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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:33 PM
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Does Obama have anything like Hillary Clinton's "Green collar workers"?
I don't see anything like it on his page, but I may not be looking deep enough.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:34 PM
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1. what is green collar?
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:36 PM
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2. People who work in Green Collar jobs...renewable energy, solar, Hybrid technology....n/t
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:37 PM
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3. A new middle-class built on alternative energy/ sustaiable technologies.
Edwards said it first, as a campaign.

It is a brilliant idea. Create jobs, build infrastructure, help get off of foreign oil, clean the environment.
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ArkySue Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:00 PM
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6. Not to nit-pick but....
Wes Clark was saying that in 2003.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:51 PM
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11. Thanks! I did not know that.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:55 AM
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14. So was Kerry.
Clintons plans are very good.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:34 PM
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10. except her examples are growing corn and putting up solar panels
rather than research and development of new products and techniques.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:53 AM
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13. Say what? Here's some reading material for you
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:15 AM
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17. I am going from the Iowa speech that she gave in July 2007
She started out speaking of how doing right by the environment could be a plus for the economy. I was impressed and expected her to continue into the types of things that inspired me, as one who worked in a top research company for over two decades, as engaging the enthusiasm for technology, science and ingenuity - and being disappointed. (Kerry wasn't running - so I was looking). It seem plebeian in comparison.

I know that ALL three candidates had position papers written by their teams. I do not see any record of HRC being good on the environment - and see that, in fact, they ignored the fact that the real average usage of personal vehicles increased during the Clinton years - due to the slight of hand that labeled SUVs as NOT cars. The Clinton record on environment in Arkansas was POOR.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:50 PM
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18. They being Bill Clinton? They are not running - She is.
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 01:51 PM by kerrygoddess
Whatever Bill Clinton did in office is not related to Hillary Clinton the Senator. Do not confuse the 2 please. It shows bias.

Here's some background on HILLARY Clinton on the environment:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Hillary_Clinton_Environment.htm

During her years representing New York state in the U.S. Senate (2001 to the present), Hillary Clinton has earned a 90 percent lifetime voting score from the League of Conservation Voters. She tends to run with the Democratic pack on climate and energy policy, putting particular emphasis on "energy independence." - http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/08/09/clinton_factsheet/

Powering Up for 2006 -- and Beyond - http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2005/11/08/hillary-clinton/



Plebian? In what context do you use the word, because the definition certainly has no bearing her platform on the environment. In calling it "plebian" you infer it's "low class" - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plebeian

I grant her record is no where as strong as Kerry's but then neither is Obama's.
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:39 PM
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4. Here's his energy/enviroment page. I don't see anything similar.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:55 PM
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5. Yes, he does.
The folks at NovaMRadio compared all of the plans of Clinton, Obama and Edwards, and there is very little difference between the three candidates.
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ArkySue Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:03 PM
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7. Is there anywhere
to read up on it??
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:19 PM
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8. Where can I read about it? Clinton talks about it in every speech she does.
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:25 PM
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9. Here's some interesting articles. A bi movement in North Carolina, particularly
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 08:31 PM by demo dutch
in the Edwards' backyard. Chapel Hill, NC. I love that that area, and plan to move there next year.
http://greenpages.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/the-color-of-green/
http://suddenlyfrugal.blogspot.com/2008/01/green-collar-workers.html

Wiki has its own page on it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-collar_worker
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ArkySue Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 01:57 AM
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12. Guess not, huh?
What I thought. Broad generalizations and platitudes. No substance.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:02 AM
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15. I dont know if theres anything like it on his page but...
this was fairly easy to find.

http://grist.org/feature/2007/07/30/obama_factsheet/

lots of details there if you follow the links
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:06 AM
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16. green & tech jobs
Ensure an open Internet.
Create a transparent and connected democracy.
Encourage a modern communications infrastructure.
Employ technology to solve our nation’s most pressing problems.
Improve America’s competitiveness.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/

Obama will invest $150 billion over ten years to deploy clean technologies, protect our existing manufacturing base and create millions of new jobs. And the Obama plan will reduce oil consumption overall by at least 35 percent, or 10 million barrels of oil, by 2030 to put America on the path to energy independence.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/#energy
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