Sustainability

We Have Met The Enemy and He is Us
(from “Pogo” by Walt Kelly)

As reported on National Public Radio two days ago, a gentleman was interviewed from a county in Virginia that went heavily for McCain in last November's presidential election. Obama was going to this particular region of the country to explain his health care proposal.

This man had lost his job and was now unemployed. His two children were on Medicaid. When asked if he would support President Obama's health care plan he said no. He said it would just help those “minorities.”

Right now a conflict exists between food supply and development, and malnutrition is increasing.

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
(G.K. Chesterton, English author 1874-1936)

How strange it is that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
(Ann Radcliffe, 1764)

When the uber-rich are heavily taxed, economies prosper and wages for working people steadily rise. When taxes are cut for the rich, working people suffer and economies turn into casinos.
(Thom Hartmann, author)

The Amazon has become a critical battleground over the direction of economic and human development. The connections extend to Houston, Bejing, New York and beyond. It ultimately becomes our concern.

We could wait for another 60 years for health care reform if we let a few feckless Democrats stand in the way. Don't.

It could be called the CES Road Show. This past Friday at the World War I Museum here in Kansas City, the political, military, and science communities came together in a forum to discuss the interconnectedness of climate change, energy requirements, and national security.

Nina Jablonski, paleontologist and primatologist, gives an intriguing talk on human skin color and the power of evolution, while at the same time touching on “race,” a particular human obsession which, as we well know, frequently has little to do with scientific truth. Go to Pigmentation.

Our satirists once again have the pulse of the people. The Colbert Report knows.

It just keeps on giving in America. We now understand where our competitive genius and innovative spirit comes from--Goldman Sachs and.... Go to Deep Thinkers.