so much so , it is said , that roosevelt himself came to consider the new deal not simply as a new pact between government and the governed , but also a new contract between mankind and the planet to find common cause , to live in peace and harmony , to sustain one another and to foster continued mutual growth ... - excerpt from a brief political history of a warming planet the affair of the cordwainer , and my subsequent meteoric rise to political fame , began the saturday i returned to boot hill , my class a work chit literally in my back pocket .