There is no doubt that the United States is headed away from the most important experiment with democracy in the history of humankind, and its government of, by, and for the people.
But what happens next? Does this country become just another banana republic? I doubt it.
Will we ultimately be the force that enables the fossil fuel industry to bake our home planet?
Again, I doubt it. I believe that Americans, despite our massive ignorance due to our crumbling educational system, will eventually turn this disaster around.
It’s heartening to know that the illegal and purposeless war in Iran is deeply unpopular with Trump’s base.
Maybe there’s hope.
The people at Allegiance Flags announce: Our best-selling 3×5 American Flag is made right here in the USA and will be the perfect addition to your home!
A reader adds:
Adding 2-3 extra stars to the flag will sell so many more flags! I’ll buy one, once we get two – three new states!
It’s hard to know what this guy is trying to say.
If Texas secedes the union, we’ll have one fewer state.
If California splits in half, we’ll have one more, not two or three.
I suppose he’s talking about military intervention into Canada, Greenland, and Cuba.
We’re a pariah nation, rightfully despised by the rest of the developed world.
My Republican mother used to ask me about Greta Thunberg, “Since when has a 15-year-old girl become an expert on climate science?’
“She not,” I would reply, “She’s a political activist who trusts what scientists are telling us over what the oil companies say. Whose accounts on this matter do you trust, and why?”
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