"There are no good-paying jobs on a dead planet"

why David Cobb and the greens deserve another look:
(from the nation)

A provocative comparison of party positions on the Greens' website lists what Greens oppose and both major parties support: war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act, Israeli occupation of the West Bank, corporate agriculture, corporate welfare, corporate rules for global trade, bank deregulation, increasing military spending, the death penalty. Greens support and Democrats and Republicans oppose: national health insurance, doubling the minimum wage, full public financing for candidates, strict controls on genetically modified organisms, the landmine-ban treaty, real action on global warming, a new legal doctrine of workers' rights for Americans, electoral reforms that create the political space for a multiparty democracy.

if california is already 53/42 kerry over bush (or whatever the numbers are), then why not vote green? you've nothing to lose but your immortal soul and the future of the planet. but, if by chance you live in a state where the outcome is less certain, by all means vote kerry.