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Clark Headlining Wind Energy Forum

General Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of military forces in Europe and former presidential candidate, will be leading the opening day’s session at the HUSUM WindEnergy trade show and congress in Husum, Germany Sept. 9-13, 2008.

Clark will be speaking at the “Wind Power Forum: The New Energy Economy,” at the conference.

HUSUM is the world’s largest, longest-running and best-attended wind energy industry trade show, congress and job fair taking place in Husum, a small North Frisian coastal town.

More details about HUSUM are available at the event’s web site.

HUSUM WindEnergy

“This discussion will highlight the important economic benefits of wind energy to regions around the world,” said GWEC Secretary General Steve Sawyer. “General Clark is a strong, globally recognized leader who understands the value of wind energy in terms of the environment and economic opportunities for communities around the world. We’re delighted he is a member of our expert panel.”

In addition to Clark, confirmed speakers include German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos and
Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister-President Peter Harry Carstensen.

Schleswig-Holstein is the northern federal state where Husum is located. Additional panelists will represent specific regional authorities from China, Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States.

Sawyer said the forum’s objectives are to raise political awareness among decision-makers and ensure they are informed on the state of wind energy technologies and the opportunities wind energy provides in terms of electricity production, job creation, economic growth and environmental impact reduction.

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Huffington Post

Wesley Clark, a Key Figure in Demonstrating Creative Leadership in Georgia

The Georgian and Russian incursions in Georgia require clear, unequivocal, creative and continuing responses from Barack Obama to assure voters that an Obama administration will be responsive and responsible when international crises erupt.

Fortunately, Senator Obama has General Wesley K. Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and the military leader during the Kosovo conflict, as an unwavering supporter whose experience and leadership in eastern Europe is recognized by European leaders and by the American people. General Clark should be actively engaged in devising the detailed policy recommendations that the Obama campaign must make now and continue to make in the future as the combustible situation on the ground in Georgia evolves.

It is clear that the United States should not threaten the use of force in this conflict. Instead, as Senator Obama has suggested, independent observers should be dispatched to ascertain the conditions on the ground in Georgia and the dissident regions and to seek a resolution of the conflict.

General Clark knows that in a 21st century Europe made transnational in pursuit of trade and commerce, the 19th century solutions to which Russia is prone have no place. Russia should, and can, enter the mainstream of a Europe held together more by economics than national identities. It is to that goal that American policy should be directed and not to the bellicose attitudes and statements of the Bush administration and its supporters.

But somebody with the knowledge, experience and broad international influence has to move the idea of a resolution in Georgia to a reality.

That man is Wesley Clark.

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Our efforts are being noticed by the pundits, the media, and activists across America with the Associated Press running a story about our movement and Clark's name coming up again on Meet the Press yesterday. And because of you, we now have 4,721 signers on our petition to form the Obama/Clark ticket!

We're gaining momentum, but we need to make a bigger statement. Right now, the media wants to keep effective surrogates out of our national discourse because they want to protect John McCain from real criticism. That's why we need Wes Clark as VP, and your help to put him there. That's why we've set a new goal of 10,000 signatures.

Help us reach 10,000 signatures by forwarding this message to your friends and family. Urge them to sign the petition at ObamaClark.com.

Or use our tell-a-friend tool to spread the word about ObamaClark.com:

http://action.openleft.com/page/invite/obamaclarktaf

If your friends need any convincing, show them this clip of General Clark on Morning Joe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5bYzL2y7xQ

Barack Obama and General Clark both opposed the Iraq War at a time when it was unpopular. And when McCain claims he "knows how to win wars," wouldn't it be great to counter with General Clark, who actually won a war and stopped a genocide in Kosovo without losing a single American life?

Now it is time that we send a message loud and clear that we want a Vice Presidential candidate who will support Barack Obama and Democratic candidates down the ballot across America.

With Barack Obama facing relentless attacks, General Clark has shown he has the courage to stand up to the Republican Smear Machine and the audacity to stand up for Barack and the American people.

Tell your friends to sign the petition at ObamaClark.com today:

http://action.openleft.com/page/invite/obamaclarktaf

Sincerely,

Matt Stoller
ObamaClark.com

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From Daily Kos thanks to plant's diary

Corey Renzella: General Clark, you were in the military for over thirty years; practically your entire adult life. It's obvious, therefore, that you have foreign policy credentials, but what in your career has prepared you for the domestic challenges that you will surely face if elected President.

Wesley Clark: Well, I was responsible in every stage of the military for the people that served under me, and for the families that were there. And what we discovered in the volunteer army was that you couldn't ignore these people. The army's sixty percent or more married. And so, their housing, the schools the children went to, the availability of health care, the time off they had with their families, the ability to get the children babysitters or later child development center spaces, all that was very important to being able to build a unit and a team. And so, like every other leader in the army, I was very concerned with it.

When I was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe I had forty-four thousand schoolchildren located in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy and Turkey. And we worried about those schools. They were funded by the Department of Defense. They were my responsibility. And the students that were there were children of the people that worked for me. And so we had to make sure the curriculum was right, the funding was right, the administration for it was right, the parent teacher student associations were right. We changed the curriculum, we changed the leadership in some of the schools. We put in new procedures. We tried to give greater local control. We got rid of Mathland. We fought to get Headstart in those schools and so forth. But I worried equally about health care. The doctors, the hours the clinics were open.

When I was the commander at Fort Irwin out in the Mojave destert, we were a complete isolated community. I held Town Hall meetings. I owned everything on that post. I remember driving down post one day and my wife said "You see that big pothole?!". I said "Yes dear". She said "That's your pothole!". She said "Your engineers, they've been threatening to fix that pothole for a week and it's still there! When are you going to do something about it?". I said "Yes dear". And she said "By the way", she said, "Do you know that your commissary is out of Pampers?!". I said "No dear, but I'll fix that too."

