From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Re: Gore Calls for a Real Environmental President
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:32:26 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.075511.15197@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bc151@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ken Fisler) writes:
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>On Tue Aug 11 01:02:29 1992 crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
>says:
>> In article <1992Aug11.031138.13065@samba.oit.unc.edu> Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen) writes:
>> >Press release from the Clinton/Gore Campaign.
>> >
>> > Gore Calls for a Real Environmental President 
>> > To: National Desk, Political and Environment Writer 
>> > 
>> >   LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a 
>> >statement of Sen. Al Gore: 
>> > 
>> >   Once again, the Bush-Quayle administration is the on the wrong 
>> >road, moving backward, trying to convince the American people that 
>> >they can't afford a safe, clean environment for their kids. 
>> >   The American people know that's not true.  And, they know they 
>> >can't afford another four years of Bush and Quayle.  Protecting our 
>> >environment means creating jobs, increasing profit, and strengthening 
>> >our economy. 

[...]

>> Now this is very interesting. Here we have the VP candidate telling
>> us we need an environmentally conscious president. I find it very
>> ironic that Bill Clinton's home state, Arkansas, has rivers polluted
>> with chicken feces and yet Bill is tooling around on private jets
>> owned by the company doing the polluting! So the Republicans are 
>> protecting the polluters instead of the people? Hogwash!

Not hogwash at all.  What do you think Bush meant when he said at the
Earth Summit in Rio that due to this and that and economic hardships at
home and the increased cost that would be incurred by polluting
businesses if regulations were tightened further, that "now" was just
not the time?  He meant that it would be too expensive for business to
strap more scrubber units onto their emissions stacks and implement the
other control equipment necessary to reduce chemical releases.  He meant
that he'd rather maintain the status quo and be able to say "I did it to
save jobs at home" rather to say "I'm for tightening environmental
regulations, even though it may be hard in the short term".  Bush
dosen't realize that one industry gets swapped for the other.
Environmental protection is a biiiig business right now!  Hell, I
wouldn't have the job I have right now if it weren't for this trend.

The "environmental president", indeed.  The Big Business president.

>Now this is very interesting. Mr. Crisp, echoing the
>Bush/Quayle/Ailes line, slams Clinton's record on the
>environment and Clinton is later endorsed by the Sierra Club. I
>wonder... who should I believe: Bush, Quayle, and Crisp or the
>Sierra Club. Tough decision. (Note: This is only the second time
>the Sierra Club has endorsed a presidential candidate.)


I don't believe anybody carte blanche.  I form my own opinions based on
what I see going on.  In this case, I think it says a lot that the
Sierra Club is for Clinton.


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