One awaits a discussion on the topic of the difference between capitalism and communism as effects We The People.

C-Span hosted a discussion with Gene Dodaro previously.  https://www.c-span.org/video/?525768-4/washington-journal-gene-dodaro-discusses-coronavirus-spending-oversight      —

FEBRUARY 6, 2023  | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 02/06/2023

Washington Journal

Gene Dodaro on Coronavirus Spending Oversight

Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene Dodaro the GAO’s examination of coronavirus spending.–end of c-span info–

This was an interesting discussion from a guest who seemed inculcated into Establishment presentation.  At about 9:05AM Mr. Dodaro said the first responsibility of government is defense.  

We need to decide on the definition of defense.  Some people have interest in actual national security.  Instead the military, Pentagon, and phenomenal funding seem used for the USA to act as world law enforcement.  This causes war and illimitable death of local-community people.  Americans meanwhile seem placed in greater risk by these actions called defense.  Also actual situations causing harm, death, and destruction within US borders, are ignored or exacerbated for the profiteering of hierarchical Estblishment.

We need to discuss this idea more thoroughly.

From MRonline —  https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=f4e60e53e1         —

Former Israeli PM Bennett says U.S. ‘blocked’ his attempts at a Russia-Ukraine peace deal 

Socialism is increasingly popular in the U.S. So the House of Representatives denounces it

–end of mronline info–

C-Span hosted a call-in conversation about the State-of-The-Union speech yesterday.

C-Span–7:55AM–caller–about US Chips manufacturing decrease–paraphrase–Biden was in office during this decrease from #1 to #13.  (Wasn’t the Obama/Biden Administration “fast-tracking” TPP?  TPP included language that violated human and environmental rights in favor of multi-national corporations)

C0Span–9:20AM–caller–paraphrase–I wish I didn’t have to come after the Trump video.  He’s spreading fear.  (Fear is the approach used by the D&R duopoly to control We The People.  In one person’s critique, Trump’s video was typically repulsive)

C-Span–9:31AM–email read on air–paraphrase–How can we trust the Republicans that they won’t touch Social Security when that’s what they said about reproductive rights?  (And there’s George Santos to explain)

By the way, many Americans are protective of Social Security.  Social Security is as socialist as is the economics of the military.  

Worker-owned business seems more nearly supportive of free enterprise than does hierarchical capitalism.–

https://portside.org/2023-02-07/how-worker-ownership-builds-community-wealth-and-more-just-society?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email        —

Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.–end of portside info–

So how is the government treating local communities?–

https://twitter.com/PublicCitizenTX/status/1622716898868690954        —NEW from PSR: Frackers in Texas used another 3 million tons of potentially toxic chemicals that remain unidentified because state rules allow the industry to hide them from the public, the analysis found. Read the full report here: http://buff.ly/3HYVgXw

–end of psr info—

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-fire-tuesday/index.html      –The train, which partially derailed Friday, had more than 100 cars. About 20 of those cars were carrying hazardous materials, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.

“There have been no reports of significant injuries – either in the initial derailment or in the controlled detonation last night,” Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson said Tuesday.

–end of cnn info–

From delawareriverkeeper.org–  Submit a comment if you wish  —  https://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/node/7019/                –The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) is taking comments on an application by a company to transport ethane in rail cars. This is not currently allowed due to public safety issues, similar to the hazards posed by liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains (a.k.a. “bomb trains”). 

–end of delawarriverkeeper info–

Hmm….when an Upstate NY LNG-careful advocate called trucks “bomb trucks” because they were mingled on public roads along with ambulances, school buses, teen drivers, and parents driving to the grocery store, said advocate was warned by local law enforcement that he could be deemed a “domestic terrorist” which carries significant penalties such are faced by environmentalists at the Atlanta forest.

https://twitter.com/johnjspink/status/1622589214838620160                   —WATCH: Multi-jurisdictional SWAT operation now happening at Atlanta’s new public safety training center – https://tinyurl.com/2p83dep7 #Atlanta

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-activist-killed-cops-atlanta-cop-city-protest/story?id=96926634        –“Killing a person who was sleeping in a forest doesn’t make sense to me. We are living a horror,” said Teran’s mother, Belkis Teran, adding that she does not believe her son fired a gun at police.

–end abcnews info–

https://popularresistance.org/training-center-permit-challenged-by-its-own-review-committee-member-another-quits-over-protester-killing/    —Atlanta, Georgia – The Atlanta public safety training center’s land disturbance permit (LDP) is being challenged by a member of the project’s own review committee, and another member has resigned in outrage over the police killing of a protester at the site.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond just days ago publicly praised the project’s Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) as ensuring ongoing citizen input into the controversial plan, with Thurmond claiming it was “speaking truth to power.” Neither said that one citizen had already quit and they did not see the other member’s rebuke coming in the form of an appeal.

