Lebanon, NH--“Benazir Bhutto was a remarkable and courageous woman,” Buckey said. “She knew and understood both Pakistan and the West, and she will be missed.”

“As Martin Luther King once said, ‘Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.’”

“Benazir Bhutto was clearly dedicated to Pakistan and concerned about its future. But she worked though politics and the ballot box. Her sacrifice reminds us that we can’t allow the forces of violence and fear to win,” said Buckey.

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)

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Our space shuttle promotion has touched down in a few interesting places. The Concord Monitor had this to say:

Jay Buckey's Senate campaign has a new fundraiser gimmick: Donors who give $5 or more get a "Buckey for Senate" space shuttle emblazoned with the primary date (Sept. 9, 2008). The toys are "squishy stress toys," according to an e-mail from the campaign. (Did you know that Buckey was an astronaut?)

We've also been on NASAwatch and CollectSpace, sites covering the space exploration community.

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Lebanon, NH -- "By preventing a vote on the energy bill, our senators are working against America's national security," said Jay Buckey, democratic candidate to represent New Hampshire in the US Senate.

On Friday, an energy bill that had passed the House of Representatives was blocked in the Senate. According to the Washington Post, "the failure to close debate was a victory for the major oil companies, Southeastern utilities and coal-mining firms that had opposed the
legislation."

"Currently, the US has few energy options - and our reliance on foreign oil creates a major security threat," Buckey said. "But New Hampshire's Republican Senators, John Sununu and Judd Gregg, helped block an energy bill that would have improved mileage standards and encouraged alternative energy sources."

The US is now spending an estimated $137 billion dollars annually to protect access to the Persian Gulf and its oil resources. "Instead of access to Persian Gulf oil as a vital national security interest, moving aggressively to renewable, clean energy should be our vital national security interest," Buckey said.

With energy as a major focus of his campaign, Buckey, a scientist and former astronaut, is advocating a new Apollo-style program for energy to improve national security, protect the environment, and create new jobs in New Hampshire and throughout the US.

"Blocking the energy bill helps the oil and gas industry, not the American people," said Buckey, who is not accepting contributions from special interests. "I believe that our senators should work for national security and our future, and I'm committed to changing our country's energy policy."

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