http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/ "Journey Home" is a novel twenty years in the making. It is an adventure story wrapped in a philosophy about survival. Our heros venture through New Orleans praying for a steady gig and something to eat. There are links below to the book with comments en http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/04/08/freedom-from-oil.html First off anytime you consolidate (acquisition as well as mergers) you cripple the market place (Exxon/Mobil - the big telecoms, the financial sector, as well as media). It’s bad on behalf of business, it’s bad on behalf of democracy, it’s bad on behalf of America as well as its a blatant power grab. Big oil dug in like a tick blocks new technology through legislation as well as monopoly, as well as even places their minions into the Executive Branch (President & Vice President). That we find our selves mucking it up in the oil fields in Iraq isn’t a big surprise. That half of the voting population dropped on behalf of the saber rattling, bible thumping as well as jingoism is, but then again maybe that’s half of the population that knew damn right well what we were doing as well as was okay with it - at the end of all “drill baby drill” was their battle cry this past November. Entrepreneurship as well as the innovative spirit is not only the story of this country but the life blood of the markets. Anytime a business gets too big to fail is exactly the time the SEC as well as the FEDs should break it apart. Big oil needs to get out of the way if they aren’t going to get on board. Sending our boys as well as girls to die on behalf of their bonuses is down right evil. We can do better than that as well as should. Clean energy innovations are busting at the seams. A little seed money from the Feds diverted from antiquated defense weapons, the pentagon as well as the antiquated energy sector shall do the trick. People back to work upgrading our grid as well as infrastructure shall have employment opportunities on behalf of generations. We are on the verge of something big, long lasting, sustainable as well as equitable. Our politicians must be held accountable - either they are with us or against us…to coin a phrase. Paul Burke Author-Journey Home Freedom From Oil - Book Review Freedom From Oil - Take Action http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/04/08/freedom-from-oil.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:42:53 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/24/a-book-review-red-hot-lies-counter-point.html I stumbled into this article (linked below) of heavy breathing as well as patronizing rhetoric about how stupid as well as perverted the younger generation is to trust in melting ice caps as well as Global Warming as well as tossed off a letter to the newspaper that printed this shameful screed on our children. The phrase that jumped out at me is in quotes as well as in bold below - my response is as follows, the paper is the Hawaii Reporter. Whether they are printing this stuff to trigger response as well as readership isn’t debatable, whether they lack journalistic integrity isn’t debatable, whether they actually trust this stuff is worrisome. “…the political menace of the global warming issue…” - ——— is that pollution is bad (genius). Wherever you drop on the political spectrum all of us agree pollution is bad. We are operational around with traces of pesticides as well as pollutants in our blood stream. Dirty energy causes war - resource wars - there's one going on right now. If the US Government dumped half the money it spent on securing oil fields as well as subsidizing coal as well as oil - on natural gas, geothermal, wind, solar thermal as well as energy efficiency (40 miles per gallon) we could say good bye to the middle east as well as their problems. Right now oil as well as nuclear energy are the cause as well as the threat of global terrorism. We are in their countries taking their oil with our armies based on their land supporting un-elected kings as well as royalty who subjugate their people - damn right they are pissed off. It’s a power struggle people as well as we wouldn’t be there (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, as well as the surrounding countries) if it wasn’t on behalf of the oil. Who doesn’t get that? What are we so concerned about in Iran - nuclear power spinning off bombs - not to draw attention to the half-life of the nuclear waste as well as still - decades later no safe way to eliminate it - oil as well as nuclear power - thanks but no thanks - coal - forget about it - eliminating employment opportunities by blasting mountain tops clear off, as well as destroying Appalachia’s communities, water, air, natural beauty as well as potential tourist dollars. Dirty energy has outlived it’s usefulness. The powers that be require to recalibrate. The fight on behalf of their turf on Capital Hill is pulling down the economy at this an estimated all critical moment. But their is a light, a hope as well as it’s the ready now clean energy sector that shall deliver us safely into the future with high paying employment opportunities an upgraded as well as smart grid, as well as get our troops off foreign soil calming the locals down. You can’t blame the Americans if we’re not there. Innovation