http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/energy-policy 2008-10-30T15:30:01Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53013-drill-baby-drill 2008-10-30T15:30:01Z thedailyphosdex <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7f2SNvqIh2E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7f2SNvqIh2E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53013-drill-baby-drill"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64317" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Hat tip to Brilliant at Breakfast for finding ths video, interspersing as it does clips from GOP rallies in the Nuremburg stylee featuring&nbsp;obnoxious&nbsp;chants of&nbsp;&quot;Drill, Baby, Drill!&quot;&nbsp;interspersed with news coverage of a new and breaking scandal involving those responsible in the Interior Department&nbsp;for oil and gas leases on Federal lands.</p><p>And their excesses of debauchery as would make Bobby Baker look like a Magic Mountain Troll from back in the 1970&#39;s and early 1980&#39;s (remember?)&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/53013-drill-baby-drill">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52940-the-power-of-progress-a-conversation-with-john 2008-11-22T06:52:32Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/99lvczo_eek&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/99lvczo_eek&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52940-the-power-of-progress-a-conversation-with-john"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64211" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Podesta's discussion of his new book, The Power of Progress with SEIU's Andy Stern. Podesta the former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton and founder of the Center for American Progress, explains how progressive values changed America in the wake of the Gilded Age and how these values can shape policy to work for the American people. Tapping the spirit of great progressive leaders from Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt to Martin Luther King Jr., The Power of Progress provides the road map toward a government responsive to the needs of its citizens, one that is focused on our generation's greatest challenges: combating global warming, growing our economy and expanding the middle class, and meeting Americas 21st century security challenges.</p> <p>http://www.americanprogress.org/</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52940-the-power-of-progress-a-conversation-with-john">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50556-congressman-ed-markey-on-obama-and-climate-change 2008-10-30T21:30:13Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J3rxMgm4y1I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J3rxMgm4y1I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50556-congressman-ed-markey-on-obama-and-climate-change"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61397" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>New Republic Editor Frank Foer interviews Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey on Barack Obama, climate change, and the benefits of Joe Biden as a Vice Presidential nominee.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: <a href="http://for">for</a> ​a.tv/topic​/democrati​c_conventi​on</p> <p>The New Republic on FORA.tv: <a href="http://fora.tv/partner/new_republic">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. Markey is the Dean of the Massachusetts House delegation and the New England House delegation as well. He is also the third longest serving member of Congress from New England, behind Ted Kennedy and Patrick Leahy.</p> <p>Franklin Foer is an American political journalist and the editor of The New Republic. Foer graduated from Columbia in 1996. Before joining The New Republic, Foer was a frequent contributor to the online magazine Slate. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Spin, U.S. News and World Report, Lingua Franca, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York and Foreign Policy. In 2004 he published his first book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50556-congressman-ed-markey-on-obama-and-climate-change">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49298-tire-gauge 2008-10-28T21:31:36Z liberaldemdave <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MRwDELGps48&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MRwDELGps48&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49298-tire-gauge"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59773" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain thinks it&#39;s a joke that the regular use of a tire gauge by American motorists would create 4 times more oil out of thin air than the Republican Offshore drilling solution. The real joke is that McCain, and Republicans think offshore drilling is a solution when it can be beaten 4 times over by proper us of a tire gauge.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49298-tire-gauge">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45538-robots-for-obama 2008-11-04T14:53:57Z britethorn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PeT3murOuq0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PeT3murOuq0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45538-robots-for-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52728" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain fights Barack Obama for the crucial Robot Vote! <a href="http://www.britethorn.com">www.britethorn.com</a> Voices by Chip Bradley and John T. Kramer. Written and Directed by John T. Kramer.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45538-robots-for-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45407-what-are-iran-s-nuclear-rights 2008-10-28T15:30:09Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ij3Ryd_gs9s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ij3Ryd_gs9s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45407-what-are-iran-s-nuclear-rights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52544" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080601YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Professor Muhammad Sahimi challenges assumptions about Iran's nuclear program</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45407-what-are-iran-s-nuclear-rights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no 2008-10-28T03:29:45Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CcI8sD3dmGo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CcI8sD3dmGo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52355" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain, July 10, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45271-mccain-dr-phil-obama-is-dr-no">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37631-right-wing-talking-points-about-oil-prices-are-nonsense 2008-05-03T17:02:55Z thedailyphosdex <div class="post_content"> <p><p>The following posting from Shakespeare&#39;s Sister, as seeks to discredit a number of conservative &quot;talking points&quot; <em><strong>vis-a-vis</strong></em> high oil prices (and offering remedies which, come to think of it, amount to <a href="http://exaggerator.blogdrive.com/archive/352.html" title="&amp;quot;good concept, but no sense&amp;quot;">&quot;good concept, but no sense&quot;</a> when all is said and done), makes some valid points as make it worth sharing:</p><blockquote><p>Truth and right-wing talking points generally go together like oil and water. Especially when the talking points are actually about oil. Because like most other right-wing talking points, the most common ones simply are not true.