Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Clean Coal? Bullshit!

This article and slideshow shows some of the mess left in our country from strip mining in regions like West Virginia.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

This is the Next American Revolution

A recent article from Common Dreams quoted Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, 93, a long-time Detroit political and labor activist, author, and philosopher.

"We are at a stage in human history that is as monumental as changing from a hunter/gatherer society to an agricultural society and from an agricultural society to and industrial society. Where we're headed now will be different because we have exhausted planetary space and human space for us to continue to look at things through the Cartesian measurement of material things. We need to face the way we used the world for our gains, pleasures, satisfactions. This is the way we evolve to a higher stage of humanity. And unless we want to live in terror for the rest of our lives, we need to change our view about acquiring things. We have the opportunity to take a great leap forward in these very challenging times. We need to change our institutions and ourselves. We need to seize opportunities. We need to launch our imaginations beyond the thinking of the past. We need to discern who we are and expand on our humanness and sacredness. That's how we change the world, which happens because WE will be the change"