tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post113609317373874372..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: Weshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-1136222883761798432006-01-02T09:28:00.000-08:002006-01-02T09:28:00.000-08:00Thank you for the post, Alex. There are many path...Thank you for the post, Alex. There are many paths to enlightenment. You and I seem to agree on one thing, that the 10 Key Values of the Green Party, if followed, are what differentiates this party from the Republicrats and Democans.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-1136219482453084692006-01-02T08:31:00.000-08:002006-01-02T08:31:00.000-08:00For some time I have said it would be interesting ...For some time I have said it would be interesting to collect stories from Greens about how they became Green. It's hard to imagine Wes was once a Goldwater Republican, but who am I to throw stones? <BR/><BR/>As a black kid growing up in Virginia, I was your basic Kennedy-Johnson Democrat. <BR/><BR/>In the late 1960s I swung over to the black power/antiwar Left. <BR/><BR/>Well, the riots and the angry rhetoric of the "New Left" was a bit too much even for me, so in the mid-1970s I swerved back to the Center. I actually campaigned for some (sane) conservative Republicans in Virginia. <BR/><BR/>Ah! But then came the 1980s and the "Reagan Revolution." Reagan pushed me back to the Left again and I actively supported Jesse Jackson's two campaigns. <BR/><BR/>By this time I had left "Old Virginny." I was living and working in Mario Cuomo's New York where I met my lovely wife. Soon after Cathy and I got married we moved to Massachusetts, the "liberal paradise" of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barney Frank. We lived in Somerville, Massachusetts outside Boston and Joseph P. Kennedy, III was my congressman. <BR/><BR/>Up until then, as an "Angry Black Man" from the South, I had sort of romantised "sophisticated" Eastern liberalism. I was shocked, shocked at how crude, sleazy, feckless, and casually corrupt the Eastern Establishment liberals. <BR/><BR/>When my wife and I finally settled in Northern California just in time for the last days of Bill Clinton, we had both finally had enough. I left the Democrats for good and never looked back. I supported Nader for president and Camejo for governor. If I had the same choices I would do so again. <BR/><BR/>I have traveled a long road since I grew up in a 100% segregated community in Hampton, Virginia. All my life I have been told that African-Americans like me should forget about slavery and segregation; forget those who died in my lifetime for civil rights. Little hypocrites quote Martin Luther King's exhortation to judge people: <BR/><BR/>"not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." <BR/><BR/>Very well. <BR/><BR/>I have judged our Democrats and Republicans by the content of their character. They stink! It's time to go beyond the cynical corrupt games of Republican "conservatives" and Democrat "liberals." The 10 Key Green Values is key.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-1136174099494832112006-01-01T19:54:00.000-08:002006-01-01T19:54:00.000-08:00Well, you found it before I publicized it, so somo...Well, you found it before I publicized it, so somone must be looking for Green Information. I am gathering feedback from a few people that I trust and will make use that to make sure I do this right.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-1136151005573078252006-01-01T13:30:00.000-08:002006-01-01T13:30:00.000-08:00Welcome to the (Green) blogging world!It is good t...Welcome to the (Green) blogging world!<BR/><BR/>It is good to see it keeps growing with different people and different viewpoints.<BR/><BR/>-Roger<BR/><BR/>www.greensforgreens.org<BR/>www.newsforgreens.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688700377922589383noreply@blogger.com