A response by me to this comment from TalkLeft…..

flyerhawk got a little aggravated and had this to say today:

I am utterly sick of hearing how the Democrats are going to lose in November.

If the Democrats lose in November they should be disbanded as a party and a new party should be formed. A party that isn’t determined to shoot itself in the groin rather than succeed.

Short of finding pictures of McCain with an Al Qaeda prostitute, what else exactly do the Democrats needs to convince themselves that they have all the advantage? Economy is in the toilet, war is unpopular and going nowhere, Bush has record low approval ratings while McCain is in full liplock with the guy, the world is begging for a Democrat to resurrect some sort of sane foreign policy. WHAT MORE DO WE NEED?

The only way that either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama don’t win in November is if emocrats turn their back on the party because they are pouting about their candidate losing. I say this with the full understanding that there is a reasonable chance of Hillary being the nominee. I may not be enamored of her but I will be voting for her NO MATTER WHAT!

Country over politics, people! Whatever virtues John McCain may have once had, have been coopted by his willingness to kowtow to the extreme Right that believes that the best solution to the Middle East is killing more Muslims, that the problem with Vietnam was that we didn’t kill ENOUGH Vietnamese, and that turning our enemies into glass is preferable to ever accepting even the slightest setback in our foreign policy objectives.

John McCain is NOT preferable to Barack Obama. John McCain is NOT preferable to Hillary Clinton. Not in any way. His LIBERAL positions are well to the right of both candidates. His pandering positions are downright frightening. He will hand off economic policy to guys that will make us wish for the days of Jude Wanniski.

I understand that politics are a passionate business. But don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. Your rights and the human rights of people around the world depend on that.

This ends my open thread rant.

I do agree with him absolutely, and more than that I have a solution to the big problem facing the Democratic Party at this juncture. Polls show the party split deeply enough that McSame could be a winner in November. Polls also show that large percentages of those who support Clinton will not support Obama and vice a versa. Further, the coattail theory Obama espouses is out the damn window.

Here’s my solution:

John Edwards for President.

At the time he left the race and the pollsters dropped him he was whippin’ McSame.

He had not alienated either Sister Beezlebub’s nor Senator SnakeOil’s supporters by what small amount of criticism he’d directed the candidates way.

He’s polls strong in the South. That’s a great advantage to have for a Democrat.

But most of all….

He an unite the party behind a populist platform and initiate the ‘transforming’ election the idiot Boys on the Blogz are always whining about.

I hereby declare the Bear Republican Action Group the kickoff site for:

Edwards for a Progressive President.

Here’s a nice poll for you to vote in. Unlike the frikin’ Committee of Three we practice our democracy here….and with a gotdamned small ‘d’ Kos.

Should the real netroots get behind an Edwards for President Campaign. 1) Hell Yes! 2) No! Kos would not like it. 3) No! ‘Duke’ Bowers would not be pleased.View Results Make your own poll

Say! This looks a little strange….

I’m confused, the world sends $billions in carbon tax to the China government that adds more U.S. coal carbon to the air, …what? Is “climate change” about “fed reserve” transfer to China & our business “partners”? Slick business!

 

 

“While there are some substantial differences between estimates from the set of models that appear to have the best forecasting ability,they agree that the magnitude of the increase is quite large relative to existing forecasts of Chinese CO2 emissions. To put the size of the increase in emissions in sharp perspective, it is several times larger than the decrease in emissions that is embodied in the Kyoto protocol.”

 

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China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions

 

by Harry Fuller, CNETNetworks, March 22nd, 2008

 

 

If you believe global warming’s a crock, this blog’s worth another good belly laugh. If you suspect that CO2 and other greenhouse gases could be altering the climate, then this there’s more evidence that the U.S. and China are plunging us into a climatic sauna.

 

A study published in “Ecological Economics” journal says that previous estimates of China’s CO2 output have been too low. “While there are some substantial differences between estimates from the set of models that appear to have the best forecasting ability,they agree that the magnitude of the increase is quite large relative to existing forecasts of Chinese CO2 emissions. To put the size of the increase in emissions in sharp perspective, it is several times larger than the decrease in emissions that is embodied in the Kyoto protocol. That is, the disagreement between the models is over how many times larger the increase is likely to be.”

 

The authors of the study did simply accept grand estimates from the Chinese government or monitoring agencies but used estimates of energy use and emissions output at the provincial level. And those numbers add up to a lot more than anybody has been admitting. Of course, a major source of China’s CO2 is burning coal for electricity. China is also in the midst of an on-going construction boom. In the U.S. constructionand building operations account for over half the energy used. Right now that figure could be even higher in China where the number of vehicles is still relatively small and very few homes have air conditioners.

 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=901

 

* Clean Air Performance Professionals (CAPP) supports a Smog Check inspection & repair audit, gasoline ethanol fuel cap and elimination of dual fuel CAFÉ credit to cut car impact over 50% in 1 year.

 

* Some folks believe ethanol in gasoline increases oil use and oil profit

 

* Ethanol uses lots of water

 

* A Smog Check audit would cut toxic car impact in ½ in 1 year. Chief Sherry Mehl, DCA/BAR, has never found out if what is broken on a Smog Check failed car gets fixed, never

 

* An ethanol waiver would stop a $1 billion Californiaoil refinery welfare program coming from the federal government @ $0.51 per gallon of ethanol used

 

* About 60,000 barrels per day of the oil used by cars is allowed by the “renewable fuel” CAFEcredit

 

 

CAPP contact: Charlie Peters (510) 537-1796 cappcharlie@earthlink.net

Thanks for this Charlie!

 

 

Congress will matter more as we now have a new branch of government: Supreme Court, Inc.

Yep, Bush the Hahvahd ‘CEO’ President, goin’ BK with the nation looks like but more about that later, has succeeded in one of the ‘conservative’ Reich Wing’s fondest dreams. He’s ‘corporatized’ the Supreme Court. Here is the opening para from the NYT:

The headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, located across from Lafayette Park in Washington, is a limestone structure that looks almost as majestic as the Supreme Court. The similarity is no coincidence: both buildings were designed by the same architect, Cass Gilbert. Lately, however, the affinities between the court and the chamber, a lavishly financed business-advocacy organization, seem to be more than just architectural. The Supreme Court term that ended last June was, by all measures, exceptionally good for American business. The chamber’s litigation center filed briefs in 15 cases and its side won in 13 of them — the highest percentage of victories in the center’s 30-year history. The current term, which ends this summer, has also been shaping up nicely for business interests.

Go on and read the whole disgusting thing. But remember one very important historical fact. The Supreme Court has been on the wrong side of the people’s’ will in the past, Slavery and the era of the railroad trusts come immediately to mind, and the nation never stopped in it’s inexorable march to being a more diverse and progressive nation.

We won’t stop now.

Lawrence Lessig Kicks off his ‘Change Congress’ Campaign

This is a long clip but given the desperate state we find ourselves in with the economy, the political process and the progressive movement fracturing I believe it worthwhile to take the time to listen to this man.