Sean Clark proves that, as a political science student and an obvious mainstream conservative, he will have a bright future within the Republican Party.

When he realizes that his "side" is wrong, he prefers to verbally attack with statements like "knucklehead liberals," "radical" and "extreme environmentalists." He also states that the people he doesn't agree with (liberals) "lack the simple brain capacity to finish this infantile logic chain." Unfortunately, for the conservatives who work to better the environment, Clark typifies our modern political landscape of partisan rhetoric and "infantile" bickering. If it weren't for bipartisan backing of environmental laws put together within the Nixon and Carter administrations, we would not have clean air, clean water and basic quality of life. What Clark and his angry fee market profiteers fail to realize is that industry can live quite well with environmental regulations and that it was industry deregulation that is partly to blame for the power problems Californians face today. Environmental regulation does not necessarily equal an expanded government or a handicapped industrial economy. The dilemma we face does not get better with a big government, big gap in wealth ownership, and an unregulated industry. Maybe Clark should bury the hatchet and realize that if he cannot even take a moment to ponder the rationale of the people he disagrees with, we all suffer.

Take a look at the Association of State Green Parties' platform, which tackles big government, the wealth gap and has a solution to provide a hardy economy with the regulation of industry without slander tactics.