“The next president must be more Lincoln and FDR than Obama or Clinton.
“Both Lincoln and FDR asserted powers that rush right into the realm of tyranny or dictatorship – to the dismay of both conservatives and liberals.
“The threats they faced required, and in fact demanded it.
“The first step must be to articulate the brutal truth of the threat we face and to name those responsible.
“The next president must be a radical relative to the centrism and tyranny of the system.”
“Can’t see nothin’ in front of me
Can’t see nothin’ coming up behind
Make my way through this darkness
I can’t feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far I’ve gone
How far I’ve gone, how high I’ve climbed
On my back’s a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile of line
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight…”
— Bruce Springsteen, The rising.
A few weeks ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger said that as the energy companies have known for decades about the effects of their product on the environment, they are guilty of murder, and a set of interconnected crimes.
He’s correct but does not go far enough.
They are guilty of ecocide which should be a crime against humanity and should land…
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