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Re: Neither approach will save us.

I would have admit I agree with that statement. Bush and his cronies have ushered in a period of paranoia, helplessness, and nilism like I've never seen in this country before...they are polluters of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and our minds...

posted by Cynthia on May 11, 2007 at 4:07 AM | link to this | reply

Neither approach will save us.

Bush's asnwer isn't really prayer, it's naked imperialism; the prayer stuff is to lure Christian religious leaders to tell their sheep to vote for the GOP.

Clinton's answer included trade agreements which potentially widended the opportunity for low wage countries to force down our workers' wages, and his watch included a proliferation of political operatives funded by China.

At least all Clinton lied about was his girlfriend in the Oval Office, not about starting a war with Iraq that G Bush Sr had the good sense to leave alone.

The "clumping" is due to competition for resources and liebensraum. As long as we use unrenewable resources, or renewable ones at a pace far outstripping replenishment, and keep having such large families (as a species) then we will have more and more of this. The results will be poverty, oligarchy, war, famine and disease.

I really, really must change my brand of coffee! More caffeine......

posted by majroj on May 10, 2007 at 7:53 AM | link to this | reply

Re: cynthia

Smartdog - I love to travel, each place I visit helps raise mt consciousness to another level. Thanks for your comment.

posted by Cynthia on May 10, 2007 at 3:21 AM | link to this | reply

Re: What is the greater threat,Muslim fundamentalism or a growing "undercla

Maj I disagree with you to some extent when you say "They become so because they are NOT under control..." (then I didn't understand the rest of what you said) Under the Clinton administration we had intelligent leadership who introduced policies to address issues of "the earnings gap" (through regulation) "dwindling resources" by encouraging technologies that conserve what we have and new technologies to supplement what we have and also they not only acknowledged climate change, they motivated us to try and address it so we would not feel helpless as we do now whe all the bushies do is stick their heads up their ass or tell everryone to pray to god. Good luck with that...

posted by Cynthia on May 10, 2007 at 3:19 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Excellent post on the images of liberty . Liberty is the greatest virtu

Afzal, I'm in total agreement with you.

posted by Cynthia on May 10, 2007 at 3:10 AM | link to this | reply

cynthia

A good reminder. I try to read as much as I can about out history - to keep our ideals clearly in mind.

Be well,

-smartdog

posted by smartdog_670 on May 7, 2007 at 8:39 PM | link to this | reply

posted by Charnell_Lanay on May 6, 2007 at 5:15 PM | link to this | reply

What is the greater threat,Muslim fundamentalism or a growing "underclass"?

(I love squeezing headlines in like that).

The earnings gap, dwindling resources and changes in climatologic patterns will be the driving forces that reshape the "peoplescape" if you will. They become so because they are NOT under control (those factors under control cease to be drivers, ipso facto). Religious fundamentalism, clan or tribal affiliation, resurgent Russian centralism ("political fundamentalism"), all kinds of "clumping" are characteristic of times of perceived personal threat, and when groups collide, change occurs and heads get broken.