Reality check, what is really going on at this moment.
Just looking over another diary from June 5th, about that little ol' problem climate change. . .you know, the one thing that is destined to destroy human civilization in the next 50 years or so. . .and I saw this quote,
"(Obama's policy of expanding coal and oil production) . . .continues to be staggering, given that the man is smart enough and aware enough to know what is actually happening."
and it really begs the question. . .what is really happening?
Is it all about picking your battles so that you can ensure continued victory?
Is it about a monolithic pundit villager mentality that seeks parity between the parties to maximize revenue under the sea change of post citizen's united U.S. politics?
Is it simply an insipid form of Chicago(esque) style Machiavellistic thought, (with just a dash of Malthus mixed in)
I believe that it is all three. . .
The reality of U.S. politics today is that, to do anything, a party has to be able to stay in power, and to stay in power, a party must act within acceptable political activities.
That means, in short:
1. Don't do anything real that will reduce U.S. CO2 emission to levels that might actually make a difference when it comes to Climate Change.
2. Don't allow any conversation about the actual socialization of necessary goods and services that would protect the public and necessary infrastructure. . .in fact, you should keep selling all the public infrastructure off to the highest bidder.
3. Ensure that no real regulations of banking practices takes effect.
4. Agree to massive social spending cuts and pretend that you are balancing that with military funding cuts that were already going to happen after the withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.
5. Continue to act as if the current tax rates are normal, that the wealthy deserve to be able to hide their wealth in offshore accounts and that raising the Social Security ceiling limit of $110,000 to $170,000 wouldn't create sufficient funding for the next several hundred years.
All this talk about saving the middle class while the Federal Reserve continues to buy bad mortgage-backed securities at 100 cents on the dollar. . .
its a big fucking scam