“I’m calling on all Americans, Democrats and Republicans, to take a stand to defend the Arctic from future oil and gas drilling. If we’re going to subsidize any energy, it must be clean, renewable and respect the environment.” — Senator Mitch McConnell
In an stunning reversal, Senate Republicans have
The United States is still the wealthiest nation in the world — we’re far from broke. What’s broken, though, is the way we allocate our considerable national resources. Fixing that would put our economy back on track faster than any “supercommittee” rep could posture and bloviate on Fox News.
Here’s another must-see video from Annie Leonard at The Story of Stuff, this one called “The Story of Broke.”
I hope everyone will invest five minutes and check this out. Note how much of what she’s saying sounds like what we have been saying, e.g., factoids like this: