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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

What Robert Reich says here is perfectly true, and it’s easy to blame Democrats for their failure to develop and promote a compelling message.

I point to demographics, and in particular, the sprawling ignorance of U.S. voters.

Working class Americans have grasped onto a party that actively makes their lives worse with each passing year, a party that counts on its belief that their voters are too stupid to figure this out. And sadly, so far so good.

As long as that’s the case, and we continue to crank out young people from failing school systems, with terrible skills in terms of critical thinking and basic logic, there is no message on Earth that going to move people to the Democratic Party.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Obviously, we all hope Russia is beaten in Ukraine and retreats with huge costs, financially and diplomatically, that discourages them from launching similar invasions in the future.

But a quagmire implies something that is ongoing, like the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

I don’t think there is a humanitarian on the planet who wants Russia in Ukraine 10 minutes longer than absolutely necessary.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Illinois State Professor Emeritus George Kiser gave us the marvelous quote here.

It’s not clear when he actually wrote  this, but, since he’s obviously referring to the United States, it was probably fairly recently.

Yes, as suggested below, America has always maintained a “cult of ignorance,” but anyone who has lived here since 2015 has seen our anti-intellectualism explode to proportions that couldn’t have been imagined before that time.

Electing Donald Trump President of the United States and our mass rejection of science would have been completely impossible just 10 short years ago.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Obviously, abortion is only one of dozens of issues that differentiates Republicans from mainstream Americans.  But if Roe v. Wade is overturned, 26 other states will join those listed in total bans on abortion, and we’ll be back where we were 50 years ago.

Keep in mind that the sprint to the right that we’re seeing from today’s GOP may only be the beginning.  Maybe we can have nonwhite U.S. citizens count as 3/5 of a vote.  There doesn’t seem to be a limit.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

What’s the problem with simply arresting him?  As reported previously, a daily fine of $10K will require 1370 years to burn through Trump’s net worth.

Why are we allowing our country to be led around by the nose by an obvious felon?

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Where one of the U.S. Senate’s great fools, Susan Collins (R-ME), concludes that letting Trump back on Twitter should be of no consequence to anyone.  What is consequential is that we’re talking about it.

At this point, the nation’s political scene is just a sick joke.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post

When it became clear how potentially deadly January 6th insurrection might become, Mike Pence was led to an underground parking lot beneath the Capitol, where he stood (there was nowhere to sit), waiting for what might come next. What did happen then was the arrival of a Secret Service car that had come to take him to safety. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In terms of its politics, California has much in common with the other populous states; it’s a blend of well educated and affluent people who live close to the major cities who tend to vote Democrat, and the folks in the rural regions who are largely Republicans.

Yet where these balance themselves out in swing states, California is dominated by things like communications and information technology, entertainment, life sciences, and fantastically large university systems, that combine to make it impossible for conservative Republicans to succeed.

That’s why it’s so strange to see people running for public office here who have nothing to say other to assert their conservative values.

Here’s how Chuck Smith promotes himself.  Sorry.  Won’t work.  Best take it to Alabama. 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Some people believe that the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump would be so politically heated that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland simply refuses to pull the trigger.

Totally absurd.

Signalling to everyone on Earth that the United States no longer holds wealthy and powerful people accountable for their crimes, and that this country has become the world’s newest banana republic, is not an option.

No one knows what Garland is doing behind the scenes, but cowardice and disgrace are not viable choices.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

This guy would have an excellent point….if logic and reason were significant factors in the politics of the working-class Republican vote.

As previously discussed, they don’t expect anything from government, and they don’t choose leaders based on their prospects for wealth. They pick the candidate who promises to inflict the most punishment people they hate: Muslims, LGBTQs, immigrants, environmentalists, and liberals in general.

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