Mother Teresa Heinz-Kerry : A Wild and Strange Bird for the 21st Century

Earth Mother Teresa Heinz - Kerry : A Wild and Strange Bird for the 21st Century

"As a product of that place and time, I see America less as a melting pot than as a great web-a web of diverse people with diverse needs < there is that word again-n diversity, we are a melting pot as much as you may wish to balkenie America>...a web of races, religions, and ethnic heritages, woven together by shared dreams, aspirations, tragedies and hardships < the charming Multicultutal patchwork of Liberalism>. To me, these are the silvery threads that draw us together into a great nation. This is a country built on its differences and on its capacity to bridge them.

But in the age of globalization, the walls of separation that have made this possible throughout much of human history are crumbling. What was so perfectly symbolized by the encounter of a black American soldier and a group of children in the arid sands of the Iraqi desert-an image televised instantly around the world-is how fragile and permeable those barriers have become. This is immensely threatening to societies with no tradition of pluralism, and understandably so. In sociopolitical terms, we are living through the birth of a global "ecosystem" of countries and societies, and some of them simply don't want to be a part of it. It is too confusing, too unfamiliar, and too threatening.

The hard reality, though, is that they have no choice. In a global economy and an era of instant communications, they can no longer keep the world at bay. Like it or not, we are all enmeshed in this new and fascinating global web. Inevitably, that favors pluralistic societies and weakens insular ones. And that in turn can lead to resentment, fear, anger, hatred and, as we have seen, to terrorism and war. < ah yes, we may have been responsible for this. Forget that resentment, anger and hatred are integral to Islamofacism. Actually the Radical Left is manipulating the issue of globalization, some blaming it on the Joos and promoting anti-semtism>

History has brought us to the point where all hope for lasting peace in the world hinges on our ability < clever way of saying America is largely to blame, how are we respoinsible and when will other EU-UN countries begin doing something> to recognize how intertwined and interconnected our fates have become; to recognize that our very survival depends on our capacity to make room for our differences. That imposes a burden not only on closed societies to begin to open up, but also on open societies to be respectful of those peoples and cultures that do not always see the world as we do-and indeed, even to understand and appreciate those differences.

But what was the most amazing experience for me was to be in this canopy that was 120 feet high, like the storied pillars of a gothic cathedral. There were huge trees that were rooted in a mere six inches of soil - that's all! You wonder what they eat, and then you look at the ground and see the interplay of mosses, ferns, mushrooms, insects and animals, and what you begin to understand is the meaning of biodiversity, the beauty and complexity of life, and that no one in that forest is more important than anyone else, < as no culture is better than any other> and that none of them could live without those tiny little things. The interplay of those species was probably the best lesson I've had in my life.

The environment must again be front and center in our national dialogue. It must again be a rallying cry, which is how we got the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency itself during the Nixon Administration.

The health of our planet depends on it. But so does the health of our democracy. To show how we genuinely care about this great tree called America, this tall and fragile American elm, this proud colossus of the forest, we must do more than sing its praises. We must nurture the soil in which it is planted. That is our mission, and I urge you to join together in pursuing it with the passion and fervor it deserves."

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Teresa Heinz is chairman of the Heinz Family Philanthropies and of the Howard Heinz Endowment. She also is the creator of the prestigious Heinz Awards, an annual program recognizing outstanding vision and achievement in the arts, public policy, technology and the economy, the environment and the human condition< she inherited one of the oldest and established fortunes accumulated during much of the 20th century by marrying into it, much like her current husband, John F.... Kerry>

Heinz has long been recognized as one the nation's foremost environmental leaders. After assuming the reins of the Heinz Foundation in 1991, she directed the creation and design of a grant-making program in the environment. In 1995, she announced one of the largest grants ever made to the environment, a $20 million gift in memory of her first husband, the late H. John Heinz III, to create the H. John Heniz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment................................................http://www.heinzctr.org/index.html......................

This center, in a unique effort, brings together representatives of business, govenment, the scientific community, and environmental groups to collaborate on the development of mutually acceptable yet scientifically sound environmental policies.

She is vice chair of the Environmental Defense Fund and was one of ten representatives from non-governmental organizations attached to the US Delegation to the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Brazil in 1992. She has endowed a professorship in environmental management at the Harvard Business School and a chair in environmental policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.< there's that damned Kennedy School again> Since 1995, she has sponsored annual conferences designed to inform women about the relationship of health and environmental issues to their daily lives.

As a member of the Advisory Board for the Earth Communications Office, she helped to pioneer an internationally acclaimed public service compaign promoting citizen environmental action in countries around the globe.< wonder what she thinks of ELF?> She also in a co-founder and board member of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.

