Portsmouth "Inconvenient Truth" party

An Inconvenient TruthJust got back from a wonderful house party in Portsmouth where we watched AIT, talked about global warming, and had a grand old progressive time.

It was a small group -- our host, Jay who opened his beautiful house in Common Fence Point, and a couple of his friends and neighbors Nancy, Doreen, and Joe. Jack had been asking if he could come, and after I cleared it with Jay, he came along and had fun (although he really, really didn't like the part of the film that talked about the melting polar ice caps threatening polar bears. He really likes polar bears.)

We had a good conversation about the kinds of things that need to happen -- action on the state and national level, carbon trading, revising the insane CAFE standards, taxing fossil fuels proportionate to their environmental impact, and, of course, who looks electable in '08.

There was a bit of a glitch dialing into the call with Al Gore, and we never did connect after a few tries on the conference number. The interactive map at the MoveOn site had an "ask a question" feature, and Jack got a laugh by suggesting we ask for a number that worked.

It was very cool, however, to see the map all lit up with circles of light, each representing a group around the country watching the movie, talking with each other. A very connected feeling.

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