Wampum

I won't do it. I just won't do it, no matter how many Kos lemmings call me a Naderite. Screw 'em.

I vaguely remember the news last spring that Gephardt was setting up an "energy" lobbying firm. I had other things on my mind (the Griles and Federici indictments) so didn't look into it much. Then this morning, Melissa reported that Hillary Clinton has now brought on Gephardt as a " senior economic advisor", and reminded us of one of his clients: Peabody Energy, e.g., Peabody Coal.

The second page of this Lobbyist Disclosure form is actually more enlightening, as it indicates the actual issue on which Gephardt plans to lobby:

Avoidance of carbon caps; funding for production of clean coal technologies.

Does anyone in their right mind believe that Clinton has any plans to address global warming if she hires a coal lobbyist? And from a company which has screwed Indians for generations?

I'd already pretty much written her off due to her abhorrent record on New York Indian issues, essentially buying the love of upstate racist wingnuts with her anti-sovereignty rhetoric. Well, this seals the deal. I won't vote for her, no matter what. I'll just leave the damn box unchecked. Bill Clinton's Interior Department did enough damage, though clearly not what Bush II has has done. But we need a house cleaning, not a perpetuation of criminal behavior and cover-up of 30 years of corruption, and it's clear Hillary won't do it. So count me out.