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To drive a car is to sit, and to follow the roads that others have set down for you. To walk is to set off on a long-forgotten way. It is a method of re-exploring the Earth and ourselves, a four mile per hour revolution.

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can’t link to all the environmentalists that are endorsing Barack Obama for President. Go see the list for yourself. The point is clear - Barack Obama is the choice of American environmentalists.

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Unfortunately, right wing Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican candidates saw things differently, and ruled to overturn the power of the Clean Water Act to protect a huge number of American waterways and wetlands. Some in Congress are working to overcome that problem with a new piece of legislation to restore the integrity of the Clean Water Act. The bill is called the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.

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While others walk on treadmills that suck electricity out of a wall socket, going nowhere, bicyclists make their own power and move where they will. While motorcyclists pollute the air with their self-conscious pose of noise, bicyclists cut through the pollution silently.

They clear the roads. They make room for others. They build strength without taking from others’ strength.

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Al Gore does not speak of fear and restriction. He does not threaten loss of liberty. Al Gore looks to expand what is possible to confront the challenges we face today. That’s the kind of wisdom we need in a President of the United States. That’s why we need Al Gore for President in 2008.

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