Will candidates for president risk our fragile environment?

Will candidates for president risk our fragile environment to win needed contributions for their campaign? Will they endanger our already threatened oceans and air for personal political gain?

I will not contend that corporate donations play absolutely no role in the Obama campaign, but the renewed and improved support from Big Oil for John McCain since his reversal on off-shore drilling (is this an example of flip-flopping?) shows how far he will go. I recommend reading Matthew Mosk's article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601891.html

Civility and Discourse in America

I like to join in conversations in some forums, such as those at Topix. The internet gives us rich opportunities to have exchanges between people of a variety of viewpoints. It is difficult often to bridge the divide among these different American viewpoints (far-left, left, center, right, far-right--they are all American). That requires some work. But what makes it more challenging and frustrating are those who join such forums and see it as a chance to hurl epithets at just about anyone they do not like. They reduce good, honest meaningful discourse to vile name calling.

Ironically some of these declare anyone who disagrees with them to be anti-American and traitorous. I call that ironic because using whatever cruel and dishonest device to attempt to silence another person from sharing a viewpoint is in itself against American ideals.