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| 26706 | 330 | OIL ON THE BEACH | 25 | Guest | Jun 6, 2010 | 2010-06-06T00:57:39-0400 | PM, In all seriousness, thanks for the civility. I do appreciate that politics can gets hot and passionate (but not in a good way and usually try to keep it out of topical discussions on the 'net. But this is an ocean-driven forum, and the ocean is hurting in a major way. I believe the animosity we see above in this thread is fueled on both sides by a corporate media who benefits greatly from infighting and bickering amongst the voters. The status quo is acceptable only to CEO's and the top 1% of earners in this land, and the bullshit Lindsey Lohan-type media coverage serves mostly to distract us from serious things like the destruction of a massive ecosystem. I'm super passionate about our oceans and their tributaries. I spend 12-15 hours a week in the Pacific ocean now, which pales in comparison to my youth on the Gulf coast. Given the venue, I assume our passion for riding waves and keeping them clean is at least one thing we have in common. It's way more productive for us to work together on common goals than to focus on our differences. Even if that doesn't happen, we would both better serve our "causes" by doing instead of talking about doing. Agreed? When you come to Cali, look me up. We'll surf and not talk politics. |