Oh shit and more shit. Soon we will be swimming in our own shit. Thanks for the update. It is damn scary and makes one feel absolutely powerless.

Not powerless. We vote everyday with the choices we make concerning the food we buy, how many miles we drive vs. walk/bike/mass transit, the gas station we fill at, etc.

The simplest way to force change is to be a more informed consumer. It will make you powerful and lessen the fear.

And...

To expose myself as a complete sci/fi geek:

* I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

o Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

More practically - proof of consumer power:

BP gas station owners are switching brands as customers boycott: "It's either change or go out of business"

"Not powerless. We vote everyday with the choices we make concerning the food we buy, how many miles we drive vs. walk/bike/mass transit, the gas station we fill at, etc."

Yep, I am incredibly powerful, it's up to me who I will gift my power to. I shudder at the thought I might pay them top dollar to murder me, and murder my daughters too.

Thanks for the links and the simple effective solutions.

Thanks for the links, truly.

Not just links... you get my biting biting take on the content as well.

News aggregation is hard work. Thankfully reddit has lightened my load considerably these days.

ooof. but glad to get my ooof here.

Lots of good stuff here BBE. Keep up the good work.

I think that the first thing to do should be to stop the wars.

But what can be done?

In Afghanistan? How can they recruit people for that war? Who are the soldiers who are going there?

liked your comment on fear and your response to AWS. thx for the compilation here for those of us tht lost Reddit pwds or dont access webnews that often.

We have got to get away from our dependence on oil. Every developed nation has an energy policy except ours. Every president since Richard Nixon has talked about establishing a sensible energy policy. Every Congress and presidential administration has failed to do so. Tragic.