<br /><br /><strong>Americans are getting gouged by high gas prices.</strong><br /><br />False.<br /><br />From <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/104996/Why-Gas-in-the-U.S.-Is-So-Cheap">CNNMoney</a>:</p><blockquote>Relatively low taxes have kept pump prices far below most other developed nations, which some say is precisely why the current runup is so painful.<br />Despite daily headlines bemoaning record gas prices, the U.S. is actually one of the cheaper places to fill up in the world.<br /><br />Out of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices were the 45th cheapest, according to a recent study from AIRINC, a research firm that tracks cost of living data.<br /><br />The difference is staggering. As of late March, U.S. gas prices averaged $3.45 a gallon. That compares to over $8 a gallon across much of Europe.</blockquote><p><br /><br />So why does a price rise at the pump hurt Americans? Because we use more.</p><blockquote>On a per capita basis, Americans use three times more oil than Europeans, he said. That means Americans are more exposed to rising gas prices than their counterparts across the Atlantic.</blockquote><p><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080502-8.html">&quot;There has not been a single new refinery built in America since 1976.&quot;</a></strong><br /><br /><br />No one&#39;s offering to build any. <a href="http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/Oil_and_Gas/articles.cfm?ID=11829#_ftn1">No profit in it</a>.<br /><br />From Carol Browner, then administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Henry Waxman in 2000 during the <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_house_hearings&amp;amp;docid=f:74099.wais">Potential Energy Crisis in the Winter of 2000 hearings</a>:</p><blockquote><strong>Mr. Waxman.</strong> Ms. Browner, do you know how many applications EPA has received since the early 1980&#39;s to build new refineries?<br /><br /><strong>Ms. Browner.</strong> For brand new ground-up?<br /><br /><strong>Mr. Waxman.</strong> Brand new refineries.<br /><br /><strong>Ms. Browner.</strong> We may have gotten one in 25 years. One.</blockquote><p><br /><br />Via <a href="http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/06/no_new_refineries.php">TomPaine.com</a>:</p><blockquote>Indeed, at a Senate hearing last year, BP1s chief executive officer explained that &quot;[refinery] margins over the last 10 to 15 years have not been high enough on average to justify building a new refinery.&quot; And in a recent closed-door briefing with congressional aides, <strong>an Exxon Mobil official said that company foresees no need to build new refineries at least through the year 2030.</strong></blockquote><p><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5738784.html">Environmentalists won&#39;t let us drill in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).</a></strong><br /><br />So?<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/land/wilderness/arctic.asp">National Resource Defense Council</a>:</p><blockquote>What would America gain by allowing heavy industry into the refuge? Very little. Oil from the refuge would hardly make a dent in our dependence on foreign imports--leaving our economy and way of life just as exposed to wild swings in worldwide oil prices and supply as it is today. The truth is, we simply can&#39;t drill our way to energy independence.<br /><br />Although drilling proponents often say there are 16 billion barrels of oil under the refuge&#39;s coastal plain, the U.S. Geological Service&#39;s estimate of the amount that could be recovered economically--that is, the amount likely to be profitably extracted and sold--represents less than a year&#39;s U.S. supply.<br /><br /><strong>It would take 10 years for any Arctic Refuge oil to reach the market, and even when production peaks--in the distant year of 2027--the refuge would produce a paltry 1 or 2 percent of Americans&#39; daily consumption.</strong> Whatever oil the refuge might produce is simply irrelevant to the larger issue of meeting America&#39;s future energy needs.</blockquote><p><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/opinion/opinionview.asp?c=242179">We&#39;re not allowed to drill for oil anywhere in the U.S.</a></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0805/gallery.oil.fortune/2.html">False.</a><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=6839">CommodityOnline.com</a>:</p><blockquote>Since 2000, oil companies working in the U.S. have doubled the number of wells drilled per year--with a glaring lack of results.</blockquote><p><br /><br />From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves#United_States">Wikipedia</a>:</p><blockquote>No oil fields of similar size to the ANS reserves have been found in the US since 1970. With over 2.3 million wells having been drilled in the US since 1949,[43] there are very few unexplored areas left where another supergiant oil field is likely to be found.</blockquote><p><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.worldoil.com/magazine/MAGAZINE_DETAIL.asp?ART_ID=3114&amp;amp;MONTH_YEAR=Feb-2007">WorldOil.com</a>:</p><blockquote>The number of US producing oil wells grew slightly by 0.5% in 2006 to 500,785 wells from its 498,454 total well count for 2005, as reported by state agencies and estimated by World Oil. This is the first gain in oil producers since 1991&#39;s well count of 610,204.<br /><br />The US gained 2,331 net wells in the past year. Significant gains occurred in four states: Pennsylvania, California, Texas and Colorado. Modest gains were seen in 10 other states. Thirteen states and the Federal OCS sustained losses, while three states had no change in their well count.