Todd,
I think that for the most part, it is just going to be a matter of
agreeing
to disagree about Politics and those that make a living from it.
OTOH, I think that for the most part, we do agree for the most that
something needs to be done about world energy practice, although, I
believe
that the way it needs to be done starts falling into the realm of
politics.
Your idea of a " global Marshal Plan on energy " has merit, the problem is
that the maximum number of terms that a person may be President of the US,
puts a damper on it. Someone that is in office for only a maximum of 8
years, is only looking to do the best they can for those 8 years, because
sure a there are little green apples, the next man in, is most likely
going
to change things.
For the idea to have a global Marshal Plan on energy for 16 to 20 years,
means it would have to be a law from congress, and few people their would
be
willing to gamble with any presidential ambitions that they may have,
although a few would rather stay in congress where they think that they
can
make a long term difference. The one real chance for a global Marshal
Plan on energy, would be to vote a majority of congressional members into
office, that would not care if they served a second term of not, because I
don't think that most Americans would like the results, and would vote
them
out the next election.
Should a energy Marshal Plan like law pass, the thing that you would then
have to worry about then is Big Oil and those that benefit from Big Oil (
farmers that rely on the fertilizer that oil is used for, the workers that
work for companies that rely on oil to produce the products and so on )
taking the global energy Marshal Plan law to court, calling it
unconstitutional, discriminatory, ect...
While wanting everyone to have there oars in the water, is nice, I think
that there are just too many people in the world with differing opinions,
to
come to a world wide consensus. To many people want the walls and
division, it makes them feel special. To touch lightly on politics,
people like Jessie Jackson appears to like building walls, were as Marten
L.
King wanted to tear them down.
Greg H.
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Well Greg, if it's precision you want, let's be precisely that.
We both know that no administration has ever cut back "human gathered
intelligence" to the point of being "virtually nonexistant" as you would
like to believe or have others believe of any particular admin.
And let's also take note that the "darned good intelligence" that Mr.
Bush
claimed to be operating under was entirely falacious. Much of it was
proven
so well before the first bomb was dropped, leaving no other conclusion to
be
drawn but that fabrication and mis-representation of "intelligence" was
the
order of the day - perhaps not the only order, but certainly one that
cast
an enormous shadow.
Being absolutely in error is not something too many people would tout so
highly or put on their resume. Which brings a person to one of your other
points - that of the sanity of those who would be king. Most who would
strive for such office believe that the job can be done and done well, to
the betterment of all peoples. Unfortunately, simply believing something
doesn't make it so.
I have little doubt that in George's mind he believed himself to be
capable
and probably still believes it. Either that or he was pumped up over time
into believing it. But nearly four years of wreckless abandon is proof
enough to the contrary.
No one says that all the world's ills will be resolved overnight by a
changing of the guard. It takes an enormous amount of time and space to
turn
a ship of state around. But what is necessary at this very moment is for
someone to throw out the sea anchor or start yielding to red lights
before
this ship of state runs completely aground.
My personal opinion is that a global Marshal Plan on energy for a period
of
four or five consecutive presidential terms is about the only thing that
will unite not only a country but a planet of countries. Focusing on
commonality and everyone having equal cause to put their oars in the
water
is a far better method of achieving positive ends than is drawing
division
and building walls.
Todd Swearingen
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