Melissa Etheridge’s speech

From Melissa Etheridge’s acceptance speech for "I Need to Wake Up": … Mostly I have to thank Al Gore … for inspiring me … for showing that caring about the earth is not Republican or Democrat. We are all green. This is our job now. We can become the greatest generation — the generation that […]

From Melissa Etheridge’s acceptance speech for "I Need to Wake Up":

… Mostly I have to thank Al Gore … for inspiring me … for showing that caring about the earth is not Republican or Democrat. We are all green. This is our job now. We can become the greatest generation — the generation that woke up, the generation that changed …

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