<br /><br />As was true last year, seven states-Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, Ohio, New Mexico and Louisiana-hold the largest number of producing wells. These states have 77% of the US producing oil wells.<br /><br />Texas continues with the largest well count at 144,424, up 1,219 wells, a 0.9% increase from last year&#39;s 143,205 well count. District 9 expanded its producers the most, increasing its count by 539 to 19,727 producers. Districts 5, 7C, 8, 8A and 10 also had triple-digit increases: 211, 314, 309, 529 and 397 respectively. District 1 again had the largest reduction, off 871 wells. </blockquote><p><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388777/">We need to cut taxes on gas.</a></strong><br /><br />This would be like trying to cure alcoholics by giving them more to drink.</p><blockquote>For example, Europe&#39;s stronger social safety net, including cheaper health care and higher education, is paid for partly through gas taxes. ...<br /><br />... Revenues from Europe&#39;s high gas taxes are used to fund a variety of things. One thing they have built is better public transportation, said Peter Tertzakian, chief energy economist at ARC Financial, a Calgary-based private equity firm. ...<br /><br />... There is some evidence Europe&#39;s high gas taxes have capped its oil consumption.<br />Oil use in the United Kingdom has basically stayed flat from 1980 to now, while in France it&#39;s dropped 17%, according to figures from the Energy Information Administration.<br /><br />In the U.S., meanwhile, oil use is up 21% over the same period, although the country has added more people and seen its economy grow slightly faster.<br />Americans have taken advantage of cheap gas prices to do other things - like buy bigger cars and bigger houses further away from city centers, said Schipper.</blockquote><p><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://ungotz.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Time_for_O.F.E.C">OPEC is screwing us</a>.</strong><br /><br />False.<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24316855/">Associated Press</a>:</p><blockquote>The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - which supplies about 40 percent of the world&#39;s crude - insists it&#39;s supplying more than enough oil.<br />Instead, many observers blame speculative traders for bidding up the price as a hedge against inflation and as protection from the sinking U.S. dollar. Some see that as evidence of a bubble.<br /><br />It&#39;s also becoming harder and more expensive for oil companies to find and tap new petroleum reserves - a troublesome scenario given forecasts that the world&#39;s energy needs will escalate by more than 50 percent in the next two decades.</blockquote><p><br /><br />And, by the way, the <a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html">No. 1 exporter of oil to the U.S.</a> is Canada. No. 3 is Mexico. <br /><br />So why are prices at the pump rising in the U.S.? A weak dollar, oil companies that are interested only in the bottom line, <a href="http://citizenvox.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/bush-must-hold-oil-companies-speculators-accountable-for-high-gas-prices/">speculators </a>. That&#39;s about it. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d7d88484-1c58-4865-a34b-41f36fb267c9&amp;amp;k=34576&amp;amp;p=2">From Reuters</a>:</p><blockquote>[OPEC], which pumps more than a third of the world&#39;s oil, has long argued high oil prices do not reflect oil market fundamentals and are being driven by speculation.<br /><br />Influential Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi reiterated the view in remarks published on Friday, saying speculation was behind triple-digit oil and made it impossible for any organisation to control price movements.<br /><br />&quot;Today there is no link between oil (market) fundamentals and prices,&quot; he told Moroccan newspaper Asharq al-Awast.<br /><br />&quot;The duty of oil exporters is to make sure that fundamentals are healthy,&quot; said Naimi. &quot;If these fundamentals were stable and fulfil market needs, then there is no need to raise or decrease production,&quot; he added.</blockquote><p><br /><br />Not that any of this matters, of course. You&#39;ll still hear everyone from President Bush on down spouting these talking points. Facts never get in the way of a good right-wing attack, after all.</p></blockquote></p> </div> <a href="/blog/37631-right-wing-talking-points-about-oil-prices-are-nonsense">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37628-president-carter-1st-us-tv-address-2feb1977-energy-policy 2008-11-22T06:50:28Z Skip Weythman <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RmBJG_H0PXQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RmBJG_H0PXQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37628-president-carter-1st-us-tv-address-2feb1977-energy-policy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42412" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Some Excerpts Below <br />Tomorrow will be two weeks since I became President. I have spent a lot of time deciding how I can be a good President. This talk, which the broadcast networks have agreed to bring to you, is one of several steps that I will take to keep in close touch with the people of our country, and to let you know informally about our plans for the coming months. <br />One of our most urgent projects is to develop a national energy policy. As I pointed out during the campaign, the United States is the only major industrial country without a comprehensive, long-range energy policy. Our program will emphasize conservation. The amount of energy being wasted which could be saved is greater than the total energy that we are importing from foreign countries. We will also stress development of our rich coal reserves in an environmentally sound way; we will emphasize research on solar energy and other renewable energy sources; and we will maintain strict safeguards on necessary atomic energy production. We must face the fact that the energy shortage is permanent. There is no way we can solve it quickly. But if we all cooperate and make modest sacrifices, if we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbors, then we can find ways to adjust and to make our society more efficient and our own lives more enjoyable and productive. Utility companies must promote conservation and not consumption. Oil and natural gas companies must be honest with all of us about their reserves and profits. We will find out the difference between real shortages and artificial ones. We will ask private companies to sacrifice, just as private