It\u2019s almost as if Jim Driscoll sits around all day thinking about how to make fighting climate change unpopular in enviro-friendly Montgomery County. By gum, I think he\u2019s hit on a winner this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Driscoll\u2019s band of climate activists is demanding that the U.S. end military aid to Ukraine to save the planet. Towards that end they plan to block the road to Sen. Chris Van Hollen\u2019s district office:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Hollen just voted for $40 billion in weapons for Ukraine. The veterans and youth are asking Sen. Van Hollen to demand that President Biden immediately negotiate an end to the U.S. proxy war on Russia. This is the only way to save thousands of Ukrainian lives; reduce hunger, inflation and recession and give appropriate budget priority to the rapidly-worsening, climate catastrophe. We want him to join Rep. Jaimie [sic] Raskin in voting against the bloated military budget and spend the money saved on a Green New Deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
My guess is that Sen. Van Hollen would like to save Ukraine AND stop climate change. The citation of Rep. Jamie Raskin is also bizarre because he has been a firm supporter of military aid<\/a> for Ukraine. As he said on the House floor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Generations to come will look back at this moment to ask what did our generation do when Vladimir Putin and his army invaded Ukraine and tried not only to crush its democracy and violate the spirit of its people but vaporize and annex the entire nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Driscoll\u2019s decision to marry action on climate to Putin\u2019s colonial war in Ukraine is the sort of unintentional leftist self-parody that makes the real work of promoting meaningful policy action harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Daily Kos Founder Markos Moulitsas said about Code Pink<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCode Pink has never been more than a nuisance \u2014 an ineffective, self-indulgent, obnoxious and tone-deaf organization,\u201d said Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was never relevant before, and it certainly isn\u2019t relevant today,\u201d Moulitsas said. \u201cI\u2019m sure their antics make them feel good about themselves, make them feel as if they\u2019re accomplishing something, but in reality they\u2019ve done nothing but piss off everyone around them, including potential allies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s almost as if Jim Driscoll sits around all day thinking about how to make fighting climate change unpopular in enviro-friendly Montgomery County. By gum, I think he\u2019s hit on a winner this time. Driscoll\u2019s band of climate activists is demanding that the U.S. end military aid to Ukraine to save the planet. Towards that … Continue reading Climate Protestors Marching Against U.S. Aid for Ukraine. Wait, What??!<\/span>