You read in the news the historically low lake levels in the
west or the flooding in the Midwest as we head into hurricane season. Maybe we
get lucky this year and El nino floods the west’s lakes and lessens the impact
of hurricanes. Can we count on it?
No. You cannot count on anything with nature so you should
always be contingency planning and that is without even thinking about climate
change. Yet the short sightedness of our current political system is actually
destroying us. And I am not talking generally about a two party system, but our
current duopoly. And I do not care if you think I am beating the same ole drum
because until you wake up and hear it I will continue to pound. And because it
is this same duopoly that is destroying this country.
And all the people who still call themselves Republicans and
Democrats will say no it is the other party. Which is one of the biggest
aspects of the problem. The intense partisanship hate, finger pointing, yet
even more important the lack of either side to actually figure out solutions to
problems. So instead of finger pointing, stop for a moment and realize what has
my party actually done. If you are honest with yourself, and I know this is a
stretch because being honest with yourself is difficult, I struggle with it
too, then you will see how little is done for you. Yet right now let’s talk
about the country as a whole.
Starting 15-16 years ago I started writing ideas to alleviate
what is exactly happening to this country today. Forget climate change, just
think about things like an El Nino or other catastrophic climate events that
happen without climate change. And if you realize climate change is a
possibility then why weren’t you working hastily on alleviating some of the projected
problems. No, instead you sat around with your nose in the air and told us the
sky was falling and never created an umbrella. Complete silence on solutions or
as what I did, offer ideas to combat the disasters befalling us. Everyone said
quit pumping CO2 in the air and all will be well while watching the planet
continue to consume fossil fuels like it is candy. You needed more and sat
there and complained about the greed of the fossil fuel industry, which is
undeniably a problem, but never ever said until this stops what are we going to
do about potential disasters that existed even before potential climate change.
And others spoke of similar solutions, yet like me screaming
into a partisan divide so large that our voices couldn’t even reach the canyon
walls to even echo loud enough for the vast majority of the country to hear.
If you are a diehard Democrat or Republican you are part of
the problem and not the solution no matter what you continue to say to
yourself. We need new ideas, and at this point the ideas aren’t even new, they
aren’t heard.
So if you are one of the people that thinks Trump can fix
everything or one of the people who stick their nose up at the vast majority of
the country and lectures us like a jaded community college professor; you are
the problem. You have done more damage than you can imagine. And the vast majority
who get stuck believing in either party because they dominate the political
system get screwed by your ineptitude for public policy and general ability to
think.
So again and again I say this we need new parties, or people
in each party, I really don’t care, I just don’t see it in the duopoly to start
thinking. And not just thinking outside the box, just thinking.
Again starting fifteen or sixteen years ago, I started
proposing solutions with how to pay for it without just taxing us to death, yet
it fell upon death ears. And again others have offered similar solutions, even those
with greater credentials than me, yet the political earwax has clogged up the
system so bad no one hears. And if you are reading this on Tumblr, Wordpress or
Substack, the original blog is on blogspot or blogger. I started using the other
platforms over time so go find the original and it is in plain black and white
on your computer screen.
I feel for the vast majority of our country living with the
flooding or concern for lack of water or the high price of electricity and I
most emphatically put the blame on the duopoly lying to the people of this country
just to hold onto a false sense of power. Absolutely abominable what they are
doing to this country.
We can still rectify the problems if we can get past the
partisan madness being shoved down our throats.
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