We must look to truly sustainable options for any new construction and any incidence of governmental subsidy.
The internet is the last bastion of free access to information, and I am not willing to go lightly toward allowing them to censor its message based on a political declaration.
In a event so ironic it would lead to copious laughter were it not so serious, emails hacked from Clinton campaign chief John Podesta have finally given us a glance at some of the content of Hillary’s secret Wall Street speeches.
They chose the establishment. The establishment that is lining up neoconservatives to endorse Hillary. The candidate that both Bush presidents are voting for. The one that you actually believe is a progressive. The candidate that may well blunder into the 21st century equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis but with Syria.
The times themselves demand that we voice our frustration loudly and clearly. We must admit that, in the words of Chris Hedges, democracy is no longer functional in the United States of America. We are subservient to the politics of the monied aristocracy.
Make no mistake, Edward Snowden is a referendum on the state of the state in America today. His case is the epitome of the eternal struggle between authoritarian statism and utilitarian statism.
When we find ourselves in the midst of a presidential election where the choices of Republican and Democratic party are beyond abhorrent, we have no choice but to face the evil inherent in our history.
The issue, in the end, is whether our government will be forced to serve humanity or to serve the private interests of those who would be predators upon it.
By now everyone should understand that free market capitalism is as much of a farce as trickle down economics. By and large what we have is socialism for the affluent and austerity for the disadvantaged.