Towards a Green Future

I just read that in 2007, Livejournal was bought by an ally of Vladimir Putin. Great- a real defender of open speech, I'm sure.......ok, maybe nyet.

From my co-worker "Would you ever consider running as a Democrat?"

The answer: no.

I will support progressive democrats and greens, but I will not run as a democrat. Reasons are:

1. The party machinery (not necessarily candidates or the democratic grassroots) is addicted to special interest money and would not be warm to my idea of blocking out as much special interest money as possible from the electoral process.

2. I am in favor of instant runoff voting - which the democrats are not. It threatens their monopoly on power.

3. The US electorate needs more parties, more choices, and more accountability from their elected officials.

Class is starting.....adios!

If you look back a few months, I wrote that we would see more government bailouts- well here you go. Apparently, the government can bailout companies when they get in trouble, but not individuals. Because that would be........oh I don't know.......compassionate?

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Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- 7:21 PM ET
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Fed to Give A.I.G. $85 Billion Loan and Take 80% Stake

In an extraordinary turn, the Federal Reserve agreed Tuesday
to take a nearly 80 percent stake in the troubled giant
insurance company, the American International Group, in
exchange for an $85 billion loan.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na