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November 29, 1995

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Do you think Americans are as anti-environmental as Congress?
Question:Given the ugly, mean-spirited, and flagrantly anti-environmental character of the present Congress, and the Republican members especially, do you think this is an actual reflection of the state of mind of the American populace? If so, how did this come about?

Jim Porterfield
james.porterfield@nist.gov
Germantown, Maryland

David Brower (518K WAV): No, it's the state of mind of Rush Limbaugh. I think he had more influence than he should have had. And I hope they outgrow it--and that includes a lot of people who advertised in yesterday's New York Times saying that he's a good man, but he's not. He's not a bad man, but he's just totally misguided.

Now, I think that what we have to stop doing is being part of the mean-minded movement ourselves--that somehow we love you, but just don't like what you're doing and why don't you try something else? My personal wish, if I had it, would be to get an amendment to the Constitution allowing us to fire members of Congress who act the way these guys are acting, and not have to wait until another election.