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A Clark Community Network Book Club review by CarolNYC.

Warheads: Cable News And the Fog of War
Author: Kenneth Allard

I picked up this book by MSNBC military analyst Ken Allard at a NYC book sale because I expected that there would be some Wes references...and, of course, there were. I also thought it would be interesting to read Allard’s take on cable news and how it works. It’s a pretty interesting book overall. I really don’t know anything about Mr. Allard’s commentary not having seen him enough to even recognize him so I wondered how I’d react to him from his writing. Having now read the book, I think I actually sort of liked him.

I did find him to have a snarky tone toward Clinton throughout, writing things like “every time the president got in trouble, it seemed like he launched cruise missiles at places most Americans couldn’t find on the map.” But he throws some snark in there about Bush too so it kind of balances things out.

He talks about NPR as if the staff were a bunch of hippies “Beards and earth shoes were everywhere---and these were only the women”...but also gives them props for being one of few outlets doing a good job on dealing with news stories in great depth.

I found him pretty fair on the whole.

Continue reading "Warheads" »

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The media needs to wake up to what America is saying about Wes Clark. Here is a nice little personal report from South Carolina.

WantMyCountryBack on Clark Community Network

The buzz on Clark, fresh from a Red State Barnes and Noble.

I'm just in from my weekly jaunt to the large Barnes and Noble here in town (Yes, I do mean weekly - I'm a bookworm of the rabid hardcore variety), and thought I'd pass along a little anecdotal observation.

I had already grabbed two new books to buy, and was looking for General Clark's Waging Modern Wars, as I've read his second book but not the first. Unable to find it, I went to the help desk, where 7 or 8 people were milling about.

Continue reading "Listen to what America is saying about Wes Clark" »

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email 11/23/06

President Lincoln understood that even at a time of conflict and rancor, we as a nation and a people have much for which we should be thankful and created the national holiday that we celebrate tomorrow. As we gather with our friends and family tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving, let's remember in detail what it is for which we give thanks.

Today, as in Lincoln's time, we must remember that our armed forces are fighting in far off lands and we must keep them and their families in our thoughts and prayers.

Let us be thankful for the blessings of democracy. Millions of voters went to the polls this month to make their voices heard and to change the course of our government. While strife and civil war grip many parts of the world, the marvel of the peaceful transition of power is taking place in America and it is worthy of our gratitude.

So as you gather together with you and yours tomorrow, Gert and I send our best wishes for a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,

Wes

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The Dem Store is carrying Clark 08 gear. Buttons, T-shirts, and other stuff for Wes Clark Democrats. That's not "A" Wes Clark Democrat, but family. The 4-Star pins like the ones in 2004 are also available. Go buy some.

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From Clark Community Network

General Clark will be live blogging at the Clark Community Network (http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn ) on Friday, July 14 @ 3 PM EST / 2PM CST

Please join us tomorrow here at CCN where General Clark will be liveblogging at 2pm Central time!

The focus will be on current events and General Clark's efforts to help take back Congress for the Democrats in 2006, so it is a perfect opportunity to hear his thoughts on these top issues. Please join us tomorrow!

We currently have new users set to be able to login and comment right away. So invite everyone to come talk with General Clark.

UPDATE: After blogging an hour at CCN, doing one of his freewheeling "what's on your mind?" sessions, I guess Wes didn't have enough, since he went over to dkos and blogged some more. Then he went to meet Gert.

At kos, Clark was asked if he would support the winner of the Connecticut primary.

I am a proud member of the Democratic Party, and I believe it is our party's responsibility to support the will of the Democratic primary voters in Connecticut. I personally look forward to supporting the candidate CT voters elect as the Democratic nominee. Though, as an aside, I must say I find it ironic that Senator Lieberman is now planning a potential run as an independent after he continually questioned my loyalty to the Democratic Party during the 2004 presidential primary.

Wes cracks me up sometimes. Really, he does.

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The General's General

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"Global Warming is a national security issue." He's said it many times before. I imagine participants at YearlyKos (June 8-11) will hear all about how Clark believes we are under major threat by a climate crisis, as he's been podcasting and blogging for some time. But Clark is just as concerned about Science being under threat by Republicans. In addition to attending the Las Vegas keynote opening on Thursday night, General Clark will sit on the Friday panel, "Championing Science."

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At a time when changes to the environment and weather conditions are impacting lives around the world, the ability to understand and counteract the effects of these changes is critical to our future. Championing scientific principles will help reduce the effects of actions taken by these pseudo-scientific groups.

Seeing the need for leadership on this topic, Gen. Clark spoke about climate change as part of a panel at the 2005 Clinton Global Initiative, where he said that the problem impacts national security. Clark has also produced podcasts discussing global warming, and has joined the virtual marchers on Stop Global Warming.org.

Stephen Darksyde says "I was star-struck to learn that the YearlyKos Science Panel will have the honor of hosting an actual four-star General. But then again I'm not surprised that Wesley Clark would value science given his former occupation: Sober analysis, pinpoint accuracy, and solid information can literally mean the difference between life and death for our men and women in uniform. And historically, the practical military applications that flow directly from science have sometimes been the key advantage for our armed forces when battling superior numbers or fanatical enemies."

Advances in technology have made the YearlyKos convention possible, with presenters and attendees using facets of the Internet to track issues, store information, and stay current on topics of interest, such as science.

General Clark says that "The power and integrity of our democracy has been enhanced and enriched by the emergence of netroots technology and activity. For the first time in American history, people from all over the world can commune, communicate, and take action in real time, and that has forever changed politics. Blogging, podcasting, and other online community activities have captured the imagination of a world hungry for progress, and I am honored to be a part of it."

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