As a staunch advocate for the environment, Heinz has emphasized the need to align environmental and economic interests based on sound science, economics, technology, innovative thinking and partnerships between business and the environmental community. Heinz is married to U.S. Senator John Kerry. She has three sons, John, Andre, and Christopher Heinz

In 1995, environmental groups were furious with Teresa Heinz for her support of a bill that would allow the sale of dolphin unsafe tuna to the US by Mexico.
The language in the bill allowed Mexican tuna to be labeled dolphin safe,even though Mexico could not guarantee that that dolphins had not been caught and killed in the process.

"The Shameless Seven Ride Again," Village Voice,12/06/95

The Heinz Corp, the world's largest tuna processor, " is to it's credit, resisting pressure from Teresa Heinz and the Clinton White House to support the redefinition of ' dolphin safe'."

"Particular pressure has been applied to Senator John Kerry, a long time supporter of strong dolphin conservation measures."
"Kerry is being urged to sign on the bill by a lobbyist with whom he is particularly intimate ( eeeeewwww!)-his wife,Teresa Heinz, the vice chair of the Environmental Defense Fund's board of directors."

" Teresa Heinz, a ruling class Portuguese woman, who is a sort of green version of Ariana Huffington..."

I don't know if the " dolphin death bill," as it was dubbed by the environmentalists, passed ( it was attached as a rider to the Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and Management Act ) or if Teresa Heinz ( she just started using Kerry last year) was successful in twisting John's ear to get him to vote for the bill.

More examples of both Kerrys as " Flippers." In fact, the theme from Flipper and a chirping dolphin sound should be played at every Kerry campaign stop.

Boston Magazine- July 2003, "The Candidate's Wife," by Victoria Griffith

"She ( Heinz Kerry ) told the Boston Globe of her shock and pleasure at seeing blacks in South Africa, where she was sent to boarding school from her home in Mozambique at age 13."

"Our guys weren't so black and so big," she said."

Imagine Laura Bush saying this .. The NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus, Jesse Jackson and Maxine Waters would have their hair on fire in outrage.

By James Neal, Associated Press, 11/25/2003

SEATTLE -- The wife of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry said yesterday that suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay should be given prisoner of war status.

"They were captured while fighting a war," Teresa Heinz Kerry said at an informal discussion with minority activists in Seattle. "They should have the rights that other prisoners of war have had."

"Heinz Kerry said that denying the detainees the protections of the Geneva Convention is "insulting, ignorant, and insensitive" to the rest of the world.

She added that under President Bush, the United States, once known as the standard-bearer for human rights, is now considered a hypocrite."

"The arrogance shown by this administration on human rights and in its foreign policy is horrible," she said."

Teresa uses arrogant as much as her boy toy.

Boston Magazine, July 2003 issue, " The Candidate's Wife," Victoria Griffith

"And there's another trait that Teresa Heinz possesses, one that interviews have yet to capture, but, which is known to her employees, the sales clerks at the stores where she shops, and her Beacon hill neighbors.."

" Her temper."

" Heinz Kerry sometimes appears to operate at the very edge of what is considered acceptable behavior, according to many people who have seen her."

The article goes on to detail how shop keepers shudder when her limo approaches.

"This conduct is so widely known in the retail world, that a woman who works in one Newbury Street boutique says she's grateful Heinz Kerry does so much of her shopping in Washington and not here."

Heinz Kerry is apparently a chronic complainer and very vocal in humiliating the " little people."

In 1996, during the Kerry's first Halloween on Beacon Hill,( where families traditionally answer the door,not the servants )-the Kerry's had their housekeeper answer the door.

"After most of the trick or treaters had finished their rounds,Heinz Kerry made an appearance,when three children of about 10 years old, rang her bell, two dressed as hippies and one as a cat."

" I had a big barrel of candy and it's all gone !" she screamed and slammed the door on the bewildered youngesters."

The wife of a MA Senator-maintains her legal residence-in Pennsylvania- to shield her fortune and protect Kerry's allowance.
And no one in the media calls " the rich don't pay enough in taxes " Kerrys on their hypocrisy.
No one.

Teresa Heinz Kerry has given interviews to the Washington Post and Village Voice,where she stated that Kerry, to this day, has nightmares where he "screams and flails at night" and "screams and bangs on the walls of his bedroom."
These are not isolated,but,nightly occurences.

Teresa has also indicted to the Washington Post that Kerry has either been in counseling or is in need of counseling for his bizarre behavior.
Teresa has given interviews where she clucks that she is Kerry's "nursemaid ",that Kerry is so " emotionally needy " and that she has to oversee everything he eats and drinks.

Everytime I see Kerry on his wife's dead husband's Gulfstream, I am amazed that Teresa actually named it, " the Flying Squirrel."

"Hot off campaign trail, Kerry hits slopes in Idaho"
By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 3/19/2004

"Kerry and his wife come here together a few times a year, he said; ......noted that her private plane, known as the Flying Squirrel, .."

Imagine if this was Laura Bush's plane. Leno and Letterman would be on this every night.

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