We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Network Nukes Boosters

from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Read how the corporate media "manufactures consent" for new government loan guarantees to corporations to build nuclear plants--sounds like "socialism" to me. Why don't they let the glorious market and private enterprise take care of this?! Ah, but it's part of a jobs program promised by the Obama administration. Silly me for questioning it. But then I notice the the Union of Concerned Scientists are also opposed to building more nuclear plants--see this--due to their enormous expense and cost over-runs. Maybe that is why the Obama administration is asking for loan guarantees for corporations.