I doubt too many 2GreenEnergy readers follow Breitbart on Facebook or watch Fox News. I like to dabble in both, because I think it’s important to understand where people are coming from.
Category: Renewables – Politics
Don’t Worry About the Present-Day U.S.–Everything Will Turn Out Fine
Within a few days of Trump’s ascendancy to power, many people started to notice fascist/authoritarian tendencies: nepotism, condemning the press, bans on religious sects, scapegoating minorities, the encouraging of violence, appointing cronies to cabinet posts, anti-intellectualism, fraudulent reporting of elections, …
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Tagged with: Trump's ascendancy to power
Much-Needed Expansion of the U.S. Military
I’m not sure how many Americans heard the news that U.S. President Donald Trump announced today a new sixth branch of the military: The Space Force, which would join the Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, Army and Air Force as a …
Tagged with: Space Force
U.S. History Books Ca. 2025: Further Discussion
In a recent post, I predicted that U.S. history books will soon reflect upon this anomaly in American culture called “The Trump Administration” as “a bizarre, temporary aberration, highlighted by hate, fear, distrust, and hostility–a time in which the basic rules …
U.S. History Books Ca. 2025
When it’s all over, what will be the take-away from this administration? Here’s how I believe this period of American history will be remembered:
Tagged with: destruction of the environment
Tough It Takes Effort, Politics and Integrity Can Walk Together
Beam Furr is currently Mayor and Commissioner for Broward County Commission District 6 in Southern Florida. 43 years ago, however, he was one of my best friends at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, best known for his gentle smile, unsinkable …
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Tagged with: environmental matters
Normalize Trump’s Behavior At Your Ethical Peril
It’s hard to add anything to Bonhoeffer‘s words. Those who tolerate Trump’s behavior are really not much better than he is.
Tagged with: Trump's behavior
EPA Administrator Aggressively Stopping Himself
Thank God for small favors. According to the American Energy Society, there are currently 12 unique investigations of EPA Director Scott Pruitt; these investigations have slowed his attempt to roll back a half-dozen EPA regulatory reviews, including delaying review of rules to …
Dissenters No Longer Welcome in the Land of the Free
From this: President Trump praised the NFL’s decision to mandate that players either stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room in a TV interview that aired Thursday, and questioned whether players who choose not to stand “proudly” should …
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Crisis Time in the US?
As we’ve seen, the Trump administration and the media (outside of Fox News) are not exactly buddies. Trump himself is in the 16th month of a blistering tirade, largely via Twitter, to convince America that virtually everything we read discussing …
