The ideological battles of the past century have finally yielded a winner: sophisticated fascism parading as managed democracy. Where I disagree with your analysis is its failure to adequately address the embrace of Putinism or managed democracy in, yes, the United States of America. The war on drugs has been a cloaked race war for more than a generation. No-knock, military-style police raids are becoming the norm. Surveillance by the state at all levels is increasingly invasive and pervasive. The fascist and racist practice of stop and frisk is employed to control the populations in major American cities . Both American political parties have become virtual criminal gangs beholden to special interest groups who shower their members with untold millions of dollars. I could go on, but you probably get my point. Have the elites in America embraced Putinism?
Tight oil and natural gas from hydraulic fracturing is fools gold. If the Bakken Oil Formation is any guide, the decline rate for these wells is extremely high, necessitating drilling hundreds of new wells on a regular basis to maintain production levels. The more important issue regarding fracking as far as I'm concerned is not using up scare water resources (although I agree it is important), it is its potential for contaminating aquifers in surrounding areas. And the problems we are discussing here today will only become more serious in the years ahead. To maintain production levels, oil companies are increasingly forced to look for oil and natural gas in places that pose extreme environmental risk. Deep-water oil wells in the Atlantic Ocean, the tar sands in Canada, and oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean are just three examples of what I'm talking about.
The frightening part of this story is that they DO mean it - literally. The national security apparatus is desperate to destroy Mr. Snowden's reputation and shut him up by any means necessary. Congressman Rogers opines that Snowden was probably working for the Russian FSB and then provides no proof of his allegation. If Mr. Snowden is smart, he will be very, very careful and watch his back. I am sure there are many people in the national security apparatus who are perfectly willing to eliminate this threat - even if it means doing it by extrajudicial means. The American deep state wants total control over everyone on this planet, and they are prepared to use death squads, black ops, drones, hits, or smears to get their way.
The ideological battles of the past century have finally yielded a winner: sophisticated fascism parading as managed democracy. Where I disagree with your analysis is its failure to adequately address the embrace of Putinism or managed democracy in, yes, the United States of America. The war on drugs has been a cloaked race war for more than a generation. No-knock, military-style police raids are becoming the norm. Surveillance by the state at all levels is increasingly invasive and pervasive. The fascist and racist practice of stop and frisk is employed to control the populations in major American cities . Both American political parties have become virtual criminal gangs beholden to special interest groups who shower their members with untold millions of dollars. I could go on, but you probably get my point. Have the elites in America embraced Putinism?
Tight oil and natural gas from hydraulic fracturing is fools gold. If the Bakken Oil Formation is any guide, the decline rate for these wells is extremely high, necessitating drilling hundreds of new wells on a regular basis to maintain production levels. The more important issue regarding fracking as far as I'm concerned is not using up scare water resources (although I agree it is important), it is its potential for contaminating aquifers in surrounding areas. And the problems we are discussing here today will only become more serious in the years ahead. To maintain production levels, oil companies are increasingly forced to look for oil and natural gas in places that pose extreme environmental risk. Deep-water oil wells in the Atlantic Ocean, the tar sands in Canada, and oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean are just three examples of what I'm talking about.
The frightening part of this story is that they DO mean it - literally. The national security apparatus is desperate to destroy Mr. Snowden's reputation and shut him up by any means necessary. Congressman Rogers opines that Snowden was probably working for the Russian FSB and then provides no proof of his allegation. If Mr. Snowden is smart, he will be very, very careful and watch his back. I am sure there are many people in the national security apparatus who are perfectly willing to eliminate this threat - even if it means doing it by extrajudicial means. The American deep state wants total control over everyone on this planet, and they are prepared to use death squads, black ops, drones, hits, or smears to get their way.