Jon Stewart skewered Hillary last night, showing her evolution of position on the role of voters in the Democratic primary system (from "the voters will decide--voters get to decide who wins" to a more recent "well, the voters play a part in the process (a very important part)"). And then there's the line that she has received more votes at the polls than any other candidate. This math works if you count of course Michigan (where Obama was not on the ballot), not to mention Florida. This sort of political expediency is what is driving a lot of us nuts.
But I refer you to my earlier post--what would have happened had Mr. Stewart been skewering her throughout the entire writers' strike? I don't know of course, and probably the answer is "not much."
And my fervent hope is that should she garner the nomination, that she beat McCain, and, most importantly, that whomever is president show some real leadership. It is a travesty that we are not even having a discussion, let alone moving toward solution, on vital issues such as global warming, Iraq, health care, the economy, etc. Global warming alone scares me, as I believe we are unleashing forces we do not understand, and may already be past the tipping point.
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Why waste time on the big issues when we can fill talk radio and cable news with the more sensational stuff?
When George Stephanopolous decided to waste America's time revisiting the "lapel pin" flap during the most recent Democratic debate, I was frustrated. But I was also reminded of the timelessness of great art.
Specifically, John Prine's 1971 Vietnam-driven lyrics popped back into my head:
"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."
Things move at such a dizzying pace now.
An example:
Using the ethanol-based fuel made from corn seemed like a good idea for barely one second, but the market place acted on it so quickly that the down-side of using corn for this process has quickly engulfed the planet in a world-wide food crisis.
Not only are people starving to death in far corners of the world, but we are seeing much, much higher food prices in our US grocery stores. Normally the US is insulated from the horrible results of such foolish policies. Most of the time we can furrow our brow, say that's awful, someone ought to do something, and switch the channel.
The fact that Sam's Club and Costco are rationing the amount of rice US consumers can buy makes one wonder what people who actally depend on rice as the main staple of their daily diet are doing?
To relate to your original post - I really feel that by the time humans wake up to a problem like global warming, then that means it is already past the tipping point.
Did you see the article in yesterday's paper saying that 70,000 years ago the human population was reduced to about 2,000 because of a severe draught? If we could come back from that, perhaps we might survive global warming after all!
To Barb's point on the rationing, and to tie it in to my original post title, The Daily Show noted that the limitation on rice purchases in the U.S. at various outlets was at four 50-pound bags (or, three more bags of rice than you've ever bought before in your life).
"Rationing" is not the right word for the limitations on rice purchase in the US. As per usual, American consumers have the opportunity to buy a zillion times more rice than those persons who might need it to stay alive.
I am not trying to say America is bad; just that we probably are not grateful enough for the bounty we do have - and that we should be cognizant that sharing the wealth would be the way to show that gratitude.
I am as guilty as anyone in not appreciating the good stuff, and not doing enough about the bad stuff.
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