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Now the right is crying about subsidies, tax breaks and incentives to promote the clean energy market. I mean how Un-American not to support research and development. But the game has always been to eliminate the competition. God-Forbid we move to a clean energy economy. Obviously that's in the general public's best interest. But for those crying about subsidies and tax incentives for the Clean Energy sector I would like to point out one thing:

THE OIL COMPANIES GET ENORMOUS SUBSIDIES AND ARE HUGELY PROFITABLE- THE TIMBER COMPANIES WOULD SHUT DOWN WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES. NUCLEAR WOULDN'T EXIST WITHOUT SUBSIDIES AND IS LINE TO GET A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAX PAYER DOLLARS INFUSED INTO ITS MARKET SECTOR.

Sorry for the caps but those with a political axe to grind are disingenuous at best. The moderates in the middle (that's the majority) know we don't have to raise taxes. All we have to do is say to those market sectors already receiving billions of tax payer dollars - you are loosing 15% and divert that money to the new clean energy sector.

For the far right they need to consult with the Pentagon - the largest solar thermal arrays are on Nellis Air force Base....WHY? BECAUSE ITS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. Sorry for the Caps, but the facts are well understood by those in charge. We are hugely vulnerable until we gain energy independence.

Another point - there is an abundance of energy - the dirty energy sector would like you to think its finite and that we must invade other countries or prop up dictators to keep the oil coming in from overseas. The net result of those attitudes and actions have given rise to Al Queda, and the needless bloodshed of our own and of innocent citizens world wide.



But physics teaches us that we are a wash in energy. We haven't learned how to convert it except by burning (coal, oil, uranium, gas) - there are plans (even the oil companies are working on) to promote algae as a combustible energy source.

The point is as long as we stay wedded to the past through fear and complacency, and the strength of the status quo fiercely protecting their unscrupulous business models, there's nothing ethical about monopolies or invading other countries, then we delay the future.

So if you are going to cry about subsidies - eliminate them all - if not - then I would say redirecting 15% of our tax dollars to these new emerging markets is more than reasonable and to spur on research and development is a wise choice.

Look Washington D.C. is just a huge distribution center. The money comes in from taxes. The powers that be squabble like stuffed pigs over that huge pot of gold and to rig the laws in their favor. That's our system for better or worse.

Play politics all day long if you want but there is serious work to be done by serious people with serious issues. All the other stuff is window dressing to manipulate the popular vote, to divide and conquer and to stay in power.

One other point as we transition from a dirty energy smoke stack energy sector based on last century technologies - people will have to transition out of those jobs. Maybe they will become doctors, nurses or green tech engineers, maybe they will update the grid and run the transmission lines. The day and age where you had one job for your entire life ended decades ago. It forces people to continue with education. If you are a survivor you will figure it out.

The United States is already behind the curve in regards to this emerging market. China, India and Western Europe are leading the way. It would be wise to divert our tax dollars away from the antiquated technologies of the past and into the future. But if you are the Status Quo or stock holder you will fight kicking and screaming and we will have to drag you into the future.

It's UN-American that the Status quo is so selfish when they ask our sons and daughters to die to prop up their business models, but in the end you can't stop progress.



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Health Care, Choice and Single Issue Voters

Single issue voters are killing cooperation. If your religion teaches you abortion is wrong you are free not to get one. Religion is a belief it is not a fact other people, other cultures have different beliefs, and there are those who hold self - determination higher than any religion, government, or giving into an unplanned situation pregnancy or otherwise. Some even think that a molecule smaller than a thumbnail isn't a human being at all and that the soul doesn't fully enter into the human being until well after birth. These are beliefs not facts. In order to "GOVERN" a huge country with so many different people each one with their slightly different perspective on life based on their own personal experience the government needs to ensure that all people are free to self determination.

No one sets out to have an abortion, but the circumstance one finds oneself in may make it the most sensible decision. You don't compound a bad decision by making another one. Unwanted children fill our jails and streets, face abuse and prostitution, starvation and the lack of love. We have been given brains, and free will to "MANAGE" our life and our world. We are not supposed to passively shrug our shoulders and go oh well about anything AND we are to learn from our mistakes.

Making abortion illegal will only send our daughters into unsafe alleyways, and unscrupulous hands. Women have for centuries had abortions. That is a "fact" of life. Outlawing it won't stop it. Has prohibition on anything ever done anything but give rise to violence, opportunists, and lawlessness?

The only christian thing to do is provide and care, nurture and EDUCATE our children about birth control so they don't end up in that situation and confronted with that unwanted choice. Carrying a baby to full term and giving it away after the mother and child bond has been cemented over 9 months and through birthing is more cruel than preventing it from happening in the first place. Giving birth to a disabled child is a kin to placing the soul in a jail unable to express itself malfunctioning, and with a sick body filled with pain. Compassion is a great thing and comes in many forms. Unhinged frenzy in the name of undeveloped cells pales in comparison to turning a blind eye to all the cruelties that already exist in the world, being whipped into a violent frenzy over politics, forcing your beliefs on other people, not caring about the children of Darfur, or the killing of doctors.

For the record not every sperm is sacred its a function of microbiology that "may" lead to Hitler or Gandhi. Its all about the Choices we make - Choice is what creation has given us, and Choice should be protected.

You are free to disagree of course and isn't that wonderful and personal. The Choice is yours and that may be the way God planned it...or to put it another way butt out it's none of your business.

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Stop The Junk Mail

We have to consume less. That's the bottom line. We have to figure out how to convert the abundant energy resources around us instead of relying on 100 year old technologies that continue to pollute the planet. Nuclear power is a cancer waiting to happen for those who work and live around the plants. Nuclear waste is a disaster of epic proportions with no safe way of storing or recycling the waste.

What can I do as an individual to help. Besides being involved in movement politics your spending habits can be altered, your investment habits can be altered and you can control your own household and lifestyle. Changing a few light bulbs is good but did you know you can stop your junk mail? The amount of carbon released into the air will be curtailed and the destruction of trees will be reduced. Take the time to make these slight changes and encourage everyone you meet they do make a difference.

So if YOU are ready to make that difference and YOU are sick of junk mail and sick of tearing down forests for paper, transporting that paper to your mail box, and throwing that paper in the trash - in other words cutting down the forests to put in the trash cans - then Stop YOUR Junk Mail Here!

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