http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Education/story.cfm?storyID=61240Kennedy blasts Bush, news media
By Andy Kekacs
Copy Editor
UNITY (Sep 24): A shameless president and a lazy press are bringing America to the brink of environmental and political collapse, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The hijacking of the government, the environment and even the Christian faith by corporate lackeys threatens everything that Americans hold dear, Kennedy said, from the health of our children to our rights as a free people.
“This is not just about protecting the environment, this is about ensuring the survival of our democracy,” said Kennedy, who spoke Friday, Sept. 23 at Unity College.
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Kennedy pulled no punches in describing what he views as a government takeover by multinational corporations. He reviewed a long list of corporate lobbyists who now hold key positions in the federal agencies that regulate their former employers.
“The polluters … are running the agencies that are supposed to protect us from pollution,” he said. “Their goal is to subvert the laws they are supposed to be enforcing.”
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The speech was part of the 40th anniversary celebrations at Unity College, which calls itself “America’s environmental college.”
Based in Belfast, Copy Editor Andy Kekacs can be reached at 207-338-0484 or by e-mail at andyk@villagesoup.com.
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