oil and war

so when do you stop denying we're at peak oil?

key quote from this piece:

Demand is going up and I think there is a structural problem with the refining sector. There's higher demand for higher-quality products and refineries are simply not up to making those kinds of products.

= the easy oil has gone.

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so anyway, i wasn't going to bother with this but just in case anyone was thinking Obama is a real alternative, have a read. i guess i feel it's worth mentioning because someone in an email suggested that they would not vote Clinton if she got the nom, but didn't want the Repugs to win.

it pretty much jibes with my feelings about American politics. there is a war. it's not a squabble between two factions, and it can't be resolved by "reaching out" to the people who are crushing the constitution and working to enrich their paymasters.

i strongly endorse Edwards. he is not a revolutionary, not someone who i would choose if i were choosing. but he's the closest to it with a chance. and he understands, or seems to understand, that this is war.

i know that they are all beholden to corporate interests. yes, but some more, some less, yes? Clinton, for all she's painted as a big-money candidate, is better than any of the Repug candidates.

the choice is not between a progressive and a corporatist. it's between shades of bad. and we are not having a friendly chat after that choice is made. we are having a war. that's how America is.

if you value freedom, or if you actually like other people, you will not vote for any of the Repug choices. they are all much more horrible than Clinton, who is, possibly, the worst of the three front-running Dems.

so vote Democrat, whichever Democrat is on offer. vote to stop your country being run by the fascists, lunatics and theocrats who are currently vying with one another to prove they hate people the most. that is, after all, what "conservative" means in this context: it means war, religious persecution, antiliberal legislation, an end to welfare, the destruction of the good America. and if you vote in primaries, vote for someone who will fight. it's war, not a sunday school picnic. pick a leader who understands that.

posted by Dr Zen @ 3:01 pm