Democracy Now! Interview Post Indictment April 3 2009

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Utah Student Who Prevented Bush Admin Sell-Off of Public Land Charged for Disrupting Auction

AMY GOODMAN: How do you prepare for ten years in prison, Tim?

TIM DeCHRISTOPHER: That’s a good question. I think it’s something that I’ve been preparing myself for kind of by preparing myself for how severe the consequences are that we’re facing by staying on the path that we’re on right now. I mean, the first time that an IPCC scientist put her hand on my shoulder and said, “I’m sorry my generation failed yours,” you know, that really shook me to the core and made me realize just how late in the game we are with dealing with climate change and how dark and desperate of a future we might be looking at. And I think that by preparing for that, preparing for that completely chaotic and ugly future that we’re already on track for, helps me to [inaudible] prison as something that I can deal with, because I’ve already started preparing myself to deal with those catastrophic effects that we might be looking at. Read transcript.