The  statement ".....the fact >that almost all of the top ten
environmental organizations in the US are >funded to a large extent by
Big Oil money (Pew Charitable Trust, for >example). But there are
certainly some serious environmentalists who are >knowledgeable and
working very hard to combat the true sources of threat to >our natural
world." has been casually thrown out, as if it were a matter that all
"well informed" folks know about: Common Knowlege, as it were.  While
the message that contained it contained an UNcommon amount of good
old-fashioned Horse-Sense, this little "fact" i think would come as news
to many.  Would someone be so kind as to point the list towards some
documentation or substantial evidence which supports this interesting
"fact" - not meaning to seem beligerant, but this is not the sort of
accusation which should be thrown into an otherwise sensible
communication (and Real Rants go on far longer - trust me on this one
;-} ), without at least a small morsel of corroborating evidence.  So,
let's hear it.

Curmudgeon in Canada,
Ross.