A film for our times: The Civilian Conservation Corps

Are you an environmentalist? You should watch this film. Are you a minority? Watch this film. Are you concerned about our economy and joblessness? This film is for you. Does your family enjoy parks and hiking trails around the nation? Don’t miss this film. Do you think government interference is no damn good? This film might change your mind.

The parallels between the 1930’s - outlined as a foundation of the CCC story - and now are striking to say the least. The fathers and grandfathers of today’s anti-tax, anti-government crowd - laying awake nights worrying about a certain descent into Socialism - hated Roosevelt for creating the CCC.

This film- and several other things I’ve read and watched lately - have convinced me that Roosevelt saved the country in more ways than one. Had it not been for FDR, we would have very likely had another revolution, and real socialism would have been the result. Roosevelt - through the New Deal, Social Security, the WPA, CCC amd more - saved America’s wealthy from the fate they feared the most by giving people a safety net, dignity and a hand up.

This film is available on Netflix - we watched it as an instant download - or from PBS.

Betting on the come: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Here’s a ground breaking moment: The Nobel Committee awarding the top prize for what a person might achieve.

As much as we all love to love Obama, this really does fly in the face of past presidential Nobel Laureates such as Theodore Roosevelt, and Jimmy Carter. They’d actually done something big.  Former Vice President Al Gore got his Nobel for his heavy lifting on an environmental call to action … after he’d left office.

Perhaps the Nobel Committee is just so desparate for Obama to succeed ( aren’t we all?) that they’re hoping this will spur him to be just that man of great hope. At the end of the day, maybe this honor will enable him to distance himself from the lure of big contributors such as Goldman Sachs…

I say “Congratulations” but I’m going to still be holding my breath.

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Bill Moyers: the conscience of a country

NOTE: the link to the first video has gone, since the video was removed apparently, from youtube. I’m currently in process of downloading, processing and reuploading to youtube under First Amendment protection - for my readers right to know and be informed.

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This is one of the best interviews Bill Maher has ever done. Again, I wish Moyers had decided to run for office…

Moyers elegantly dissects how the Democratic party has, indeed, become the biggest impediment to reform in this country, and perhaps the most tragic player in it’s own demise.

You must watch this interview, and then make sure that all your friends and relatives watch it. Send them the links, please.

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