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Burnin' Down the House

Someone burned down Palin's house of worship. That's fucked up.

Open Letter to Sen. Obama

Sen. Obama,

Please do not use the money I donated to YOU to pay of Clinton's debt, debt that she chose to incur and can easily pay off herself.

I read your two books and in spite of my excitement for you, I kept an open mind b/n you and Clinton until December. I forced myself to decide then, and afterwards your positive performance and Hillary's despicable tactics confirmed my decision for vote for you.

I don't agree with you on everything (wish you were more aggressive on bringing the country off oil), but I am inspired by your commitment to changing politics by getting more people involved, by not taking PAC money, and by receiving over 90% of your donations as gifts under $100. My wife and I are not big donors, but we give what we can every few months.

I believe you when you say you are here to change politics and to convince citizens who are disenchanted with politics that their voice matters.

IN SHORT, Clinton represents the opposite of what you stand for. She obfuscated issues, she mislead voters, she made purely political choices, she ran an establishment campaign, she hand picked a team based on loyalty rather than competence, she wielded race as a weapon... Democrats rejected those tactics by nominating you.

As smart and competent as she may be, she lost her integrity. I don't need to list for you the scores of deplorable tactics she used against you. Her type of "leadership" is what feeds the virus of skepticism that eats away at the health of our democracy.

I gave you my hard earned money and have zealously advocated for you in North Carolina because you represent something different. Please do not throw away my commitment to you by using your campaign money to pay of Hillary's loans!!! Such an action would undermine your message and your appeal. Please continue to treat voters with respect by respecting their financial investment/sacrifice by donating to YOU.

The Clinton's came out of Bill's presidency with more debt than the $20 million or so they have now, and they will be find. Hell, their $109 million allows them to pay that off today if they want.

I am trying to accept that you have to praise her for a "hard fought campaign," but at the least do not give her the money millions of Americans gave to you. She does not deserve to be bailed out by the underdog who won by running a grassroots campaign rather than paying millions to long-term Washington consultants.

Jeremy

Coal; iPod

Lay off the Bottled Water

The following excerpts come from the National Geographic's Green Guide. The bottom line: water bottles are are terrible for the environment. Carry a reusable water bottle, or drink tap water. Plastic water bottles take over 1,000 years to disintegrate, and over 86% of bottles are not recycled.

Personal Health

Americans spend more than $10,000 a minute for something that is readily available for free: water. Why do we shell out from 240 to over 10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than we do for tap water? Perhaps we've given in to the marketing and advertising hype that bottled water comes from pristine springs and lakes. Or maybe because of the taste or the perception that bottled water is better regulated, safer or purer than tap water.

However, according to government and industry estimates, about one fourth of bottled water is bottled tap water (sometimes, but not always, with additional treatment).

Environmental

Usually water is bottled in plastic packaging. Plastics are made of petroleum, a non-renewable resource that requires new fossil reserves to be extracted all the time. By choosing to drink tap water, we can conserve this valuable resource and reduce our dependence on oil. The plastic manufacturing process is also associated with toxic byproducts, such as styrene and benzene, which are released in the air and cause not only pollution, but respiratory problems and may cause cancers as well.

Most bottles will be incinerated or will end up in our already overcrowded landfills. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that about 1.5 million tons of plastic are used worldwide to make water bottles and according to the Environmental Protection Agency, plastics are the fourth largest category of municipal solid waste.

Obtaining water from an underground pipe is more energy efficient and uses far fewer natural resources than bottled water because of the transportation of bottles in trucks across the country or by ships around the globe.

Choose water in glass bottles over watter in plastic bottles.

Water Filtering Systems

At 30 to 50 cents per gallon, filtering your tap water is not only more cost effective, but it also gives you control over what chemicals or substances are removed from the water you drink. Compare this to 89 cents to more than $2 per gallon for bottled water delivery to your home and the cost and environmental benefits of an at-home water filtration system become apparent. Additionally, filtered water keeps the plastic used for bottled water out of our landfills.