Doing To CIA What Corp. Media Always Does To The Movement

By Anonymous (not verified) , 7 March, 2006
Author
marco

Permit me to do to former DCI James Woolsey what the corporate
media ALWAYS does to us. I set up my equipment, turned it on for
the first 15 minutes of his speech, and then suddenly tore down
equipment and bailed out of there like I was stressed out on other
heavier deadlines or something.

Truth be told I had to skidaddle off to a different panel here
at the 24th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
in Eugene, OR. One that I didn't want to miss. Even for the former
head of the CIA talking about Hemp and Biodiesel. Apparently he's
for doing all three. Hemp, Biodiesel and Ethanol. I guess that's
at least better than Bush's call for just Corn and nukes!!! But
I really gotta question one thing, and I don't expect to find out
right away.

Is Woolsey enthused about all this because he's big on the
environment, or because he can make a ton of money hand over
fist helping build infrastructure???

I'll leave it at that. I don't think I'll write up transcripts
of this one because I want to take the time to do the SAVE THE
PEAKS one and that's about all I'm going to have time and energy
for I think. We'll see.

cheers,
marco

ps: Here are the only two other things I can find on the net
so far about the conference. Things seem to be trickling in.

:)

LIGHTERTREADCLIPPINGSERVICE: Other things trickling onto the net about pielc:

The even more exciting part of last weekend's adventure, though, was the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference going on at the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Though my emergence from the dark grey raincloud known as Seattle had me sporting the classic President-Bush-squinting-into-the-sun look all weekend, I somehow managed to spot a flyer for the conference and showed up just in time to see excellent keynote addresses by two figures that Grist readers are familiar with:

Evon Peter showed a clip from the documentary he's featured in, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, and spoke on a range of issues related to Indigenous peoples. He talked about how economic colonialism is exemplified in Alaska, and how it relates to the push to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge. He also discussed his experiences becoming a leader for his people, combining traditional knowledge and beliefs with western politics, and his work with Native Movement.

I missed the first half of Jim Woolsey's talk because I wanted to meet Evon, but I came back in just as he was stumping for alternative fuel options that can be implemented with relatively small changes to existing infrastructure. His repeated dropping of the switchgrass buzzword made me smirk, but he was an engaging speaker whose informed view gave me hope for the reality of alternative fuel use.

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/6/16463/51167

ALERT. AWARE. INVOLVED. a great concept.

Ive also learned that things only get done with direct action. Merely talking doesnt solve anything.

panels i watched at the eugene environmental law conference were

banning the trade of exoticanimals in the us
The Fiscal, Social, and economic impact of Public Lands Grazing
Speaker David Orr (he talked about how fucked up our leaders are)
Speaker Dinah Bear (he talked about hurricane katrina and how the damage could have been prevented)
The Environmental Costs of war
Conserving Biodiversity On Private lands: finding common grounds
The Future of NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
Greenwashing (Wal-mart, GE, and beyond).............i feel like a hypocrite on this one because how is target better than walmart?
Direct Action: A dialogue on politics and stratedy
A film on temperate rainforests

and i enjoyed every minute of it. If i wasnt financially tied down or had contractual responsibilites with my roomates id be still up there.

http://punknboots.livejournal.com/87489.html