{"id":4534,"date":"2010-07-05T06:10:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T04:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2010-07-05T16:38:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T14:38:58","slug":"i-love-my-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4534","title":{"rendered":"I love my carbon footprint!? In Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of a wonderful, mostly non-political 4th of July parade in Aspen, Colorado, I was surprised to see these right-wing participants.  The kid that I found particularly sad was the one who said he loves his carbon footprint.  It was also interesting that they don&#8217;t see the contradiction between demanding both lower taxes and higher military spending.  In general, I always find surprising that in the US, the richer states like NY and California are two the left of the poorer, the Bible Belt.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"375\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157624423594546%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157624423594546%2F&amp;set_id=72157624423594546&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you see the rest of the pictures, though, you will see that they were the only sour note on an otherwise splendid 4th of July celebration.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"375\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157624297434657%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157624297434657%2F&amp;set_id=72157624297434657&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Lastly here is a video of the 4th of July parade with commentary in Spanish that talks about the issue of the wealthy in Aspen being especially progressive.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"281\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13089539&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13089539&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/13089539\">El 4 de julio en Aspen<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3536592\">Martin Varsavsky<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4534\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of a wonderful, mostly non-political 4th of July parade in Aspen, Colorado, I was surprised to see these right-wing participants. 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