i wasn’t planning to go there

1 comment August 28th, 2008

but obama did say “renewable energy” and “climate change” in his acceptance speech tonight. at least i’m pretty sure. ooh, yep!

“Washington has been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. In that time, he’s said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investments in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.

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“I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing so that America is once more the last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future.”

is this book poison?

Add comment August 28th, 2008

people like to make fun of moms who are paranoid about plastic or unsafe toys from china.

and they like to pick on books like this: “poisoned profits: the toxic assault on our children” by philip and alice shabecoff, which i heard about here.

i’m no scientist, but you never know what might the impact of chemicals in our society.

Philip, chief environmental correspondent for The New York Times for 14 years, and Alice, a freelance journalist, present detailed evidence showing that children are 10 times more vulnerable than adults to cancer-causing chemicals and accumulate half of their lifetime risk of cancer by age two.

of course, there are critics, but what should be surprising but isn’t: the low nmber of stories i found, pro, con or otherwise, on this book.