Letters to the Editor
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Who's the Anti-Bush?
“…whoever the next president is, one thing's for sure: He or she couldn't possibly do less for endangered species than this one has. Miller says: ‘There is literally no way that anyone could be worse.’"
I must disagree. When the Bush Crime Family usurped the White House we still had both the time and money to avert the worst of climate change without massively disrupting our modern lifestyle. Sure, cars had to and still have to go, but we could have built a sustainable electricity infrastructure and rebuilt our public transportation systems. The next President will not have the luxury of either time or budget surpluses. She or he will have to act immediately to reduce the average American’s carbon footprint by sixty to eighty percent. Failure means that almost all species will likely become endangered and many, perhaps including civilized humans, will face an irreversible commitment to extinction.
Sadly, not a single candidate seems up to the task.