Political Ignorance
“Corporations are neither physical nor metaphysical phenomenon. They are socioeconomic ploys – legally enacted game-playing – agreed upon only between overwhelmingly powerful socioeconomic individuals, and by them, imposed on human society and all its unwitting members.” – Buckminster Fuller (one of my most admired people in history)
Stephen Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, says that getting to where we want to be requires focus on the “wildly” important. Covey said that it is all too easy to get off-focus. Often, we get pulled off-course by a myriad of “urgent” demands in our everyday lives. Covey notices that people who [...]
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The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is too big price to pay for our dependency on oil. Now we have to re-evaluate our energy plans. FINALLY. The sustainable approach is to stop drilling and spend more money on energy conserving measures and renewables. . . . . . . In this months [...]
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their [...]
It’s become a sad fact that politics in America has become polarized. Moderates and centrists are now squeezed into a hairline dividing the left and right. The media has a part in this, cable television and the Internet especially. Take Fox News, claiming to be “fair and balanced”, and an evident mouthpiece for extreme right [...]
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My previous post was a cute diversion from the horrific economic mess we have dug ourselves into. We have watching the policy monkeys in the Fed kick the can for 30 years. But this is not cute. I am sick and tired of the wait. Now they talk about a major, comprehensive energy bill getting [...]
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