Comments on: Obama and Democrats Win: Now what? http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/11/05/obama-and-democrats-win-now-what/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Against Fake Empire and Beyond False Solutions « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/11/05/obama-and-democrats-win-now-what/#comment-68933 Against Fake Empire and Beyond False Solutions « It’s Getting Hot In Here Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:08:12 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=6923#comment-68933 [...] But the question remains: where do we go from here? What now? [...] [...] But the question remains: where do we go from here? What now? [...]

]]> By: Ben Pachano http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/11/05/obama-and-democrats-win-now-what/#comment-68918 Ben Pachano Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:36:34 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=6923#comment-68918 Nice post, Matt. In addition, Obama and the Democrats are big supporters of expanding transport infrastructure like highways and bridges, supposedly as a way to "fix" the economy and create jobs. But this is the same fossil-fuel dependent transport and trade model that's gotten us into this mess. Furthermore, this trade is designed to increase US control over the world's resources, not to make the US a better neighbor. And controlling global resources means backing repressive governments like Colombia and Mexico, resource wars like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, and, lest we forget, burning LOTS and LOTS of fossil fuels. See Root Force's blog post on the election results here: http://www.rootforce.org/2008/11/05/electoral-change-not-likely/ The problem is not the Republicans, it's the system. And we will never get the change we need while that system of power is still in place. Nice post, Matt. In addition, Obama and the Democrats are big supporters of expanding transport infrastructure like highways and bridges, supposedly as a way to “fix” the economy and create jobs.

But this is the same fossil-fuel dependent transport and trade model that’s gotten us into this mess. Furthermore, this trade is designed to increase US control over the world’s resources, not to make the US a better neighbor. And controlling global resources means backing repressive governments like Colombia and Mexico, resource wars like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, and, lest we forget, burning LOTS and LOTS of fossil fuels.

See Root Force’s blog post on the election results here:

http://www.rootforce.org/2008/11/05/electoral-change-not-likely/

The problem is not the Republicans, it’s the system. And we will never get the change we need while that system of power is still in place.

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