No time for sheep

A look at the morning Inbox demonstrates renewed faith in our capacity to massively surveil our planet's climate; reverse our economys' use of the planet as a repository for waste, and deciding that innovative sustainability, peace and cooperation are national security and humanity security imperatives.

Think of what we are doing to the planet as a giant cigarette injecting its toxic contents into our childrens' organs at an accelerated rate; compounding the results by altering global systems, "climate forcings;" and poisoning our children and their children while guaranteeing disasters not yet imagined.

Carbon energy extraction forces such as the Koch brothers; destructive tools such as Scott Walker; and the bigoted and hateful need to be opposed by people working just a little to save and civilize.

Give up nothing to save everything.

Sounds like a good political slogan.

Our country and our civilization cannot afford Republicans as a force in this world, nor Democratic Party sheep. Peacefully oppose.

Obama Hails High-Speed Rail

High-speed rail, a labor-intensive project proposed by President Barack Obama means jobs, helping the environment and achieving energy independence.

The Republicans are going to hate this idea.

From Brian Knowlton in the Times

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared to the rest of the world’s, remains a caboose....

'What we need, then, is a smart transportation system equal to the needs of the 21st century,' he said, 'a system that reduces travel times and increases mobility, a system that reduces congestion and boosts productivity, a system that reduces destructive emissions and creates jobs.'

And he added, 'There’s no reason why we can’t do this.'

Right on.

In Light of the GM Closings

Update: McCain-Bush Big Oil Giveaway Cost 2,600 Janesville Jobs

G.M. Closing 4 Plants in Shift From Trucks Toward Cars reads the NYT headline.

Do you think that the government picking up employee health care costs and gearing our economy into a sustainable-energy, alternative-fuel realm are good ideas now?

Dick Cheney and George Bush has their way, and it's not working.