Today’s daily writing prompt is “Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met”. That is former President George W Bush. In 2010 I met him at a Barnes and Noble book signing event here in northern Dallas where I live. It is also where he lives. He was selling and signing his book Decision Points. I bought four books, but he only signed a maximum of two books. Hundreds of people, perhaps thousands, wanted to have signed books and the security was rigorous, so signing a lot of books for each person was not practical.
I should say that at the time I was an admirer of George W. Bush, but I have a more nuanced understanding of him at this point. I have to admit I have not read his book yet. It has been sitting in my bookshelf for 15 years. I have a substantial TBR list and I have to admit that I might have bought the book for other reasons than reading it. But I will eventually get to it.
Senator Ted Cruz
Another famous person that I’ve met is Senator Ted Cruz and in this case the contact was a bit more substantial. I am a member of a non-partisan organization that seeks to create political will for solving the climate crisis. They are called Citizens Climate Lobby, or CCL. We find bi-partisan legislation and try to get both Democrats and Republicans onboard with it and we have been fairly successful. I am the CCL liaison for Senator Cruz office and have had the pleasure to meet him in person a couple of times. We shook hands, talked, and took photographs with him.
Ted Cruz is standing in the back between the flags. I am in the front row, second from the right wearing a blue suit. We are twelve people.
To read more about CCL and why I decided to engage in this issue click any of the links below.
- The Climate Journeys of Thomas and Larry
- Citizen Climate Lobby is Calling to Action
- What CCL Volunteers Did This Summer
- What Everyone Should Know About Climate Change
- My CCL Adventure in Washington DC
- Global Warming is Happening and is Caused by us
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