Increasingly favor a few at the cost of many. The degraded condition of our biosphere screams out we redouble our aspects in politics and policy. We must be part of a movement that puts a stop to politicians disregard for science on matters of great importance like Energy Policy and Human Welfare in general. I know and you probably do too that were imagining a Massive Mission to affect this great transition. Massive missions always require a mastery of politics. Theres no other way to marshal the wreck zit resources. We could more fully master politics, we could more fully ensure a certain transition if more of us showed up to serve in elected office. You may agree that the world is run by those who show up. But youre not the least bit inclined to show up in show in the irrational world of politics. I found that politics is not all that irrational. I have served in the Montana Legislature for a decade. I sit in the senate. Its an irrational world. Its defined by a bunch of knuckleheads
When we were parol with these guys. But im talking about people that have helped come under that classification that now because of law we can find for themselves a safe product to live. Same thing with the gun situation. If you go to drop it off and then you end upped getting arrested for something. Sometimes we have to pull it back. D i will say they need to be questioned that you were not happy. You have something you wanted to add . Er yeah, i just wanted to say that at this stage kind of going back to what ambassador blackwell said with regard to crime. Because i worked the last seven years with the perfect dog las ound dation. Foundation. I think that we have a tremendous opportunity right now because many of theme candidates with regard to the second amendment. They have a second amendment. But yet they come from community where is they do have huge problems as it relates to guns and crime. The point im making is that we toe such a great opportunity really help to shape thought
Too, that were imagining a Massive Mission to effect this great transition. Massive missions always require a mastery of politics. There is simply no other way to marshal the requisite resources. We could more fully master politics, we could more fully ensure a certain transition if more of us showed up to serve in elected office. Now, you may agree that the world is run by those who show up, but youre not the least bit inclined to show up to serve in the irrational world of politics. Well, you know, i found that politics is not all that irrational. I served as a montana representative. Its a world defined by a bunch of knuckleheads, but theyre not irrational. [laughter] more importantly, i have come to believe that at its core, our political system favors folks like us. It favors people that believe that facts and knowledge and scholarship and determination matter. Why do i believe this in this age of hyperpartisanship . Because of the way in. Way in which our country was founded. Dur
Talked about threats at the white house at the Washington Post was reporting on watergate. December 20 third, 1972, about 9 00 p. M. , i reached John Mitchell by phone, about a story we were running. He said he had controlled a secret fund for undercover operations such as watergate. Mitchell was quite upset responding several times as i read him the story. He then proceeded to threaten an important private part of Katharine Grahams anatomy which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer if the post printed the story. He said we are going to do a story on all of you. He hung up the phone. I called ben at home. Woodward and i did much did not much observe the chain of command. Ben interrogated me. Had mitchell been drinking . I could not tell. Did i properly identify myself . Yes. Did i have good notes . Yes. Ok, ben said, put all of mitchells comments in the paper but leave out ms. Grahams tell the desk its ok, he said. A top official of the knicks on Nixon Campaign called me a few