Fidel Castro’s geographic contribution is unacknowledged most ashamedly by geographers in the United States, who are both the perpetuators and the victims of geopolitical imperialism. Some five decades ago, Fidel Castro pointed out that all who live in the American hemisphere are Americans.
Last year the Democrat/Republican incumbents got a bailout of over $400 million from DC to help balance their bloated budget. This bailout was also a bribe to mislead the public into believing that business as usual works, and to mislead us into voting for the incumbents. Without that bailout, folks like you and me would have taken to the streets.
As it played out, Vermont was bribed into relative silence. The corporate media proceeded to pretend that the 40 Vermont Independent candidates did not even exist, asserting that ‘Vermont simply doesn’t have the same backlash against our two-party-system as some other states’. ,,,incumbents are returning to Montpelier with an incoming deficit of over $100 million.
Be it resolved, that We The People, stand on our rights under the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution and reject such Federal decrees, statutes, regulations or corporate practices that threaten our basic human right to save seed, grow, process, consume and exchange food and farm products within the State of Vermont
As posted in the Vermont Commons by Gary Flomenhoft. There have been a lot of posts about the end of the empire lately. This one is dedicated to the memory of Chalmers Johnson. Predicting Collapse In February, 2009 Dmitry Orlov said the following about predicting the collapse of the US empire: I have learned from [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Wagner, Ripton VT robert@senatorwagner.com CENTER FOR VERMONT INDEPENDENCE: RIBBON-CUTTING & SUMMIT Hancock, VT (December 13, 2010) – A diverse group of Independence-minded Vermonters, state-wide political, social and economic organizations, political office candidates and private individuals came together in solidarity and support for Vermont’s sovereignty, independence and constitutional rights, at noon [...]
In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble. -Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) Political Prisoner or Crime Suspect? The BBC today told of the capture and imprisonment of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange; on allegations of molestation. That leaves one in an [...]
What to do? That is clear. Vermont must disengage from Wall Street. Vermont must stop financial support of the wars. Vermont must pursue a relocalised economy, rather than a jumpstart of the infinite growth paradigm. Vermont must build topsoil and end subsidies to factory farms. Now that the federal currency is failing, Vermont Must Develop Complementary Currencies