<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This didn't show up so I'm trying again...<DIV>Andrea<BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Andrea Dorey <<A href="mailto:andid@cagreens.org">andid@cagreens.org</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">December 12, 2007 3:55:04 PM PST</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:DPBxx@aol.com">DPBxx@aol.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><B>Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] New member, basic questions....</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dear DGP,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Environmental issues are posted occasionally, but we Greens are soooo in agreement with the importance of this issue that there is little to argue about here.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As for your other comment about the up close and comfy relationship with lefty Dems, there are a few of us that have some concerns about the influence that this has on Green politics, and that we (the concerned) do not like seeing strategic voting and self-hatred over election results when the Dems screw up and then blame Green candidates, etc. That part of the discussion has been painful and can divide Greens if we are not careful about our rhetoric here.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Stay around. I think you will see more to your liking as you contribute to the discussion.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Andrea</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>On Dec 12, 2007, at 10:31 AM, <A href="mailto:DPBxx@aol.com">DPBxx@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <DIV>Greetings and thanks for an opportunity to post.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm interested in supporting GP efforts, but after a cursory review of the SCCGP activities and discussions am left wondering what distinguishes your group from myriad others lending voice to initiatives coming from the left-of-center Dems? While sympathetic to many of those positions (and appreciative of their obvious affinity for Greens), I am frankly concerned that such close alignments undercut the opportunity for a Green Party agenda to lead this country out of its two-party stalemate. Environmental issues are not even mentioned in your discussions. The science is now sufficiently clear to suggest that such issues, natural to the Greens and cutting across so many of the old political divides, will soon come to dominant our political process. Can anyone tell me specifically how SCCGP is addressing such issues? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for any/all responses in advance.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- DPB</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See AOL's <A title="http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004" href="http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004" target="_blank">top rated recipes</A> and <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003" target="_blank">easy ways to stay in shape</A> for winter.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sosfbay-discuss mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org">sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss">http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>