A two-hour “teach-in” Monday afternoon prompted by the Wall Street protest produced an array of ideas from economists and their students about how to counter big-monied interests and nurture a more egalitarian society that values genuine wellbeing over raw growth.
The forum, organized by the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, drew more than 200 people to the Ira Allen Chapel and offered a mix of rousing rhetoric and lower-key policy-speak.
The presenters were all on the progressive/interventionist side of the ideological divide. Ardent proponents of free markets and less government were not on the dais. (Burlington Free Press, 10/25/2011)
Ever wonder why so many college graduates have not found jobs? Here we have the answer: this is the nonsense that they are being taught. Note also the time-honored Liberal practice of presenting one side of the issue. It reminds RedStateVT of going to a meeting years ago that was billed as "a discussion of the Patriot Act." Presenters included Colonel Bernie Sanders, a lawyer from the ACLU and progressive librarians. All were upset that the government could take a look at what terrorists were researching on computers in public libraries. When RedStateVT questioned the Colonel as to why there was no one taking the opposite side of the argument, the Colonel just shrugged.
Turn Up The Heat
For the clueless or cynical diehards who deny global warming, it’s getting awfully cold out there. The latest icy blast of reality comes from an eminent scientist whom the climate-change skeptics once lauded as one of their own. Richard Muller, a respected physicist at the University of California, Berkeley, used to dismiss alarmist climate research as being “polluted by political and activist frenzy.” Frustrated at what he considered shoddy science, Muller launched his own comprehensive study to set the record straight. Instead, the record set him straight. (Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, 10/25/2011)
In a shocking development, a scientist from UC Berkeley concludes that global warming is real. Wow, we didn't see that one coming! Muller reminds us of those seemingly random members of the public that the state-controlled media will often interview. They always explain that they USED to be Republicans until Bush invaded Iraq or Bush cut taxes for the rich or Bush committed some other heresy. Here's a tip for those former Republicans: you weren't ever REALLY a Republican. Meanwhile, check out www.Climatedepot.com for rebuttals to Muller.
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