–end of popularresistance info–

From Rema Loeb and included in Solidarity  —   https://www.facebook.com/rema.loeb/posts/pfbid02zTeEhXR5Wrxk6j9ZnY4KVgAaTJS1sop8U9uZDN1MFUzMMWEYGPHoZTqmrpTsMd2el           –https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity/?fbclid=IwAR13AiNds_lhajEZg_dY7oOdWtEvlAn2I-b30lhnw6Yxkomzi7oTdSHxv8I   —

On January 18, in the course of their latest militarized raid on the forest, police in Atlanta shot and killed a person. This is only the most recent of a series of violent police retaliations against the movement. The official narrative is that Cop City is necessary to make Atlanta “safe,” but this brutal killing reveals what they mean when they use that word

.–end of remaloeb info–

Forests are a precious resource and should be treated as such  —  https://earthjustice.org/features/tongass-old-growth-climate-change?ms=email&utm_source=crm&utm_medium=email&utm_term=action&utm_campaign=2302_Info_Tongass_Victory&utm_content=HTMLTakeActionButton1&contactdata=R75ABzotp9k83J6QY1l9L0KHJqoMhGelvWGErcdUiL9HBbzHP0MOLxQn3v%2bAYTvnTNjHIGD%2fVuJwCQCVkXNey%2fX65KfVynUfo%2fULTLkdm%2b0%2fhT6LnEsOqiX4ROZPdTcoR0RhQWjnn%2fAo3WVjmmxghtA0KJ9htB1V3WNx%2bSQOhYsAjJJKDXgdcuCXwVfh%2bEqWwZhqG9i8GTqipK%2bmxLU%2bEsvH4il5JYCJ7rV0D6ilxlWT6T6YrRNpKPOJv38n9G1OI71x%2bsjMPIfOs%2bKFp1nW6g%3d%3d&emci=33d63c89-26a0-ed11-994c-00224832eb73&emdi=112fdcd7-b4a7-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&ceid=1816532     —

Earthjustice is defending the Tongass National Forest, a key weapon in fighting climate change.

==end of earthjustice info–Earethjustice was a key advocate during the NYS fracking-ban effort and has earned trust from many people.

https://twitter.com/Native3rd/status/1622762037368524800       –“Religion is for people who’re afraid of going to hell.

Spirituality is for those who’ve already been there. ” — Vine Deloria, Standing Rock (Lakota) Nation.

–end of tweet—–

From ecowatch  —  https://mailchi.mp/ecowatch/vacuuming-animal-dna-wild-bears-consuming-human-junk-food-2021-ocean-temps-warmest-on-record-musicians-embracing-sustainability-380069?e=d4966762a5                    —

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the Earth.” — Henry David Thoreau

3.4 Million Adults in U.S. Were Displaced by Extreme Weather Last Year: Census Bureau Survey

54% of New Electric-Generating Capacity in U.S. Will Be Solar in 2023, EIA Says

Single-Use Plastic Production Surged in 2021, Despite Growing Awareness of Environmental Impact

–end of ecowatch info–

From Lee Camp on the topic of rogue nations  —

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIySlg_-a1E   —

10 Ways The US Is Out Of Line With The Entire World

–end of leecamp info–

Who knew there was a bureaucratic term for this?  Apparently Emily Dickinson did.  —  https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Auto+de+f%C3%A9            —

au·to-da-fé

  (ô′tō-də-fā′, ou′tō-)

n.pl.au·tos-da-fé(ô′tōz-, ou′tōz-)

1. Publicannouncement of thesentencesimposed by theInquisition.

2. Thepublicexecution of thosesentences by secularauthorities,especially by burning at thestake.

–end of thefreedictionary definition—

So practice on the locals preceded the spread to the colonies, officially speaking.

https://rainingpoetry.com/Two-Worlds-by-Emily-Dickinson/      —PoemsEmily Dickinson

Two Worlds

It makes no difference abroad,
The seasons fit the same,
The mornings blossom into noons,
And split their pods of flame.

Wildflowers kindle in the woods,
The brooks brag all the day;
No blackbird bates his jargoning
For passing Calvary.

Auto-da-fé and judgment
Are nothing to the bee;
His separation from his rose
To him seems misery.

–end of rainingpoetry info–

So it raises the thought of which world is profane and which is sacred.  Just a thought…..

****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!