GREEN SELLS and I'm Buying!

I know... I know... people are starting to cringe with the word "green" anymore. The word is getting batted around with immense frequency these days. Is it a fad? Is it the Al Gore education? Is it a paranoid delusion? Whatever it is, I'm all over the wagon. Why? Well, that's easy, I love the basic principle behind the word, which is - take it easy on the environment. Maybe The Little River Band was really singing about the environment with Take it Easy on Me? "It's all up to you, but whatever you do, take it easy on me..." Maybe not, but it's a classic nonetheless.

It's bittersweet times for a lot of old time conservationists. It's like loving a band that nobody has ever heard of before and all of sudden they become popular overnight. I was upset when the mainstream found Wilco. Or was it the other way around? Either way, I was a Tweedy fan way back with the origination of Uncle Tupelo. Hey, I'm happy for Jeff Tweedy's success as the lead singer for Wilco but annoyed that I have to share him with the rest of world (which took so long to appreciate him).

When Jerry Garcia received some criticism from old Deadheads for the Touch of Grey being a pop hit sell out, Jerry commented to the affect of, "Hey, I've been trying to sell out for 22 years now." Well, it looks like GREEN is finally selling... and it's figgering on biggering and biggering with this administration. This is a win/win all around for people looking to invest with a conscience AND.... AND.... AND.... actually make some green in the process.