citizens must do. Our Nation was built on the principle of work and not welfare; productivity and not stagnation. But I took office a couple of weeks ago in the middle of the worst economic slowdown of the last 40 years. More than 7 1/2 million people who want to work cannot find it according to the latest statistics. Because of high unemployment and idle factories the average American family like yours has been losing $1,800 a year in income, and many billions of dollars have been added to the Federal deficit. Also, inflation hurts us all. In every part of the country, whether we have a job or whether we are looking for a job, we must race just to keep up with the constant rise in prices. Inflation has hit us hardest, not in luxuries, but in the essentials—food, energy, health, housing. You see it every time you go shopping. The top priority in our job training programs will go to young veterans of the Vietnam war. Unemployment is much higher among veterans than among others of the same age who did not serve in the military. I hope that putting many thousands of veterans back to work will be one more step toward binding up the wounds of the war years and toward helping those who have helped our country in the past. I have also made commitments about our Nation's foreign policy. As Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, I am determined to have a strong, lean, efficient fighting force. Our policy should be based on close cooperation with our allies and worldwide respect for human rights, a reduction in world armaments, and it must always reflect our own moral values. I want our Nation's actions to make you proud. I would like to tell you now about one of the things that I have already learned in my brief time in office. I have learned that there are many things that a President cannot do. There is no energy policy that we can develop that would do more good than voluntary conservation. There is no economic policy that will do as much as shared faith in hard work, efficiency, and in the future of our system.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37628-president-carter-1st-us-tv-address-2feb1977-energy-policy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37510-john-mccain-oil-is-only-reason-for-u-s-wars-in-middle-east 2008-10-30T03:30:21Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JMAlV3Fif8U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JMAlV3Fif8U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37510-john-mccain-oil-is-only-reason-for-u-s-wars-in-middle-east"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42287" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East. That will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East." -- John 'Insane' McCane</p> <p>For more insanity and calamity, check out <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/37510-john-mccain-oil-is-only-reason-for-u-s-wars-in-middle-east">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36752-who-is-a-progressive 2008-10-30T09:34:17Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZf1lMCERxE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZf1lMCERxE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36752-who-is-a-progressive"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41384" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.americanprogress.org/ <br />The Center for American Progress is a think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We combine bold policy ideas with a modern communications platform to help shape the national debate, expose the hollowness of conservative governing philosophy, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter.</p> <p>Our work builds upon progressive ideals put forth by such leaders as Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Martin Luther King. We draw from the great social movements of the 20th century—from labor rights and worker safety, to civil rights and women's suffrage. We translate those values into new ideas and action firmly rooted in the economic and political realities of the 21st century.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36752-who-is-a-progressive">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33320-authors-google-dr-robert-zubrin 2008-10-14T11:31:18Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NLRuGUPkyh4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NLRuGUPkyh4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33320-authors-google-dr-robert-zubrin"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36310" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In his book "Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil," world-renowned engineer and best-selling author Robert Zubrin lays out a bold plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on our country and the world. Zubrin presents persuasive evidence that our decades-long relationship with OPEC has resulted in the looting of our economy, the corruption of our political system, and now the funding and protection of terrorist regimes and movements that are committed to our destruction. </p> <p>More information at: <a href="http://energyvictory.net/">energyvictory.net</a> </p> <p>This talk took place on March 10, 2008 in Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters as part of the Authors@Google program.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33320-authors-google-dr-robert-zubrin">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32541-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass-2-funny 2008-11-22T06:22:29Z RFK Action Front <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PPxYCDKVec&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PPxYCDKVec&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32541-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass-2-funny"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35056" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Coal-fired power plants are killing our planet. It's time to invest in solar, wind, and geothermal power.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32541-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass-2-funny">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30935-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass 2008-11-22T06:22:29Z RFK Action Front <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVZbQ5vB0yg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVZbQ5vB0yg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30935-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33331" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>No more coal-fired power plants! Coal is one of the dirtiest forms of energy on the planet. It's time to invest in solar, wind, and geothermal power.