; Lin Laughy ; Lois Blackburn ; Friends Of The Palouse Ranger District ; Wild Idaho Rising Tide ; Helen Yost ; Dinah Zeiger 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:07 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Superficial Editorial


  Courtesy of today's (August 30, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with special thanks to Joshua Yeidel of Viola.


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  Superficial editorial

  This weekend's editorial (Daily News, Aug. 27 & 28) about the megaload protests in Moscow is amazingly superficial for professed journalists. By removing all context, you trivialize the protest as a futile attempt to stop an oil company truck.

  Of course, the protest was much more than that. It was a signal to all those who are passionately concerned about the Earth, our only home, that they are not alone in their passion or their concern. And it was a signal to those who are unaware of the brutal rape of Alberta, giant tar sands exploitation, that they have something to learn (search "tar sands action" on Facebook or "tar sands invasion" on Google).

  Of course the protest was "symbolic," as you say. So was Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus.

  Great changes have to start with small, symbolic steps, made by brave people at personal risk.

  Moscow can and should be proud of those who think globally and act locally to resist the devastation of our planet.

  Joshua Yeidel, Viola

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  Seeya round town, Moscow.


  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho


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