Here’s a video that’s illustrative of a couple of important operating principles in the U.S. government:
Category: Renewables – Politics
Note on Immigration Reform
Here’s an astute and very fair note in response to my recent post The Solar Industry Takes a Hit, But It’s Not Alone from commenter “Wayne”: As a painter in Southern California for almost 40 years, I have witnessed an overwhelming invasion …
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Logic and “Type II” Trump Supporters
If you had to defend yourself against an attack of swarming bees, would you use a hand gun? Of course not.
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Koch Brothers Running Roughshod Over U.S. Democracy, But What Can We Do?
Well, since you asked, let’s start by boycotting their products and overturning Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that enables them to buy our elections. From there, let’s get rid of the new tax scam, from which they will save a …
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The Heightening Intensity of Assaults on American Democracy
Here’s a quick memory test: Before the elections in November, 2016, what was the biggest threat to American democracy? It’s not that easy, is it?
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All Americans Really Want Is the Next Shiny Object, and There Is No Rule Saying that It Has To Be Ignorance and Hate
Maybe it’s a good time for us Americans to ask ourselves: What are we good at? As suggested by the pic here, basic competence doesn’t seem to be a defensible response to that question.
Last Word of Trump’s “Shithole” Comments
Here’s a bit of banter between frequent commenter MarcoPolo and me on Trump’s astonishing “shithole” comments this week:
Trump Degrades the U.S. with Such Astonishing Regularity that It’s Not Really News
Readers who expect a rant on Trump’s referring to developing nations inhabited by people of color as “shithole countries,” while welcoming immigrants from pure-white Norway will be disappointed. Trump’s embarrassing and degrading the U.S. on the world stage (and Fox News’ …
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What (If Any) Role Does Government Playing in Leading Us to Environmental Sustainability?
In a recent comment, frequent contributor MarcoPolo makes a couple of interesting points to which I’d like to respond:
Erosion of Environmental Regulations in a World that Has Ceased to Make Sense
Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of the new anti-regulatory environment in Washington is that it’s so amazingly arbitrary and capricious. Life in America today more closely resembles being asleep than awake; it’s as if we’re making our way through a …
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