This is the stuff we should all be protesting. This is the type of appointment that can be changed in no time if enough people make their thoughts known. Come on all let the powers that be know that you don't like the choice.
Yes, I agree that this type of appointment deserves attention, but Republicans are completely in charge, and Democrats are not know for putting up a fight.
We're really screwed, because this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Imagine what happened during the Bush regime, then scale it up.
If you don't know what happened during that last Republican administration, here's a summary:
1. Statements by govt scientists had to be vetted by political appointees. Expect that to continue, because it's the same anti-science group that surrounds Trump.
2. Corporations were given free rein to do anything. The word regulation was taken out of their vocabulary. Expect more of the same. They're already talking about undoing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was put in place after the 2008 financial crisis.
3. Not a single anti-trust case was brought against any company. And this in an environment where these corporations where going gang-busters. This new gang is going to be even more "business-friendly."
With your attitude, I would say Lemming, not serfs. <a href=" https://youtu.be/AOOs8MaR1YM?t=57">lemmings jumping off cliffs</a>
https://web.archive.org/web/20080827140005/http://www.wired....
And the Bush administration's decision to tell residents of Lower Manhattan that the air in that area was save was the first decision of that kind.
By the end of that administration, it was practically official policy.
Now a pragmatist's pitch: the US has the potential to lead in the transition away from fossil-based fuels. Look, if the Arab countries are getting involved, that should tell you something. Don't do with energy what Kodak did with the digital age...
We are suppose to be the smart ones, the doers, the dreamers. Prove it! DO SOMETHING to change the world.
I think it's also worth looking at your own personal standing in society. E.g., many business owners are starting to recognize the economic costs of climate change, and they can talk to various business associations. People interested in national security also see climate change as a potential threat (due to disruption of large populations and increased competition for access to resources like water and arable land). I know some veterans have been speaking out on this. Climate change will have very broad effects, so many can speak out about what it means to them.
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0: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/do-not-allow-myron...
I am fairly sure we can protest this AND ALSO protest Pence's promises w.r.t., rolling back federal protections for trans people, or Trumps ideological alignment with a militarized police and the danger to people of color that brings, or the now-returned promise to deport people at an unprecedented rate.
If the democrats are guilty of "not listening to the issues" presented by the tea party republicans that won this vote, then collapsing the current protests down into single issues is equally unreceptive. Trump has to be president both for the people who put him in power and the majority that didn't.
I really wish there would be the transition to a ranked ballot to encourage more pluralism.