Congratulations Mother Earth! Your favorite son won the Nobel Peace Prize today. Today we can believe that goodness, purity, care, conscience wins. Breathe deeply this moment's fresh air as Al Gore would want you to.
I want Al to run for president. I have joined Draft Gore. I want to say why as it may not be entirely obvious.
1) I believe that the United Sates would fundamentally change if a Nobel Peace prize winner lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C. If you read books by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama or by Ellie Wiesel, you would know that the winners come together often. Can you imagine all of the Nobel Laureates meeting in the Oval Office? I can think of no better way to begin changing the toxic belch of death that permeates the Whitehouse than such a convergence. (not to forget Melissa Etheridge might play a few tunes).
2) I do not choose my feminists based on gender. I believe that feminism leads to pacifism. Ultimately feminism is an unconditional embrace of the mother for her child and the political expression of that is feminism. In the current line up of Democratic candidates there is only one - Dennis Kucinich. He is pro-peace, pro human rights, pro equality. I do not believe that Dennis can win. I do believe that Al Gore can win - as Dr Phil says, "The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior." Al has won before.
3) Al Gore gets that Mother Earth is a single host organism and holds her in his heart. Feminism doesn't get better than that.
Congratulations Mr. Gore. The Mother adores you.
rock on Zoe. I love AL. and am so glad he won.
Posted by: John Smart | October 12, 2007 at 12:51 PM
So very, very true. I'm hoping that this great honor that has fallen upon him will finally convince him to throw his hat in the ring.
Posted by: Tina Krause | October 12, 2007 at 07:00 PM