as well as the entrepreneurial spirit is what drives the markets as well as this country. The status quo is being beyond greedy not to graciously help open up the playing field on behalf of the good of the country, the economy, the markets, international relations as well as our health. The Status Quo in a word is un-American. Boo hooing over the fact they are on the wrong side of stewardship, innovation as well as common sense is to be expected. Don’t drop on behalf of their rhetoric as well as vote their representatives out of Congress. The future is knocking on the door - loudly. Only the blind can’t see it, only the greedy deny it. Paul Burke Author-Journey Home Clean Energy NOW A Book Review: Red Hot Lies http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/24/a-book-review-red-hot-lies-counter-point.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:08:53 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/voting-against-the-budget-and-what-it-means.html The powers that be are all heavily invested in dirty energy sources oil, coal as well as nuclear. They know their day of reckoning is coming as well as are fighting as hard as ever to hang onto their subsidies. Business doesn’t care about the health of the country or its citizens. It cares about it’s individual business plan. That’s why corporations manufacture lousy global or national managers as well as leaders. They shouldn’t be operational things because of the fact that their self interest runs counter to whats good on behalf of America or the Globe. We have to go back to public financing of elections, we have to dissolve the “corporation as person” laws as well as hold the board of directors responsible on behalf of their business decisions, pollution as well as market manipulation, as well as we have to heavily invest in the emerging green economy. It’s ironic that our way out of this mess is simply to do the right thing as well as reside sustainably as well as equitably. However the corrupt who have spent decades/centuries building as well as hanging onto power are not just going to roll over. We could be at the tipping point. We must continue to elect people without ties to the industries that are blocking the future innovation as well as entrepreneurial spirit that is the life blood of the markets, the country as well as the world. We still have a few old school relics in Congress as well as the Senate as well as we require to sweep them out. They are the ones voting against the new budget. They took money from dirty energy sources nuclear, coal as well as oil as well as those guys desire to retain their Federal subsidies. In 2006 on behalf of oil alone that number was 39 billion - damn right they are fighting tooth an nail against the new green technologies. Obama’s Budget Obamas Budget Action Page http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/voting-against-the-budget-and-what-it-means.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:20 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/colin-linden-easin-back-to-tennessee.html Colin Linden’s album (I love saying album instead of cd) Easin’ Back to Tennesse is a tour de-force of pickin’, slidin’, rockin’ as well as testifyin’. Largely acoustic blues it still has some electric edge to it as well as the song selections are well laid out. I can not espouse on this man or his extensive career, as well as I have only heard this one album. But I have to tell you if you love the acoustic guitar, if you love some great, tasteful pickin’ as well as if you don’t mind kicking on the electric from time to time as well as the blues well this album is on behalf of you. It has a little bit of everything including some wild lyrics. Go sample out at Colin’s site. You’ll become a fan fast! I highly recommend this disc to everyone! http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/colin-linden-easin-back-to-tennessee.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:57:06 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/why-do-i-do-it.html Why do I consistently pass on email alerts to my friends as well as family as well as those on facebook as well as myspace why? Everyday the lobbyist are up on capital hill looking out on behalf of their posses self interest…country first…I laughed out loud at those RNC political banners at the conventions. Reason sufficient right? Well here's the predominant reason as well as it underscores the industry first, profit first, mindset that has to change. “…Recent studies have found over 200 industrial chemicals in umbilical cord blood in U.S. fetuses, as well as nearly 300 chemicals in an estimated all adults. Cancer rates have increased 48% in the last fifty years, excluding cancers of the lung as well as stomach as well as changed on behalf of an aging population, according to the National Cancer Institute. Governmental environmental health policy is anemic, as well as the agencies that enforce it dysfunctional, though improving. Genetic distortion, birth defects, diabetes, early onset of puberty, ADHD, cancer, asthma, obesity, as well as myriad other health difficulties are associated with toxic industrial chemicals in everyday products. Women, children, people of color, industrial workers, as well as the poor are an estimated all vulnerable to these conditions. God’s Creation has no voice to protest its contamination except ours.” From the NCC Eco-Justice Web Site Speak up - what we dump into the oceans, air as well as food chain enter our body - we are all inter-connected with each other as well as everything - a healthy environment = healthy people = a healthy economy. Here’s wishing you a sustainable as well as equitable weekend! http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/19/why-do-i-do-it.