Let me say up front that despite my playing cute with the infamous Clinton (Carville?) campaign slogan, there is nothing remotely stupid about Simon Rosenberg or the NDN, though like all of us they can at times err. Now I've been an enthusiastic member of the New Democratic Network for about a year and was a strong backer of Simon's bid for DNC chair. I also continue to hold the same enthusiasm for NDN's pragmatic, forward-looking, media and tech savvy vision for revival of the sagging fortunes of progressive politics in America, as evidenced by The New Politics Institute initiative for instance. All that said, on a recent visit to their site it dawned on me that almost no where on those NDN sites can one find the word environment or sustainability prominently featured as a targeted issue. In fairness I must cop here that the blogmaster over there responded graciously to my posted rant by pointing out that the 6th, and last, item on the NDN Agenda page is:
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