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The Power of Government

The power of government is the people.
This has always been so.

We are being told that money
is the power in our government.

Money is only powerful
because we the people have created,
promoted and allowed it to be so.
Money is a great means of exchange.

The power of government is the people.
We decide how money is used.

We know there is great disparity
between the rich and poor
in our country and all over the world.

We are the ones who
can change life for the better.
There is plenty for all.
We can change how things are
structured and distributed.

The power of government is in the people.
In the United States we have the power of voting.

WE ARE THE MAJORITY!

We can run for office.
We are the ones who have the power
to make a difference.

Do you remember the young man who stood
stopping the tank in Tiananmen Square?
Repressive governments
are most afraid of the power of the people.

Great power comes with great responsibility.
We now know we are responsible for climate change.

We are making our environment deadly.
This awareness brings us the most awesome responsibility.
We know better now and we can do better.

We have all the tools we need to have the greatest,
healthiest, most prosperous and joyous lives
humans have ever had on this planet.

President Obama has said that
if the same number of folks came out to vote
in the midterm elections
that came out in the general elections
the middle class would be enjoying
a solid majority in government,
rather than being swamped
by the worst conservative elements.

The ruling majority in the United States
continues to sleep during campaigns,
confusing its own real interests
with the cosmetic interests of the rich.

We’ve got it damn it, we’ve got it.
All we have to do is get out the vote.

UP, UP majority. Vote.Vote!

Vote for Democrats!

Make all government do the will of the people.

Support Obama in making voting mandatory!

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The Game Changer

From my clear mountain view I see a new game. People come here looking for refuge from crowded polluted cities and electromagnetic frequencies (EMF’s) and Fukushima radiated salmon that are making them sick.

Meanwhile the Koch brothers are spending, spending, spending to make the reality of climate change appear to be a myth. Imagine having so much money you could attempt to fool all the people all the time. The Koch brothers are trying to avoid their oil investments becoming worthless.

The Arabs are a little smarter and trying to get ahead of the game. They are selling off their oil at a loss. They don’t have to worry. They have plenty of solar sunshine for sale. There is enough sunshine in the Sahara to power all of Europe.

Wouldn’t it be great if the Koch brothers invested in solar instead of myths? Wouldn’t it be great if they worked with us to deepen democracy instead of against us?

The new game is about the true value of what is important to people: air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat; being able to afford the necessities for a healthy life for your family; feeling safe in your community; being able to educate your children. This is not too much to ask.

The old game has terrible consequences. Pew research tells us that since our Great Recession, black’s net worth is now 1/13 of white’s. Hispanic’s net worth is now 1/10 of whites. When all your wealth is tied up in your home, losing it to corrupt banks is devastating.

There are consequences of having an oppressive governor of Wisconsin and ignorant Southern senators. When young black men from Milwaukee move to where there are jobs, they come back to the drug filled Milwaukee ghetto after discovering they do not have the education to get hired.

A southern Senator said his Mississippi delta school which was rated inadequate was “Good enough for the workers.” One form of perpetual slavery is to have an uneducated populace. Uneducated people create poverty for all. People are our most valuable resource. Such slavery holdover thinking is the reason his beautiful state is one of the poorest in the nation. The new game is valuing the dynamic worth of every person on earth. The new game is investing in our most precious resource – the brilliance of our people.

Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela and Gandhi have shown us the way. We marched in Selma to give black people the right to vote. Folks today feel hopeless toward government. A vote seems like a useless thing. A vote like a drop of water may seem of little value, but when votes are gathered together they are mighty. We still have the right to vote. We must use that right and vote damn it Vote.

President Obama said that if the same number of folks came out to vote in the midterm election that voted in the general election, the middle class would be enjoying a solid majority in government instead of being swamped by the worst conservative elements of the GOP.

Ordinary people are the ruling majority in the United States. Don’t let the media separate us into groups. Laborers are beginning to wake up. Women, civil rights advocates and environmentalists need to join the laborers. Stop sleeping during campaigns confusing our own real interests with the selfish and frivolous interests of the rich. We’ve got the majority damn it, we’ve got it! All we have to do is run for office and get out the vote.

UP, UP majority. Vote. Vote! Vote for Democrats! Support Obama in making voting mandatory.

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Foundations of a Prosperous Peace

We call forward every person on earth to come together as one magnificent force.

Together we can move toward peace and life sustaining policies. The present state of our world requires an uplifting transformation of consciousness, an opening of our hearts and minds. Democracy is about cooperating to create policies which serve the highest good for all concerned.

We can do this. 

We propose the radical idea that sustaining life itself is our most important priority.  The first step in that effort is just compensation of workers for the investment of their entire lives in their work.  It is time we  give workers ownership of what they create and pay living wages.   This justice is the beginning step toward peace.  Deep peace ensures the climate of cooperation trust and brotherly love necessary to address our most challenging tasks. 

 We now have the tools to create life sustaining transformation.  Our growing awareness that we are all interconnected is a beginning step. Public policies which support life itself are essential.  Here are a few of the primary agendas for us to address together.

 Air, water, food, clothing and shelter in that order are essential to human existence.  We do not know how many humans our planet will sustain.  We only survive for minutes without air, and days without food or water.  Our planet is designed to naturally purify the air, water and soil through recycling.  Each of these basic components of life is now too contaminated to function properly. The earth is so desecrated that species are becoming extinct and life itself is threatened.  We do not know if we have already exceeded the limits for the continuation of life itself.  Together we can create policies which promote life.

 Bedrock is fundamental to our continued existence on earth.  Bedrock is what we stand upon and build upon.  Not long ago we thought nothing of blowing up bedrock with nuclear bomb explosions later realizing besides the environmental contamination, we were self destructing through changing the seismic pressures in the very bedrock of the earth creating earthquakes.  Scientific evidence now shows fracking is creating seismic pressures in the moving continental plates of the earth fracturing the thin layer of bedrock covering earth.  Scientific evidence now points to fracking as the cause of an increase in major earthquakes, irreversible toxic contamination of ground water, and the depletion of water needed for agriculture and human consumption. Protecting our bedrock is fundamental to life on earth.

 Atomic energy is not clean energy.  It is dangerous, destructive, and contaminating.  We do not know how to process or safely store toxic atomic waste which remains lethal for centuries.  Non-polluting energy sources are already available.  We must rapidly replace the energy gained from fracking, atomic energy and fossil fuels.  We need energy policies which promote life itself.

 These are a few of our great challenges. These challenges call for us to summon the greatness within ourselves. These challenges and many more are our opportunities to take a tremendous leap forward for all human kind.  We can through joining together with one another, unite our efforts to create a joyful life sustaining future for our children and ourselves beyond our wildest dreams.

Peace is the foundation and the result of facing our challenges.  Justly rewarding workers worldwide for the investment of their entire lives is the foundation of peace. Democracy today is the vehicle for us to unite our efforts as one to sustain life on earth.  No one of us is exempt from this task.  This is a call for every person on earth to come together as one magnificent force.

 We can do this.

 

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