So you're totally not going to believe this, but I got an e-mail from Robert Redford, the famous actor!
Dear annika,
When President Bush took office in 2001, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $1.47. Today the average price is $2.89 and itÂ’s much more in many places. This surge in gas prices has hit a nerve for many around the country, reminding us of an economy that is increasingly uncertain for the middle-class, a growing addiction to oil that draws us ever closer to dictators and despots, and a fragile global position with a climate that is increasingly out of balance.
It's time to rise to the challenge and Kick the Oil Habit.
Join me and thousands of others by taking action at www.KicktheOilHabit.org
We just launched a campaign to take on Big Oil companies and demand better energy solutions. Please take a moment to visit our site and watch our powerful video that shows how Big Oil and their backers in Washington are profiting while working Americans are paying more.
Our first action is to challenge oil companies to double the number of E85 ethanol fuel pumps at their stations within a year and pledge to offer renewable fuel at half of all gas stations within the decade.
Please join our effort and take action now: http://www.KicktheOilHabit.org
Thank you,
Robert Redford on behalf of the Kick the Oil Habit campaign.
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Hi Annika.
I can see your blog, but it might keep glitching until the update is finished, which will be an hour or two yet.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 08, 2006 09:16 PM (FRalS)
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I get it! You're, like, totally, impersonating Lindsay Lohan. Hope you get more emails from her fans.
Posted by: Blake at June 08, 2006 09:42 PM (1B44J)
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Oh shit, I busted a nut! ROFLMFAO! As soon as you mentioned Lindsay Lohan I lost it. Christ! Dam you!!!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at June 09, 2006 12:22 AM (jayhm)
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In the above letter, did your filmography include "Sneakers"?
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at June 09, 2006 02:57 AM (1PcL3)
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Oh wow, like, cool! that was so very excellent.
Posted by: LindaSoG at June 09, 2006 04:00 AM (GBBmd)
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Dear Mr Redford,
You get paid obscene amounts of money to pretend. In case it never sunk in, you can't really do those things. Why do you think you can really influence the price of fuel?
BTW, one of your private jet trips to the Sundance festival uses more fuel than I do in a year.
Sincerely,
A real person
Posted by: MarkD at June 09, 2006 04:18 AM (oQofX)
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Not to mention that his face now looks like my liver.
Posted by: Casca at June 09, 2006 06:41 AM (rEC2k)
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"Paul Newman still looks good too. I love his salad dressing."
I would love to toss salad with you sometime. Cheers.
Posted by: Paul Newman at June 09, 2006 10:10 AM (rHnrZ)
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OMG I'm sooooo glad you told him that he's hot even tho he's really old bc I was totally thinking the same thing OMG!!!
And OMG I totally got an email once from Bono and one from Matt Damon too!!! We must be like super lucky or something!!!
Posted by: The Law Fairy at June 09, 2006 12:38 PM (XUsiG)
Posted by: annika at June 09, 2006 12:42 PM (zAOEU)
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...and if oil companies double the number of E85 pumps at their stations, this will miraculously call new ethanol supplies into being. By further miraculous intervention, this ethanol will be produced without using the natural gas or coal which is required as fuel in today's ethanol plants. Indeed, it will be transported without requiring trains or trucks (which are required for today's non-miraculous ethanol, which cannot travel through conventional pipelines.)
Why would anyone care what an actor thinks about energy policy?
Posted by: david foster at June 09, 2006 02:22 PM (/Z304)
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More E85 ethanol right? How much you wanna bet old
Robert has a farm or two getting ethanol subsidies?
Posted by: kyle8 at June 09, 2006 02:38 PM (8fih4)
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Actually, I agree with the gist of Redford's comments. Ethanol from corn, though, doesn't provide a net energy gain, so that isn't a med or long term solution, beyond getting movement in the direction of renewable fuels. The easiest solution is reducing demand, but addictions are hard to break.
Posted by: will at June 10, 2006 11:26 AM (h7Ciu)
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Ok.. going out on a limb here. Good ol' RR had a pre-written email he sent out to any sucker he thought might listen to him. No offense but your fifty 'OMG' in all it's variations probably spurned a restraining order if nothing else. Movie stars are people. Mostly who don't give a sh*t about the peons like you and I.
I once wrote my Congressman... I got this lengty reply about 'serving those who serve me' which I knew was a total crock of shit.
Just keep your eyes open sweetie.
A friend.
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 02:50 PM (Rhuwm)
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So, have you heard from Rob Reiner yet? He's a famous director and actor who has some really really really cool ideas. (Since Reiner is in a state of disgrace, does that mean that Warren Beatty will re-emerge?)
And wasn't Daryl Hannah up in a tree today? Perhaps she wore the mermaid costume.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at June 13, 2006 03:12 PM (FPdMX)
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Or in Legal Eagles where Robert Redford and Debra Winger are together and see one of the bad guys. Robert Redford takes off on foot to try to catch him. Debra Winger, who doesn't know how to drive a car, feels it necessary for her to jump into Robert Redford's car and try to follow him. She makes a wrong turn and finds herself going the wrong way into traffic on a large heavily trafficked street. There follows one minute of her frantically dodging cars at the last moment. Very funny. Ha, ha, ha. Like, how much gas did THAT waste?!
Posted by: bflaa at June 16, 2006 01:12 AM (B+qrE)
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Quoting this buffonery:
"I actually had this idea. I was thinking, and yesterday I had this great idea about gas prices. Cuz like they're so high and all. And I was thinking if we like all get a bunch of people to send a bunch of e-mails to the oil companies and stuff, maybe they would listen to us and lower the prices. I don't know it's just a thought, you know, it's worth a try don't you think? Anyways, I promise I'll check out that website and see what it's all about and stuff."
That is the most naive, uneducated opinion I have heard on this issue as of late. Hey while we're at it lets all get together and email the Israelies and the Palestinians and maybe if enough people email them they will stop killing eachother.
Take an economics course. The prices are not artifically high. You're talking supply and demand on a good with inelastic demand. (meaning with in a certain range no matter how much they change the price demand stays pretty much the same). If the prices were artifically high, no one would buy gas.
Excessive Profits do not figure into finding equlibrium for the gas prices.
And also, the letter is a FORM letter. Many people have gotten that exact same letter, and I guarantee he never received your gushy, childish, emotional starstruck response. He emails you about serious issues and you write back with a long sappy swooning email about how he's still young and sexy and how much you love his movies and using phrases like "I'll see what its all about and stuff" and "Cuz like they're so high and all"
And all? AND STUFF? Are you kidding me? Give me a break. I'm sure Robert Redford needs yet another gushy, poorly written letter from his millions of fans.
This thread is hilarious!
-J
Posted by: Jason McCann at June 28, 2006 08:11 AM (MQNAW)
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