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SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:16 PM Jan 2016

More than $1,000,000,000,000 – More than the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, CIA, NSA, FBI...

If that is not enough – there is not enough

Hillary says that ISIS is the biggest threat – She is delusional or a liar – FEAR – that is her game

Sanders understands that the biggest threat is our relationship to the environment – He is correct.

Air – climate change – and the 1000's of chemicals we pump into that stuff that you must have
Water – Lakes, rivers, streams, oceans – they are in trouble – 12 billion spent on bottled water?
Food – we have a system that is not sustainable -

Education, Healthcare, Housing, Income, Transportation, Energy... We must get these right.

We can not “fix” the world – but we can be an example of how to do all these thing right.

I will add to the list this – Relationships

Your relationship to yourself, to those you love, to those you work with – work for – and those who work for you -
Relations between organization – businesses – countries... All relationships

A country that directs it's education system toward “fixing” the problems in these areas will “win”.




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More than $1,000,000,000,000 – More than the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, CIA, NSA, FBI... (Original Post) SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 OP
Fear EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1
Hillary pushed Obama to topple Libya's Qaddafi---created space for ISIS amborin Jan 2016 #2
I think you're at the heart of the matter here. Ron Green Jan 2016 #3
Thank you - there are solutions SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #4
There's never been war she hasn't liked. JRLeft Jan 2016 #5
let us give her some credit - she does oppose the war on women. SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #6
neo-liberals thrive on war. nt LWolf Jan 2016 #7
Here's another one ... MIC ... the biggest bad boy recipient of them all...for profit. n/t libdem4life Jan 2016 #8
No support for Sanders in that group SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #9
Rephrase. All the others supposedly can't...these guys can and do. libdem4life Jan 2016 #10

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
1. Fear
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:19 PM
Jan 2016

Is the major driving force in US politics.

Once Americans overcome that America will get better almost immediately.

amborin

(16,631 posts)
2. Hillary pushed Obama to topple Libya's Qaddafi---created space for ISIS
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:23 PM
Jan 2016

Yes, Qaddafi was a monster--but we tolerate, even support, way worse monsters

Qaddafi had taken a turn toward the West

had billions in Libyan sovereign wealth funds that Wall Street wanted access to

With Libya in chaos, ISIS found a safe space

Same with Syria---yes Assad is a monster, but, again, we support way worse monsters

So Hillary pushed Obama to arm Syrian rebels....now ISIS has an even bigger space

Hillary learned NOTHING from her vote for the Iraq fiasco

Hillary is a NEO CON, a War Mongerer

As Bernie wisely noted: if you topple Assad or create chaos in Syria, what was your plan for the day after?

Were there democratic institutions in place already?

Was there a plan to deal with the ensuing chaos?

NOPE

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
3. I think you're at the heart of the matter here.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:33 PM
Jan 2016

The reason we've got to have Bernie and that we can't afford Hillary is that he can tell the Big Truth and she cannot.

Gar Alperovitz, David Korten, Gus Speth, Pope Francis, Wendell Berry, James Hansen, Lester Brown... and on and on. These are clear voices for how to continue life on this planet, but they're not going to be heard through a Clinton administration. The only hope for such a hearing and such plans, in my view, is to elect one who's not ambitious but who's come to this moment with a lifetime of integrity and a big vision.

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
4. Thank you - there are solutions
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:36 PM
Jan 2016

Who will give voice to those wise people that you have listed and many others

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
6. let us give her some credit - she does oppose the war on women.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:42 PM
Jan 2016

except those without healthcare - money for college - you know rest

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