http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwBc-GvFFM
In Chomsky’s eyes, education does not train you to think critically; rather, it teaches you how to obey.
Well, we already know that the GOP–some of whom are gunning for regime change in Syria–refuses to raise taxes on the wealthy to recoup for increased spending should we go to war. Who will have to suffer, then? Likely those who have already suffered the most the past decade: the working poor.
So yes, this video is obviously satire, but the group being satirized–Southern California Edison–is not, nor is its level of crazy. So incensed by the video Edison demanded that it be taken down immediately, saying:
“Specifically, the video, entitled Edison Hates Rooftop Solar, misrepresents itself as an Edison video and claims that Edison wants to “keep solar panels” off customers’ roofs through a “business plan” to “force” customers to buy “dirty energy” from “dirty power plants” that “poison poor communities.” The video claims that Edison is “spending big on Latino politicians” to make installing solar panels on customers’ roofs more expensive and discourage customers from installing solar panels.”
Suffice it to say that since you can watch the video now, no one has listened. Keep on keepin’ on, corporate dissenters.
Democrat Representative (and Vietnam vet) Jim McDermott: “It isn’t [Obama’s] army; it is the Army of the United States”.
No, we don’t need to alienate the innocent Katrinas and Ritas of the world by naming violent storm systems after them; we need to alienate the policy makers whose denial of human-helped climate change and refusal to take any steps to slow that only increase the rate and strength of these storms. Because if anyone knows how to destroy an entire region in one swath, it’s John Boehner.
