Another Problem Solved

Yesterday was the Rally for Local Climate Solutions, deemed a huge success by the organizers. Maybe a hundred people showed up ( there was free beer) to listen to experts talk about the effects of climate change on the forest ecology. Then some people sold them solar panels and some revolutionary alcohol based fuel. Then they signed the petition to the EPA and went home, having put yet another dire issue to rest. I was actually on the organizing committee because they said I could do a "break-out session" on direct action but they ran out of time and failed to mention the session. Other solutions were: get better politicians who would make better policy and change the government so it makes better policy, oh, and also "end corporate rule". Then a guy told me I should see this great movie called Thrive and when I told him it was whack he said people just needed "common sense" and should "meet in the middle" to find common ground. Then I heard about all the local Democrats I should vote for in the upcoming election. So all and all, exactly what you would expect, although you don't usually get free beer. These liberals have an extraordinary capacity for endlessly repeating the same useless, banal tactics while expecting different results. After all these years I can still be stunned by their cluelessness.