The New Forest Plan – An Uncontrolled Experiment
By Donella Meadows
–July 8, 1993–
The press conference announcing the government’s plan for the National Forests of the Pacific Northwest was a classic example of the art of David Gergen, Clinton’s new image-maker. Seven high officials, including the vice president and the president, spoke for 45 minutes. No one explained the plan. They did explain, over and over, what a wonderful [...]
A Speech I’d Like to Hear from President Clinton
By Donella Meadows
–June 17, 1993–
Here’s a speech I dream of hearing from President Bill Clinton, given on the day he discovers his backbone and starts to fight for his ideas….
My fellow Americans,
I have just informed the leaders of the Congress that I will veto the budget bill we all have worked so hard to shape. I must do that, because [...]
We Need Change, In Spite of the Upset
By Donella Meadows
–May 13, 1993–
A friend of mine has a favorite saying: “Change is upset.” You can see what she means by watching Washington these days. The people voted for change. Bill Clinton is trying to produce it. He’s going in the directions favored by popular fussbudget Ross Perot — cut the deficit, create jobs, reduce the power of special [...]
National Train Wrecks Result from National Addictions
By Donella Meadows
–April 8, 1993–
The poor spotted owl has been dragged into a controversy that has nothing to do with owls. The standoff in the Pacific forests, which Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has called a “national train wreck,” was caused, as train wrecks, car crashes, and oil spills often are, by intoxication. Owls are implicated because the intoxication is addictive, [...]
The Failed Clinton Presidency Is Off to a Good Environmental Start
By Donella Meadows
–February 25, 1993—-
“It’s only the first week of February and the Clinton administration is in its final days.”
“Our youthful president and his coterie of oafs have almost on a daily basis blundered.”
“There are troubling signs that [Clinton’s] administration might be at least half-empty, … self-absorbed in its pursuit of personal agendas.”
“How could this fellow have sounded so good [...]
