Remember how, during its invasion of Panama, the U.S. military bombarded General Manuel Noriega with loud rock music in hopes of speeding his surrender? Repower America has come up with a similar tactic to get Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) to help pass a clean energy & climate bill -- they'll show me wearing this horrific plaid flannel shirt outside his office until he pledges to vote yes:
Merry Christmas! The Green Miles is in Holyoke, MA this morning, drinking organic coffee (Newman's Own Nell's Blend!) with my mom & cousins. And of course, celebrating the passage of the health insurance reform bill in the Senate. We all have friends & family members who'll be helped -- either through help paying for insurance or through new protections on pre-existing conditions.
With the health insurance reform debate in Congress now in its final stages, I had a party in Arlington this week to look ahead to the Senate's clean energy & climate debate. Just as with the health debate, industries making huge profits will be pressuring Virginia Senators Mark Warner & Jim Webb to kill reform & preserve the status quo. We talked about ways to let Warner & Webb know that Virginians are behind clean energy solutions.
We started by recording some YouTube clips asking for action, which my friend Chris posted to Repower America's Wall. I decided to add a little season to my greetings:
If you're on Twitter, you can ask Mark Warner to support clean energy & climate legislation by signing our Act.ly petition to Keep Christmas Cold.
OK, not really. Repower America brought this video truck to Sen. Webb's Virginia Beach office this week, displaying videos from constituents across Virginia. The Green Miles' video was just one of many asking Sen. Webb to support a comprehensive clean energy & climate bill. You can submit your video at the Repower America Wall.