I don't ask for much. I don't ask for money, and I don't ask for all of my diaries to be recommended. I also don't have a brash, in your face, "motherfucker" this and that approach that seems to move so many here into doing whatever the person using the vulgarity is asking of them. However, what I do have is a firm conviction to the issue of the environment, a true sense of responsibility for preserving the Earth, and also unwavering support and respect for the man whom I believe is best qualified for the post requested in this petition to the United Nations. And this is so important, that I have no embarrassment about asking you to please sign this petition and to please recommend this diary based on its merits. No gimmicks, no solicitations, just a signature and a commitment to also caring for our only home.
More below.
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Progressives for Gore.
In this diary We Need A Global Environmental Leader/Please Support This
from a few days ago, I put forth an idea that I believe can help bring the global community closer together regarding the issue of climate change. Our PAC, Patriots for Al Gore, has sent out letters to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, President Jimmy Carter (because of his extraordinary work in the name of global peace and sustainability,) and Vice President and our President, the Honorable Al Gore, regarding our request to have the post of Global Environmental Ambassador established at the United Nations, and our further request to have Al Gore appointed as the first Ambassador to be charged with bringing the global community together to deal with this crisis seriously. We had a bit of good feedback here, and in the diary I recently posted here, someone asked if I could put this into a petition form.
Now, I will say that I was adamant about not doing that at first after giving it some thought, basically because I didn't know the response it would get. However, after the good feedback I have gotten from a few people regarding this, I have decided to put it into a petition form that you can find here:
Petition To Establish Global Environmental Ambassador
I am going to ask that you sign this petition for our planet and pass it on to anyone you think might be interested in signing this, and to also recommend this diary in the hopes that more people will see it and sign it. And please, allow me to make one thing clear about this effort. While we have requested that Al Gore be appointed as the first Ambassador because we believe he is most qualified for this post, that does not mean that should this happen and he not be appointed, or should he decline if asked that we would still not support this endeavor. We will still support the establishment of this post by the United Nations, because we believe it's essential due to the current world we find ourselves living in.
Therefore, if you were originally turned off to this because you believed it was just an effort for Al Gore, that is not the case. Though we do certainly believe that he is the most qualified and deserving person to serve as the first Ambassador for our planet. If you believe that the crisis of climate change is at the point where we must join closer together as a global community to work to fight it, and that an Ambassador with the qualities, skills, spirituality of Al Gore is essential to providing the inspiration necessary to move people to this issue, PLEASE sign this petition that will be forwarded to the United Nations within six months time. Mr. Annan's term as Secretary-General is up in June, 2006. We wish to make sure that he is well aware before he leaves that there are Americans out here who do care for this issue, and who do understand our role in the global community and want to participate in preserving it for us and those to come.
Thank you.
Also, and if this isn't recommended today, I'll keep posting diaries about this every week until I hit it right.