[CedarDave]

Your own admission that "the big bad power company may have done some bad things" and subsequent willingness to ignore the very serious damage those "bad things" caused many innocent people to suffer, leads me to think you may need a refresher course in Honor 101 yourself!

Insults this evening?? I think not.

I deal in these matters daily and have been on both sides of the fence. I have advised companies when they have a problem and that they have to take action. If they don't and if they're violating the law, they deserve what they get. On the other hand, I know when environmentalists are crying foul to bring in a few more members and they don't care if it causes businesses to be shut down. I get tired of enviro-nutters who shout chicken little at the drop of a hat and then go to the jury and cry harm and play upon their emotions. What's most important are the facts in the case and not the emotionalism.

Here is a little primer on the case and the lady. Take it for what its worth but know that there are two sides to these issues and that elevating one figure to a place on the high pedestal may be doing the actual facts a disservice.

Erin Brockovich Story Largely Fiction

[sarasmom]

Spare me the spin.
This is me, you are talking too...
Yes, the delusional,rabid “environmentalists” are wrong.
As are the unethical, rabid, pseudo “Conservatives”.

[CitizenM]

??? I am sorry you have an axe to grind and perhaps you are right. However, I was not making a statement about the value of Brokovich's cause. If you interpreted it that way you were mistaken. My point in using her as an analogy to Palin was to compare her rise to success (whether you approve of her or not) to the rise of Palin's career. From a feminists viewpoint, the admiration of these women's achievements should be considered equal. My complaint is that they are not considering Palin a success.

It was not the cause that Brockovich was fighting that I was promoting...it was that she took up the fight with little background and education. Please re-read my post without thinking that it was a comment on the worth of Brockovich's attempts. This thread is about Palin and not Brockovich, and I merely made a comparison of their similar paths. I believe others "got it." Please don't be so offended and make an issue of something that was not intended and does not pertain to the subject of the thread.