Posted on Jul 23, 2010 |

Top 9 Quotes from First Day at NRN

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Had great first day at NRN. More to come on all of the below, but wanted to share in brief the best moments of my day.

Top 9 quotes:

  1. "It's alright to have enemies. If you don't have people that don't like what you're saying, you're not saying anything." - Nate Thames
  2. "We are losing soliders because of fuel." - Jon Powers
  3. "Just because somebody goes on a hike and doesn't bring a gun, does not mean we're doing fundamentally different things." - Matthew "Mudcat" Arnold
  4. "Fossil fuel industries rests on the backs of poor people. Poor people live where this fuel is extracted, burned and refined." - Majora Carter, Majora Carter Group
  5. "Solar works better, it doesn't blow up, it doesn't spill and it doesn't kill." - Danny Kennedy
  6. "Crossroads start today - what is the response going to be to what you've been handed by the Senate today?" - David Dayen, FireDogLake
  7. "The market language that BP is using today is the same as Exxon used during the Valdez disaster. ...Alaskans are still not made whole." - Scott McAdams, US Senate candidate from Alaska
  8. "Just think about your kids. You want to turn this outfit over to the next generation?" - Radio Host, TV Talk Show Host Ed Schultz
  9. "It's an American value to question your government." - Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

More on these Issue Sites to come, but I just learned about these organizations and wanted to share them:

Appalachia Rising

OperationFree.net

And finally, some wonderful Twitter-tool tips from Jim Gilliam:

  1. act.ly.com
  2. Meetup.comEverywhere
  3. Plancast
  4. Effective tweet: "I just donated ... ask me why."