A Bernie Blast at BP

Here’s to tilting at windmills.  May we forever rise to the occasion!



It’s not even Memorial Day, and we’re broiling like lobsters in record heat. (Thank you, Climate Change Foot-Draggers!)  Confronted with what is by far the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the man we all worked so hard to send to the White House is telegraphing helplessness back to us. What is there to celebrate, as we enter this odd little weekend wienie-roast commemorating the dead of war?

Well, we’ve got Bernie; and it looks like he’s finally had enough of the go-along-to-get along. Channeling the frustration and anger of all environmentally sentient Americans, Bernie Sanders is calling once and for all for an end to offshore drilling.  Besides banning offshore drilling, his “Clean Coasts and Efficient Cars Act” would exact full restitution for the spill from BP, and force automakers to finally deliver on the fuel-efficiency they’ve been kicking down the road now for decades.  Does he have any chance of moving this thing forward? Who knows? Certainly there is no better time to make the argument; but it feels awfully good to see our guy stand up and speak the words to power that we all long to scream.

About Sue Prent

Artist/Writer/Activist living in St. Albans, Vermont with my husband since 1983. I was born in Chicago; moved to Montreal in 1969; lived there and in Berlin, W. Germany until we finally settled in St. Albans.

3 thoughts on “A Bernie Blast at BP

  1. What I want to know…what I want to KNOW…What I WANT to know – is why Vermonters can love and elect Bernie by an overwhelming amount and then turn around and vote against their own best interests by electing Douglas and Dubie ??????

    Go Bernie

    Go Bernie

    Go Bernie!

  2. to the mix. Combine Bernie’s with the ‘War is Making You Poor Act’ and we might have something to talk about…




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