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30935-solar-kicks-coal-s-ass">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23065-barack-on-nuclear-energy 2008-10-21T03:30:44Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-R52J2D5QQU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-R52J2D5QQU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23065-barack-on-nuclear-energy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24611" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Obama takes a question on nuclear energy in Newton, IA on 12/30/07</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23065-barack-on-nuclear-energy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18755-the-progressive-movement-the-center-for-american-progress 2008-10-25T21:29:22Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YfTgHQpaqEo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YfTgHQpaqEo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18755-the-progressive-movement-the-center-for-american-progress"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18442" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org</p> <p>The Center for American Progress is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. <br />We are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference.</p> <p> As progressives we believe that America should be a country of boundless opportunity—where all people can better themselves through education, hard work, and the freedom to pursue their dreams. We believe this will only be achieved with an open and effective government that champions the common good over narrow self-interest, harnesses the strength of our diversity, and secures the rights and safety of its people.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18755-the-progressive-movement-the-center-for-american-progress">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9760-dodd-on-taxing-polluters 2008-10-25T21:31:18Z chrisdodd <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WhSPCTtD4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WhSPCTtD4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9760-dodd-on-taxing-polluters"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9904" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Chris Dodd talks about taxing polluters to stop global warming. <a href="http://chrisdodd.com/DTV">chrisdodd.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9760-dodd-on-taxing-polluters">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3456-chris-dodd-on-energy 2008-10-16T09:31:35Z chrisdodd <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CBq0Q1BiG4o&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CBq0Q1BiG4o&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/3456-chris-dodd-on-energy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/2716" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Chris Dodd talks about his energy policy at a house party in Amherst, NH.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/3456-chris-dodd-on-energy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2216-address-to-the-detroit-economic-club 2008-10-20T15:29:53Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j1nno1El3-g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j1nno1El3-g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2216-address-to-the-detroit-economic-club"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1495" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Obama addresses the Detroit Economic Club and sets forth some of his plans for America's energy policy.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/2216-address-to-the-detroit-economic-club">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2134-on-america-s-military-and-diplomatic-role-in-the-middle-east 2008-10-20T15:30:22Z billrichardson <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrd_vUYHcv4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrd_vUYHcv4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2134-on-america-s-military-and-diplomatic-role-in-the-middle-east"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1411" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On America's military and diplomatic role in the Middle East</p> </div> <a href="/blog/2134-on-america-s-military-and-diplomatic-role-in-the-middle-east">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/1987-sen-dodd-s-iowa-forum-on-iraq-part-5 2008-10-20T15:31:10Z chrisdodd <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/evJpWHPlq94&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/evJpWHPlq94&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/1987-sen-dodd-s-iowa-forum-on-iraq-part-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1262" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Chris Dodd speaks in Des Moines, Iowa about ending the war in Iraq and strengthening America. This segment also includes a discussion of reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and investing in renewable resources.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/1987-sen-dodd-s-iowa-forum-on-iraq-part-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/1976-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-2 2008-10-20T15:31:13Z chrisdodd <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJJ_WZNIb0A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJJ_WZNIb0A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/1976-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1251" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Chris Dodd speaks at a backyard gathering in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on May 26, 2007. This clip includes talk about energy policy, foreign policy, and immigration.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/1976-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/1974-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-4 2008-10-20T15:31:18Z chrisdodd <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/giRf-Kb-0f8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/giRf-Kb-0f8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/1974-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-4"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1249" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Chris Dodd speaks at a backyard gathering in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on May 26, 2007. This clip includes talk about energy policy and decision making.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/1974-sen-dodd-speaks-in-portsmouth-nh-part-4">Watch the video</a>