Digby at Hullabaloo gets to the heart of what seems to be going on in the world:
"The big lesson of this past week of nuclear accidents and air strikes in the Middle East is obvious: we are entering a new phase of our ongoing energy crisis. With half of America now not believing in climate change and thinking everything can be solved with drill, baby, drill I'm not too optimistic. It's closely related to the plutocratic dominance of our political system and is the central issue of our time."
Bill McKibben elaborates in his post, Why Doesn't Congress give a damn about climate? Hint : It's Not the Messaging
"Among other truths made completely clear by the showdown in Wisconsin: the outsized role of the Koch brothers in American politics.""Charles and David, the third and fourth richest men in America, first gained notoriety this past fall, when a remarkable exposé by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker showed how they'd funded not only the Tea Party but also the hydra-headed campaign to undermine the science of global warming, all in the service of even more profit for their oil and gas business"....
"Those of us who work on climate change have spent years trying to figure out why Congress pays no attention to what's clearly the most dangerous issue facing the planet. For years we thought we simply needed to explain the crisis more skillfully. But over the last year, the truth has become more clear: Hidden in the shadows are the guys with money who pull the strings. We need to illuminate those shadows, with the Kochs and even more with the U.S. Chamber."
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