No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore -- Now the Party of Easter Island

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No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore -- Now the Party of Easter Island


Robert Creamer
Political organizer, strategist and author
Posted: September 1, 2010 09:37 AM

I'm a pilot. So last week, as our Thirtieth Anniversary present to each other, my wife Jan Schakowsky and I packed up our two golden retrievers in a rented Cessna 182 and headed off to spend a week in the mountains of Montana.

Our destination was the Hawley Mountain Guest Ranch -- a small facility located in the Gallatin National Forest just adjacent to a million acres of federally protected Wilderness Area. Our plan was to base ourselves there and explore trails in the Wilderness Area on horseback.

On the way we stopped for the night in Rapid City, South Dakota, where we took a side trip to Mount Rushmore. If you've only seen pictures, you really can't fully appreciate the extraordinary achievement the monument represents -- carved over 14 years into the side of a mountain. Nor can you really experience the power of its testament to American values.

Of course there is George Washington -- the Revolutionary War General and first President who made America possible. There is Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Democratic Party, and author of the Declaration of Independence. There are two Republicans. Abraham Lincoln symbolizes America's commitment to equal opportunity and liberty for all. And there is Theodore Roosevelt -- the Republican President who more than any other embodied our commitment to conserve and protect our natural environment and prevent its destruction for short-term commercial profit.


more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/no-longer-the-republican_b_701755.html

[Enrique]

1. the last palm tree

Diamond raises the question: "What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while he was doing it? 'We don't have proof that there aren't more palms somewhere else on Easter? We need more research? Or your proposed ban on logging is premature and driven by fear-mongering?'"

k & r :thumbsup:

[nyc 4 Biden]

2. great read! n/t