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:34:00 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/11/sicko-movie-review.html I’m sorry but the backlash over this movie was ridiculous as well as uncalled on behalf of CNN’s Gupta is an ass. But man can the Status Quo whip up public opinion in a hurry. I ultimately watched the DVD last week. It’s readily available at NetFlix. Sicko is a compelling documentary that posses the question “why not” as well as offers a look - on behalf of numerous Americans a first time look - be honest - into alternative approaches to health care as well as our system in the USA. I love this country but special interest all clamoring at the end of our tax dollars as well as to preserve their business models as well as their special interest as well as their bottom lines makes one helluva mess on behalf of a health care system. What’s wrong with embracing the French as well as European as well as Canadian models? Don’t take it so personally the USA is not number one, so get over your petty fascination with being number one. I’d settle on behalf of fair as well as honest, clean as well as equitable. Number one what - classless war mongering, polluters? Why not honestly learn what works best world wide as well as learn from their as well as everyone elses including as well as especially our posses mistakes? The rules that apply to being a better person apply to being a better country. Why do we require to be held captive by a broken system because of the fact that a few people are making huge bucks? Doctors go into health care to help people not get country club memberships right…? How much money do they need? Lower the high end on malpractice awards as well as take down their insurance premiums. I don’t know how but apparently the same drugs we pay enormous prices on behalf of are free or cheaper overseas. Seems wrong to be screwing the tax payer when we are all just working stiffs propping up the economy as well as the guys at the top with their gas bills on behalf of their yachts. Go out as well as shop - how numerous times have we heard that - right? Take a look at this movie - it is not a pinko, socialist, threatening off the wall we are going to have to wear khakis documentary, but a matter of fact look at what is going on in the world. You might learn that one; you don’t have all of the information, as well as two; you don’t have all of the answers. Sicko is required viewing on behalf of all tax payers. http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/11/sicko-movie-review.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:13:09 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/12/the-tyranny-of-oil-and-vice-president-of-bullshit.html The Tyranny of Oil is a new book out you can read a review here as well as here. It’s all so true as well as so sad. I hope this country never puts anyone from Texas back in charge of the White House as well as Executive branch. Although Dick Cheney had his posses as yet unnamed branch of government “Vice President of Bullshit” I think is what it was called. Did you know Exxon/Mobil MADE money on the Valdez oil spill? “Country First” - that’s how morally bankrupt they are. Less than 5% of their profits go to new clean energy sources as well as an estimated all of that is in advertising. If we just stopped subsidizing big oil as well as big agriculture we could pump money back into education (lack of education=lack of opportunity=frustration as well as acts of violence) as well as take down the cost of health care. Ronald Regan their god even declared - “small business is the back bone of the country” - not big, monolithic, monopolies, incestuous as well as ultimately uncompetitive, as well as noncompeting. The big companies are an impediment to the entrepreneurial life blood that moves the country forward because of the fact that innovation not controlled by them or outside of their business model is a threat to their already bulging pocket books. Greed is killing this country as well as humans (some humans) are incapable of controlling themselves. Look at Madoff. He was already rich why did he jeopardize his freedom as well as liberty - to get the biggest yacht in the marina? It’s ridiculous, compulsive, obsessive behavior as well as we require laws to prevent it from bringing down the markets as well as a system of checks as well as balances to prevent it’s discovery before it’s too late. Big corporate america is the roadblock to inventiveness as well as genius without which we suffer stagnation as well as decline. Big corporate america conglomerates are in a word “bad” on behalf of the economy as well as un-American. What fascinates me the an estimated all are the kool-aid drinkers who worship at the feet of corporate america as if the so referred to as free markets shall just magically take care of us all. Don’t