If manufacturing and industry is the goal, we’re possibly on the right track.  If the goal is viable life on Earth, a few changes are in order.  Natural rights encompass people and nature, because we are of The Creator, in whatever way each imagines Her/Him, It, or Cause-And-Effect.

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OFFICIAL PODCAST!

EcoJustice Radio and Gary McKinney talk about the Green Energy Transition & Sacred Sites in the year 2022..

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Perhaps the answer to Climate Change is a change in lifestyle rather than gimmicks to continue actions that promoted the problem.    https://www.treehugger.com/the-fuzzy-math-of-net-zero-under-attack-6503046?hid=4246be665c7c525806e26d15079d974213d256e7&did=831107-20220829&utm_campaign=treehugger-daily_newsletter&utm_source=treehugger&utm_medium=email&utm_content=082922&cid=831107&mid=95752766446                       —

In an MIT Technology Review article—titled “We must fundamentally rethink “net-zero” plans” and a subhead reading, “Corporate climate plans are too often a mix of fuzzy math, flawed assumptions, and wishful thinking”—journalist James Temple complains that many companies are planning to get to net-zero through shopping for offsets. “In other words, they can continue to emit planet-warming gases, so long as they pay someone else, somewhere else to make up for it,” wrote Temple. “And that’s where many of the problems arise.”–end oftreehugger info–

Capture by the Democratic branch of the R&D duopoly of what they call the Democratic Base, is a by-gone conclusion.  Less expressed is the same by the Republican branch of the D&R duopoly of rural voters often referred to as the Republican Base.  Both malevolent situations are emblematic of censorship and authority.

https://popularresistance.org/qa-how-rural-americas-assets-have-been-systematically-stripped-away/       — In the wake of the fiscal austerity agenda enacted by financial and political elites in the late 20th century, the vast majority of the wealth created in America’s countryside “has accrued to shareholders in corporations and financial institutions headquartered in a handful of distant, economically dynamic urban centers.” The financialization of the American economy, especially in those places furthest from economic hubs, can be extremely opaque.

The so-called “free-market revolution” and the more cutthroat version of capitalism that took hold in the 1970s and 1980s have a lot to do with it. Trade and investment treaties, deregulation, privatization of public-sector services, and government retrenchment or downsizing are all key aspects. When the public sector is eviscerated, people stop believing that government can help them, because they see that it can’t or won’t. They then become easy targets for anti-government, anti-regulation, pro-business demagogues.—end of popularresistance info–

In the Southern Tier of NYS some people watched with interest the collaboration between local politicians, news media, college bureaucrats, industry promoters, and lawyers who must have known better, run so-called news conferences to promote fracking, in a display that looked more nearly like a sales seminar devoid of SEC compliance.  

This was also a time when it appeared law enforcement, politicians, and lawyers were endorsing into public office, seemingly associated individuals in a revolving door of political-office exchange.  This may not be illegal, but should enjoy more transparency.

Portside raises a few of these topics—–https://portside.org/2022-08-28/insider-only-hiring-police-chiefs-may-violate-civil-rights-law-officials-say?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email    –Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., urged state and local officials to “address these pressing civil rights concerns” and lift “harmful policies that have only made it more difficult for women and people of color to take on leadership roles.”

Police unions and local elected officials often support these insider-only ordinances to reward veterans of the force for their service and to keep political allies close.

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Evidence doesn’t seem to exist that implies that influence by self-designated leaders has given us the best possible society, judged by reality.  

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!

Along with Climate Change, many people oppose the imperialism of the USA under control of the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Use of the wealth of our nation should be to enhance quality of life for We The People rather than for imperialism.  Some people vote accordingly.