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SMH's avatar

Maybe it’s just me, but I still have a hard time

wrapping my head around the idea that a group of people are willing to pursue a course of action that is patently self destructive to such a degree that it could inadvertently precipitate a global calamity the likes of which the world has never seen.

But it is equally puzzling for me to watch allegedly conservative Republicans sit by and either ignore the problem completely or fail to grasp the scale of the firestorm that is rapidly approaching.

Have they never considered where this country would be had we not shut down the Keystone pipeline, eliminated oil and gas leasing on public land, and failed to continue to encourage fracking along with a host of emerging technologies that provide innovative ways of extracting fossil fuels.

Not to mention stopping the profligate spending that has characterized Washington for years.

I look at our current crop of politicians and wonder if they are all that stupid and shortsighted or so corrupt that nothing matters unless it directly benefits them.

I keep hoping that a bunch of our leaders will suddenly realize that this is madness and say “STOP”, and begin to lead us out of this nightmare. Just not sure that there is that much moral courage left in the political arena.

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Athena's avatar

I can have 50 emails in my inbox, and yours are by far the most valuable and the first ones I read. I appreciate the time you put in and value your insight. I’m really grateful for you.

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