worry just sit back as well as relax, magically as well as unseen. Well the results are in as well as the so referred to as unregulated free markets have fallen flat on their greedy, hoarding faces. Meanwhile the kool-aid drinkers scream at liberals accusing them of doing what they do only substituting big corporate america on behalf of big government. Newsflash only kool-aid drinkers trust in some unseen power that takes care of everything. Liberals desire nothing of the sort. Liberals desire ethical behavior, a fair, equitable as well as sustainable playing field on behalf of our markets as well as our civil liberties. So far our elected politicians have been not in a position to deliver that. Maybe now that shall change. Liberals do not declare victory like politics is a game, but strive to effectively manage the politicians we elect as well as the country we reside in to reside up to our vision of an equitable as well as sustainable existence. Anything less than that is suicide with the kool-aid drinkers leading the way. Paul Burke Author-Journey Home Activist - Oil Change International http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/12/the-tyranny-of-oil-and-vice-president-of-bullshit.html Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:39:32 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/09/sarah-sarah-sarah-the-palin-blues.html I know Sarah that up in the “great state of Alaska” you don’t have numerous options as well as industry. But is the wholesale slaughter of wildlife really all you can muster to prop up your economy? Can’t you improve education as well as draw tech companies up to or help get citizens out of Alaska? You would think that such a beautiful state would be on the cutting edge of green technology, sustainability as well as promoting eco-tourisim. No such luck all Sarah has been able to come up with to generate income is slaughter animals in the name of money. Take a look at what she has done… Expanded Alaska’s aerial hunting program, whereby wolves are shot from the air or chased to exhaustion by airplanes before the pilot lands the plane as well as the gunner shoots the animals point-blank. Tried to offer a $150.00 bounty to hunters that could present the chopped off left foreleg of a wolf as well as introduced legislation to manufacture it easier to kill wolves. Opposed the listing of both Polar Bears as well as Cook Inlet Beluga Whales as threatened. Appointed an anti-wolf Board of Game, filled with old friends as well as like minded trophy hunters, who authorized state officials to kill wolf pups in their dens. Encouraged drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as well as a destructive mining operation in beautiful Bristol Bay. Questioned whether man-made fossil fuel emissions are responsible on behalf of global warming, defying worldwide scientific consensus. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah - they might look like the winning team but having a lot of money doesn’t manufacture them moral or right - how disappointing another sell out. Defenders of Wildlife http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/09/sarah-sarah-sarah-the-palin-blues.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:35:18 -0400 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/04/obamas-budget.html This is a repost from MoveOn.Org (no corporate sponsers) __________________________________________________________ The plan: 1. Makes a $634 billion down payment on fixing health care that shall go a long way toward paying on behalf of a more efficient, more affordable health care system that covers every single American.3 2. Reduces taxes on behalf of 95% of working Americans. And if your family makes less than $250,000, your taxes won’t go up one dime.4 3. Invests more than $100 billion in clean energy technology, creating millions of green employment opportunities that can never be outsourced.5 4. Brings our troops residence from Iraq on a firm timetable, ultimately bringing the war to a close—and freeing up an estimated ten billion dollars a month on behalf of domestic priorities.6 5. Reverses growing income inequality. The plan lets the Bush tax cuts on behalf of the wealthiest Americans expire as well as focuses on strengthening the middle class.7 6. Closes multi-billion-dollar tax loopholes on behalf of big oil companies. 8 7. Increases grants to help families pay on behalf of college—the largest increase ever.9 8. Halves the deficit by 2013. President Obama inherited a legacy of huge deficits as well as an economy in shambles, but his plan brings the deficit under control as soon as the economy begins to recover.10 9. Dramatically increases funding on behalf of the SEC as well as the CFTC—the agencies that police Wall Street.11 10. Tells it straight. For years, budgets have used accounting tricks to conceal the real costs of the wars in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts, as well as excessive number of other programs. Obama’s budget gets rid of the smokescreens as well as lays out what America’s priorities are, what they cost, as well as how we’re going to pay on behalf of them.12 ______________________________________________________ Turns out there are way more than 10 amazing things in Obama’s budget as well as we couldn’t resist sharing just a few more. 