American Politics Is Upside Down
Now everything’s a little upside down
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good
You’ll find out when you reach the top
You’re on the bottom
– Bob Dylan
There was a day, not so long ago, that all Americans, progressives and conservatives alike, were anti-authoritarian. We were all ideologically repelled by those who hate government of, by, and for the people.
Remember what G.W. Bush told us in the wake of 9/11? In explaining the terrorists’ actions, he said, “They hate our freedom.”
So what’s the story with Fox News and some other right-wing elements that are supporting Putin in Eastern Europe? When they say that we’re “canceling” Russia, what position do they recommend we take with an authoritarian leader who is invading a neighboring democracy?
The anti-Trump group 
I had a talk with a Republican the other day who told me that Biden, worse than buying oil from the Russians, destroyed America’s domestic oil production on his first day in office. It took me a few moments to figure out what she meant…then it came to me: the Keystone XL pipeline. 
Of course, it’s far too early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine to know where this whole thing is going to land, but it’s interesting to note that the International Criminal Court has already set its sights on war criminal Vladimir Putin.
My 95-year-old mother and I speak on the phone frequently, and most of these conversations, when we’ve exhausted family matters, turn to politics.
Re: the photos here, a (sarcastic) reader asks: If we all lived in mud huts for 103 years would it put the ice back?
Here’s a reader with a distinctly negative reaction of climate activists. She writes:
There are people who think this way, but not enough.
From senior energy analyst and social observer Glenn Doty:
Obviously.
