Posted on 08/20/2006 8:51:59 AM PDT by SmithL
Can Indiana Jones rescue Hetch Hetchy Valley from its watery Temple of Doom?
No sooner did the California Department of Water Resources issue a report concluding it would cost between $3 billion and $10 billion to drain the Hetch Hetchy reservoir and replace San Francisco's water and power supply than never-say-never environmentalists enlisted action hero actor Harrison Ford to their daunting cause.
The 64-year-old Ford flew his own plane into Tuolumne County this past week, then drove to Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park to shoot a bit of added footage and commentary for the 19-minute Environmental Defense documentary, "Discover Hetch Hetchy." The short film, which has already premiered at a Nevada City film festival, also features the likes of former U.S Secretary of Interior Don Hodel and state Assemblywoman Lois Wolk, D-Davis.
Jennifer Witherspoon of Environmental Defense, which has been leading the charge to restore Hetch Hetchy, said Ford was tapped for the role because he is "really dedicated to protecting and restoring important natural places around the world."
But Tony Winnicker, spokesman for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, whose 2.4 million customers rely on the Hetch Hetchy for their drinking water, had a very different take on Ford's involvement: "As an actor best known for starring in major fantasy and science fiction movies, appearing in a film about draining the Hetch Hetchy sounds like a role right up his alley."
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hey..wouldn't you if you were given 1-10million plus to play a "certain" role.. i.e Indy Jones, Han and the Tom Clancy roles...no brainer there!
Hey Harrison, shut up and act.
I don't begrudge these people to fight for a cause they believe in. That's better than a hobby. I wish it was a cause I could get behind, but some of them do.
He has been Hans Solo his whole film career as far as I am concerned.
Ya think?.......I could not agree with you more and besides that he mumbles....
PING
The greatest threat to human rights is economic opportunity." Harrison Ford, economist.
Doesn't he live down in the LA area? You know...where they're living off of water which they continue to steal from the Owens Valley, Lone Pine, etc.????
My...my...
Thanks for the ping--I think, lol.
They just keep coming... liberals, liberals, everywhere!
(Stupid ones at that!)
Think about the non-sensical foundation for the movement. What makes it possible? Things are too good. Why worry about the killer sandmaggots? The exhaustion of energy sources? The decreasing ability to grow food for an increasing population? The problem of providing basic life support for an increasing number of non-producing or marginally-producing invaders?
Let's focus on our boats, our mountain cabins, our luxury cars, out huge ostentatious houses, our investments. If things get intolerable we can move to Wyoming or Colorado...
Glance at the irrational rhetoric. Every valley, swamp, bog, ridge, mountain, lake, pond, mosquito breeding ground is "unique". Literally. And there's no denying it. The word "unique" can be a valid description for a waste dump.
The word is abused, misused and has been reduced to uselessness.
Sort of like the phrase "peace-loving" when used by the current huge plague upon the earth: muslims.
I am waiting for the obvious solution. Start using the phrases, "Don't be silly"; "Go away"; "come up with an alternative that works, without forcing us back into the pre-industrial age"; Let's revive the human side of the word "humanity": Providing for the next generations is the noblest activity of being human.
Tearing down the accomplishment of our betters, the previous generations that provided for us, hardly seems like the best strategy for a healthy future.
He looked pretty waxy and sweaty in Firewall. Ugh.
I'm not surprised.
No doubt. Pay me $10 million for 4 months of work and I'll be Joe Squared-away. I'll come to work an hour early every day and work hard at night to memorize and be as prepared as humanly possible. Any of us would.
Ummm. Actually, no.
This particular "cause" would bring down misery to millions, and probably bankrupt them, destroying billions$ of a working infrastructure created over generations.
A self-destructive "hobby" would make tons better sense in this case. Take Mel Gibson; he had the good grace to set out to destroy himself, not an entire metropolitan population.
He was way cool as Han Solo.
yep..i'll even play Michael Moore or Bill Clinton for ten million.. woohoo, but I'd need an extra cool two million for hazardous duty and stress pay.
SAY WHAT??!!??
I would say that, right there, would seriously question his present mental health...
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