1. Stops unnecessary government subsidies to big banks, health insurance companies as well as big agribusinesses.13,14,15 2. Expands access to early childhood education as well as improves schools by investing in programs that manufacture sure every child has a qualified, strong teacher.16 3. Negotiates on behalf of better prescription drug prices using Medicaid’s tremendous bargaining power.17 4. Expands access to family planning on behalf of low-income women.18 5. Caps the pollution that causes global warming, as well as makes polluters pay to support clean energy innovation.19 ____________________________________________ Sources: 1. “Climate of Change,” The New York Times, February 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/opinion/27krugman.html?em 2. “Obama Calls His Budget Sweeping, Needed Change,” The New York Times, February 28, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51201&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=2 3. “Obama Offers Broad Plan to Revamp Health Care,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51202&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=3 4. “Obama Expects Fight Over $3.55 Trillion Budget Plan,” Bloomberg News, February 28, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51203&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=4 5. “Energy Budget Is Sunlight After Eight Years of Darkness,” Center on behalf of American Progress, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51204&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=5 6. “The Economic Cost of War in Iraq as well as Afghanistan,” The New York Times, March 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/weekinreview/01glanz.html 7. “Tax Cuts,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/washington/27web-tax.html 8. “Energy Budget Is Sunlight After Eight Years of Darkness,” Center on behalf of American Progress, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51204&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=6 9. “Student Loans,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/washington/27web-edu.html 10. “Obama unveils budget blueprint,” CNN, February 26, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/budget/ 11. “Obama budget would boost SEC, CFTC, FBI,” Reuters, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51205&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=7 12. “Obama’s budget,” Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51206&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=8 13. “Student Loans,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/washington/27web-edu.html 14. “Health Insurance Stocks Dive on Medicare Advantage Cuts,” The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51207&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=9 15. “Agriculture,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/washington/27web-agri.html 16. “Investing Wisely in Our Children,” Center on behalf of American Progress, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51208&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=10 17. “Obama Offers Broad Plan to Revamp Health Care,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51202&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=11 18. “Obama Offers Broad Plan to Revamp Health Care,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51202&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=12 19. “Setting ‘Green’ Goals,” The New York Times, February 26, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51209&id=15687-5844990-bvrNNgx&t=13 Move On is entirely funded by 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And their miniscule personnel ensures that small contributions go a long way. http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/04/obamas-budget.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:09:52 -0500 dcmaker http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/04/guantanamo-detainees-go-to-dallas-texas-and-casper-wyoming.html The Republican party paints themselves as fiscal conservatives of high moral fiber, who take personal responsibility on behalf of their actions. The gnashing of teeth over where the Guantanamo Bay detainees should go is pointless. The men who’s actions created Guantanamo should harbor the possibly resentful detainees in their posses town’s maximum security prisons. What’s the big deal Texas as well as Wyoming not tough sufficient to handle these guys? I doubt it! That Fox news is pushing on behalf of Brazil to take them is ridiculous. Where is your patriotism Fox news followers, broadcasters as well as CEO’s? Where is your sense of duty as well as patriotism? Bush as well as Cheney certainly the standard bearers on behalf of Republicans shall stand up as well as step up as well as be accounted on behalf of by declaring that the great state of Texas as well as the great state of Wyoming shall take them - right? This is a non issue on behalf of men of moral fiber, integrity as well as responsibility. I’m sure the citizens of these two great states agree! Guantanamo Detainees Go To Dallas, Texas as well as Casper, Wyoming http://dcmaker.freechipz.com/2009/03/04/guantanamo-detainees-go-to-dallas-texas-and-casper-wyoming.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:34:44 -0500 dcmaker