<div>I of course am not deliberately sending the same post over and over... Digital gremlins at work...</div>
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<div>But in all seriousness, I have failed to drive my point home about anthropogenic warming, without a doubt, given the nature of the responses, and/or the lack thereof, on Vision2020, or in general in the political arena in the US:</div>
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<h1>Barack Obama's key climate bill hit by $45m PR campaign</h1>
<p id="stand-first" class="stand-first-alone">Surge in oil, gas and coal industry lobbying against Democratic leadership on 'cap and trade' legislation</p></div>
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<li class="byline"><a class="contributor" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/suzannegoldenberg"><strong><font color="#005689">Suzanne Goldenberg</font></strong></a>, US environment correspondent </li>
<li class="publication"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/"><font color="#005689">guardian.co.uk</font></a>, Tuesday 12 May 2009 23.11 BST </li>
<li class="history"><a id="history-link-byline" class="rollover history-link" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/12/us-climate-bill-oil-gas#history-link-box"><font color="#005689">Article history</font></a></li>
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<p>America's <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Oil" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/oil"><font color="#005689">oil</font></a>, gas and <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Coal" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/coal"><font color="#005689">coal</font></a> industry has increased its lobbying budget by 50%, with key players spending $44.5m in the first three months of this year in an intense effort to cut off support for Barack Obama's plan to build a clean energy economy.</p>
<p>The spoiler campaign runs to hundreds of millions of dollars and involves industry front groups, lobbying firms, television, print and radio advertising, and donations to pivotal members of Congress. Its intention is to water down or kill off plans by the Democratic leadership to pass "cap and trade" legislation this year, which would place limits on greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p>A defeat for the bill would have global consequences. The international community is depending on America, as the world's biggest per capita polluter, to set out a firm plan for getting off dirty fuels in the months before crucial UN negotiations in Copenhagen in December.</p>
<p>Without such action, the chances of getting a deal that scientists say is vital to limiting dangerous <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Climate change" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-change"><font color="#005689">climate change</font></a> are much reduced.</p>
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<div><span class="caption">Suzanne Goldenberg reports on US fossil fuel firms PR blitz <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2009/may/13/us-environment-bill"><font color="#005689">Link to this audio</font></a> </span></div>
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<p>Those high stakes have intensified the fight for control over America's energy future. "There are an awful lot of people who have an awful lot to gain and lose and they have been acting accordingly," said Evan Tracey, founder of the Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), who has tracked the proliferation of climate change ads.</p>
<p>But it is an unequal contest. Liberal and environmental organisations, as well as the major corporations that support climate change legislation, say they are being vastly outspent by fossil fuel interests.</p>
<p>"These guys are spending a billion dollars this year convincing Americans that they are clean, green, cuddly and warm," said Bob Perkowitz, founder of the eco- America PR firm. Perkowitz is to brief the White House yesterday on a new environmental messaging strategy. "The enviros are getting their message out, but they are being outspent by 10 to one." he said.On advertising, the ratio is about three to one. The oil and coal industry spent $76.1m on ads from 1 January to 27 April, according to CMAG data seen by the Guardian. Environmental groups, led by Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, the Environmental Defence Fund and the Sierra Club, spent $28.6m on ads in the same period, Tracey said.</p>
<p>Despite its global significance, the fate of the draft "cap and trade" bill now lies in the hands of just a dozen Democrats, who have yet to back Obama's energy transformation. The Democratic leadership cannot take their support for granted. Seven of those pivotal Democrats received campaign donations in excess of $100,000 from the oil and gas industry, coal producers, and electricity firms during last year's elections, according to an analysis provided to the Guardian by the Centre for Responsive Politics. Another two received more than $90,000 last year.</p>
<p>Environmentalists say those Democrats, who hold the balance of power on the committee, pose a far greater threat to the chances of passing climate change legislation than a full vote in the House of Representatives. "If they can get that bill through the subcommittee what is going to emerge is a piece of legislation," said Tony Kreindler of the Environmental Defence Fund. "So this is ground zero for the vote."</p>
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<div>On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:37 PM, John Pool <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jpool@moscow.com">jpool@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I too am getting this message about once per day. I just figured it was Ted who, wanting to drive his point home, kept resending it. It probably has something to do with global warming.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Warren Hayman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ted Moffett; Tom Hansen<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020
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<div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different</div></div></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone else getting this message about once per day or so, or is it my computer?</p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cc:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Moscow Vision 2020</a> </span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:44 PM</span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another alternative for a final "resting" place:</p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="COLOR: black">1996:</span></strong><span style="COLOR: black"> Half of Garcia’s ashes are spread into the Ganges River in India, while the other half are poured into San Francisco Bay.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>On 8/21/10, <b>Tom Hansen</b> <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span> </p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings Visionaires –</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over the years I have posted some rather . . . strange (for lack of a better term) . . . comments. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hear what you’re saying’. You’re probably thinking, “No! Not Tom Hansen. Not hard-charging thoughtful Tom ‘Brad Pitt’ Hansen!” Well, you would be wrong (but thanks for comparing me to Brad Pitt, anyway).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This one will make those pale in comparison.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few months ago, Rodna (that’s my significant other) and I joined the Neptune Society. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Instead of going into long, boring details explaining the Neptune Society to y’all, I’ll let you read about it for yourselves . . .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The Neptune Society”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.neptunesociety.com/" target="_blank">http://www.neptunesociety.com/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me are:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1) It’s a lot less expensive than a funeral and a casket (a one-time payment of just under $3,500 covers both of us – absolutely no more payments)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2) Cremation and ashes seem a lot more appealing to me than slowly degenerating into worm dung.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well . . . enough with the preface to this posting.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the Neptune Society cannot legally store the urns (a law that was passed back in 2007), you guessed it . . .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The urns were delivered to us yesterday. Here is a photo of one of them.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And, just like any other product, this came with a short paragraph of instructions</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes. That’s right, V-peeps. No matter what kindnesses I share (or have shared), feelings I provoke (or have provoked), or relationships I take pleasure in (or have enjoyed) in the past 59 years along with the next 30 years (hey, I ain’t leavin’ any time soon) . . . after all is said and done, it’s the “plastic bag provided with the urn” for yours truly. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not only that, but I will be toting it with me until . . . well . . . you know.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, I have decided that if I am going to be responsible for maintaining the urn, its contents, and the “plastic bag provided with the urn”, I might as well give my final residence a name.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Death is just nature’s way of telling you to slow down.”</p>
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