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The controversy with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales boils down to the supposed wall that exists between the AG and the President. The independence of the former has been a sore spot for Congress since Watergate. Sen. Arlen Specter has pointed out several times that safeguards were in place which were removed when Gonzales, a close friend of Bush, became AG after Ashcroft resigned.
This is just nonsense.
I thought I should include a link from here to a longer article on Energy Alternatives.
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=29519
This is my list of the key technologies I think we need to develope to make my home of Minnesota independant of energy imports.
The synopsis is a simple premise. Our politics is polluted by a lack of appropriate language. The shorthand we use to denote political thought and action is outdated, reflecting the struggles of generations long passed.
The old “left” and “right” are increasingly useless and diversionary, and they must be overcome. This change is not so much a “Third Wave” once-in-history kind of shift, but is a part of the ongoing saga of American history that is simply overdue by now.
“Politics” is a dirty word.
A common phrase in our world is that we “need to keep politics out” of a given situation. It seems to come from a noble intent, which is the desire to make rational decisions that are best for everyone. But what is it that we are trying to keep out?
Life these days is a constant “the Emperor has no clothes” situation.
The people who are supposedly in charge do not genuinely know much more than you do about the world and how it is spinning. They can guess at probabilities of success, but an honest assessment never precisely assures victory; that information has to be kept from the public when the cheerleading begins. If this is matched by a vainglorious bid to leverage the power a public position entails into something grander, we quickly reach the point where amateurs can do as well or better.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 