Jedi Knights of Climate Change - A Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:
Discussing global warming with my 9-year-old son Daniel, we made analogies to Star Wars. "All living creatures on our planet are at risk," I said, "but there are lots of Jedi knights working to save them." My son's matter-of-fact response hit hard: "In Star Wars, there's a happy ending. With global warming, we don't know how the story ends."
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Any compromises to greedy, shortsighted interests, and we're toast. The race to save the world is on.
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In this time of climate crisis, who are Jedi candidates? Among candidates for the U.S. Senate, Jay Buckey is a climate Jedi.
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(excerpted from the Valley News, Dec 14 2008)

Best Swag of the Season

While the presidential campaigns flood your mailbox with glossy literature destined for a quick trip to the recycling bin (albeit with the possibility of immortality through Mike Hoefer's posts), the Buckey Campaign is rolling out a holiday gift that you might want to keep around for more than a day. Introducing . . . The Jay Buckey For Senate Memorial Squeeze Toy And Stress Reliever Space Shuttle Collectible, aka the Space Shuttles.



We're giving one away to anyone who donates $5 or more online before the end of December, which of course includes donations made through everyone's favorite ActBlue page, ActBlueHampshire.

Outside of the political world, we've had the promotion covered by Nasa Watch and Collectspace.

So the questions are, what other cool promo items are out there? Can any compete with the squishy space shuttles? And with this new gimmick, can anything possibly stand between Jay Buckey and the US Senate?