I want a TRUE BLUE-GREEN LIBERAL to head the EPA!!!

[polichick]

Is that too much to ask???

[Deja Q]

1. Someone with temperment would be ideal.

It's a pretty big task too.

[daninthemoon]

2. throw us a bone, ya mean?

[polichick]

4. WAY more than that!

[eleny]

6. The EPA is hardly "a bone"

[cali]

3. I want a person who really understands science

to head the E.P.A. That strikes me as the most important qualification.

[CreekDog]

12. EPA has a scientist now

obviously it takes more than that.

[cali]

20. which is why I phrased my comment the way I did.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Hell no it's not too much to ask. I wonder if Al Gore is busy. ;)

[polichick]

9. I'd love for it to be Gore, but RFK Jr. might be more willing...

And he's done such good work for so long, I'm sure he'd be great.

[AtomicKitten]

10. oh yes, another excellent choice

:thumbsup:

[mtnsnake]

7. That's why someone like Kucinich or Kerry would be perfect for SOI

As SOI, they would oversee the EPA, conservation agencies, our parks, natural resources, wildlife, and the environment. Who better than one of them to be given the job of protecting what's left of our environment after Bush raped and pillaged it for 8 long years.

[polichick]

11. That spot is critical too - I really hope Obama steers clear of middle-of-the-road retreads...

Kucinich and Kerry are my kind of guys.

[glowing]

8. I want someone with a PHD in Environmental science, and and MB in business.

and some idea about law... of course, I don't know who that person would be.. I don't want some idealogue.. I want someone who understands science and thinks about ecosystems and health, rather than a bottom line or an agenda.

[polichick]

13. imo we need a visionary who won't bow to business interests...

A staff of first-rate scientists can be hired, if we don't already have them.

[geckosfeet]

14. I would be ok with science based environmentally friendly and intelligent.

[Dragonfli]

15. The Obvious Choices First...

Robert Kennedy Jr.
Al Gore

Or A Scientist Like Dr. Daniel Kammen

Dr.Daniel M. Kammen works on technical, social, and policy aspects of domestic and international energy and environmental policy. His research interests include renewable energy systems, health and environmental impacts of energy generation and use, rural resource management, international Rand policy, climate change, and energy forecasting and risk analysis. Now at UC B, Dr. Kammen received doctor in physics from Harvard (1988). He has developed projects focused on renewable energy technologies and environmental resource management, and also worked on risk analysis as applied to global warming and methodological studies of forecasting and hazard assessment. He is a professor of social policy and a moving force within the Apollo Alliance.

[polichick]

16. Good list! (Love your dragonfly.)

[Dragonfli]

17. Thank You! - He was hard to make, but he is me as I am he and we are one together. /nt

[LWolf]

18. And I want a true-blue educator with actual

significant years in public school classrooms for Secretary of Education.

I don't think either of those things are too much to ask, but I doubt either will happen.

[polichick]

19. I agree with you on that one - any ideas??

[LWolf]

21. Here are a few suggestions for Sec. of Ed.:

Marion Brady
http://home.cfl.rr.com/marion/mbrady.html

Richard Allington
http://teachersread.net/About.htm

Ted Sizer
http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/org/execboard/ted_page.html

Gerry Bracey
http://www.america-tomorrow.com/bracey/gb.htm

Jonathan Kozol
http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Jonathan_Kozol.html

Art Costa
http://www.habits-of-mind.net/

William C. Ayers (yes, that one; I can see that he wouldn't be at the top of the list, lol ;))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers

Larry Hickman
http://mypage.siu.edu/lhickman/cv.pdf

[polichick]

22. Interesting candidates! You should submit them to change.gov...

A bunch of conservative heads would explode if Bill Ayers got the spot! lol

[LWolf]

24. I will suggest them.

Any of the others would be just as good, without the entertainment value of exploding heads, lol.

If I wanted to explode more heads, and wasn't focused on actual educators, I'd suggest Alfie Kohn. :D

[Dragonfli]

23. Not my area of expertise

I can think of a really good man however, with some excellent ideas

Jonathan Kozol - to learn more:

http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/kozol/Seevak02/ineedtogoHOMEPAGE/homepage.htm

As for his public school teaching creds, he has been in the teaching environment, but not so much recently.

Kozol has made a practice of leaving comfortable surroundings for more challenging, impoverished areas. He enjoyed teaching young children, and eventually got a job in the public school system in Roxbury teaching fourth grade. The segregated public school in Roxbury was very different from the school Kozol had attended as a child growing up in the wealthy Boston suburb of Newton. Shortly after he began teaching in the public school system, Kozol was fired for reading from a book of poetry by Langston Hughes that was not on the approved curriculum list.

I am sure many educators in the DU community can come up with many names for you.
I wish I could be more help in this area.

[LWolf]

25. He's a great suggestion.

If it's not too late, I'm going to edit my post and ad him to my list.

:hi:

[Dragonfli]

27. Please do! his name had come up many times in the past

when I was researching civil rights issues. He always struck me as an exceptional person.

I am assuming you are an educator by your knowledge and your list (I just read it) and I am pleased I am not the only one to find this man exceptional.

:hi:

I think it is important to show the far right of our party that there are many qualified exceptional "grown-ups" that are worthy of cabinet post consideration.

The new DLC meme seems to be "so who would be better?" "You know that only we have qualified people, where are the names of these 20 year old progressive geniuses you want so bad?"

It's time to name the names.

[LWolf]

28. I gave my list,

with the inclusion of Kozol and the exception of Ayers (I was afraid they wouldn't take me seriously,) to change.gov.

I'll probably write a letter, as well.

Thanks for reminding me of Kozol!

Yes, I'm a teacher, and have appreciated Kozol for many years.

That makes me wonder who else I've forgotten while compiling my list.

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

26. Blue-green as in labor-tree hugger alliance?

That would be nice. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for EPA.

[polichick]

29. Yep - only tree huggers will do what it takes to protect the environment...

My fingers are crossed too!