Active Citizenship Begins With An Envisioning Of

I Am For Police Function That Protects Citizens Of This Great Nation, Not A Police Function That Is Used To Terrorize Them.

Utilities Used Deregulation To Effect A Series Of Mergers Limiting Competition. In Order To Accelerate Profits, Cost Cutting Ensued, Involving The Layoff Of Thousands Of Utility Company Employees, Including Some Who Were Responsible For Maintenance Of Generation, Transmission, And Distribution Systems. A Number Of Investor-owned Utilities Stopped Investing In The Maintenance And Repair Of Their Own Equipment, And, Instead, Cut Costs To Enhance The Value Of Their Stock Rather Than Spending Money To Enhance The Value Of Their Service.

My Philosophy Comes From A Worldview That Looks At The World As One. It's A Holistic View That Sees The World As Interconnected And Interdependent And Integrated In So Many Different Ways, Which Informs My Politics.

If You Drill, There's Going To Be A Spill. It's Axiomatic.

The Patriot Act Allows Federal Agents To Look At Public And University Library Patron Circulation Records, Books Checked Out, Magazines Consulted, All Subject To Government Scrutiny. There Used To Be A Time In This Country When We Were Worried Whether Our Young People Knew How To Read. Now Some In Our Government Are More Worried That Government Agents Be Able To Find Out What People Are Reading.