According to a recent poll from PIPA (Program on International Policy Attitudes), commissioned by the BBC, people world wide are ready and willing to pay more for energy supplies in order to combat climate change.
Once again the US is defining "leadership" as "dragging feet, kicking and screaming behind everyone else".
The true costs of oil are buried deep in huge military budgets and corporate welfare for the richest corporations in human history. Bottled water costs more.
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This is a press release they just sent out about the effort to undo the absurd idea that "corporations are people, my friend":
Corporal punishment in America’s public schools seems like a relic of the past — a practice we had surely banned long ago. The reality, however, is that it’s perfectly legal to physically discipline students as young as preschoolers in 19 states.
I'll have a post tomorrow about the Republican opposition to S-CHIP, a federally-funded health insurance program. While writing the post, a question occurred to me:
At the time of complicated economic and financial news, I am reminded that the economic system and the financial system are quite separate in this country.