tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34307118645949329362024-03-13T13:01:16.793-07:00Global MenuVancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-53784993817568412002013-01-16T17:12:00.001-08:002013-01-16T17:12:57.879-08:00Grrrrr....<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eryxAcsTcOA" width="560"></iframe>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-601435842209751722012-10-17T19:36:00.001-07:002012-10-17T19:36:33.230-07:00Looks amazing!!!<div><p>I usually don't get excited over movie trailers but THIS one just blew me away! The cinematography looks amazing! We definitely have to go see this one. Wow!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BzowSv5CrU&feature=youtube_gdata_player">Watch "Life Of Pi - Latest International Trailer" on YouTube</a><br>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZp7ebl1wjI&feature=youtube_gdata_player">Watch "Tamsen: Perini Navi Design" on YouTube</a><br>
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xjnyrqbMw6k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-85072768725753615132012-07-20T18:35:00.000-07:002012-07-20T18:35:05.750-07:00Summer?Um, what Summer? At least here on the coast of Vancouver Island Summer has been an elusive creature. Spring seemed to hang on forever and then, when Summer was supposed to start, Spring just didn't seem to want to let go! Sure, if we went into Victoria, or even Langford/Colwood, the temps went up and Summer seemed to be peaking from around the corner. Then, we would arrive at home, and there was our friend Spring greeting us at the front gate. Truth be told, I don't really like hot and humid, or should I say my physiology doesn't completely coalesce with those summertime elements. But I would like a bit more warmth around the yard for gardening, even something around 21C/70F would be nice. Oh well, life goes on, as does the garden.
Speaking of garden, we've been keeping up with the growth rates of the outdoor plants and been somewhat busy with the greenhouse. The greenhouse has been supplying us with zucchini and acorn squash so far, with tomatoes just this week starting to ripen and falling prey to our harvesting techniques. We've even managed to swap some with a neighbour, in exchange for fresh strawberry jam. Yum! The green peppers are another matter - they appear to have been attacked by some kind of pest with holes in many leaves as well as almost every single pepper! Grrr! We've done some investigating via Google (I LOVE Google) and think the culprits are something called a looper. We've treated the plants with an organic insecticide and are anxious to see if it has worked. Nothing like big fresh green peppers right from the garden. I managed a few pickings of strawberries from the potted plants up on the deck, before the suspected raccoon helped itself over the course of two nights, while we were fast asleep of course!<br>
Speaking of wildlife, we were on the front porch one sunny Sunday morning, with our coffee and tea, when the dog jumped up and ran toward the front gate, barking up a storm. We both jumped up just in time to see a rather large black bear go running down the driveway from the gate! It paused at the end of the driveway, glanced back to make sure that noisy black Lab was not in hot pursuit then limbered off into the forest. That is only the second time we have seen a bear in the almost 5 years that we are living here. We got word a few months back, from a neighbour, that he had seen two Cougars on his driveway up to the house. Since then we are a bit more cautious on our dog walks and maybe have just a heightened sense of awareness, especially of the crunching sounds in the woods just alongside the road. So far we have had no feline close encounter. We also have had a family of great horned owls living in the area, hunting rabbit in our yard as well as some of the neighbours. Those owls are quite majestic to see and really quite spectacular in flight as they swoop down for a meal. Bald Eagles as well as Red Tailed Hawks and some kind of Falcon have alos been frequenting the yard/hunting ground. One would think that would keep the rabbit population in check but they still seem to be everywhere!<br>
We've been getting a bit more involved with the local community politics, as well as with our federal Member of Parliament, who is a really nice guy by the way. We met up with him and his partner at Victoria Pride this year, which had a record crowd by the way! Something like 20 more entries in the parade and a much expanded festival area at the end of the parade. We met some friends there and had a really great time. We've also been taking in a few car shows this year, with a big Jaguar meet coming up in Oak Bay on July 28th that I am really looking forward to! Shortly after that we have a family of five for house guests for 4-5 days so that should eb fun, and interesting. Yup, summertime in the Victoria area certainly does not have any shortage of things to do!
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The driver and passengers put on Moose Head costumes.
As they drove down the main street of Sudbury, they caused about 6 accidents.
They were charged with Public Mischief and having open beer in a vehicle.
Sudbury cops have no sense of humor.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyN4tNybxp6GD5T49L07dKa9mJRckIT4MPKRGk9tXODM3uPuP3zgL1RvUcogT-tjohnmW8W5FkUJ0HaFLjCVyPcq-82dypksqfjowitZzK8rOtRAqW_19T5ZOLmb8kyZelJbVaycIJTI/s1600/MooseHunt.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyN4tNybxp6GD5T49L07dKa9mJRckIT4MPKRGk9tXODM3uPuP3zgL1RvUcogT-tjohnmW8W5FkUJ0HaFLjCVyPcq-82dypksqfjowitZzK8rOtRAqW_19T5ZOLmb8kyZelJbVaycIJTI/s400/MooseHunt.jpeg" /></a>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-40555321525400743042012-06-07T09:44:00.000-07:002012-06-07T09:44:11.498-07:00Recipes.While rooting around the 'net for farm info for work I stumbled upon a couple of interesting sounding recipes. One I will make for sure, the other not so much as I do NOT like root beer, BUT, I know a lot of folks do so I thought I'd post a recipe so you can make your own.
THIS one I will definitely try! You can substitute yogurt for the kefir, if you don't have keir, which is the case for me.
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<a href="http://www.wellfedhomestead.com/gaps-blueberry-banana-coffee-cake">Blueberry Banana Coffee Cake!</a>
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Here is a recipe for home made root beer. Combine with some home made ice cream and you'll have a fantabulous summertime treat!
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<a href="http://www.holistickid.com/old-fashioned-root-beer/">Root Beer!</a>
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Give these easy recipes a try and let me know how they turn our for you.
Enjoy!Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-65791606689606844762012-04-28T10:10:00.003-07:002012-04-28T10:10:45.578-07:00Gay teen suicides happen weekly in Utah, official says.<a href="http://www.xtra.ca/blog/vancouver/post/2012/04/28/Gay-teen-suicides-happen-weekly-in-Utah-official-says.aspx">Gay teen suicides happen weekly in Utah, official says - Blitz & Shitz</a>
This is horrible, that a portion of society would just sit back and allow this to happen. Shouldn't we all just get along and live our lives as best we can?Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-6623560082867340112012-03-15T18:13:00.002-07:002012-03-15T18:20:30.024-07:00Milan's Vertical Forest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_iW-RvbuanqDzNBTvnNbsJkISjqZklyjOOerTstsG94mQ9Dkhys0YVUL-jP2YbbkerZUn-9Ie-QEPBpVoWOnd7EAnX7YPao5zxRE6Y5BhqdnptnS5ncpoqgTOtQWwKXnTOFiZ4udH9w/s1600/bosco-verticale-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_iW-RvbuanqDzNBTvnNbsJkISjqZklyjOOerTstsG94mQ9Dkhys0YVUL-jP2YbbkerZUn-9Ie-QEPBpVoWOnd7EAnX7YPao5zxRE6Y5BhqdnptnS5ncpoqgTOtQWwKXnTOFiZ4udH9w/s400/bosco-verticale-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720298646944454130" /></a><br />Have a look at <a href="http://www.greenmuze.com/nature/trees/4243-milans-vertical-forest.html/">this building</a> under construction in Milan, Italy. Perhaps many more cities need something like this, to inject a bit of personality into an otherwise bleak concrete world.Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-3407158385104251502012-03-10T17:51:00.001-08:002012-03-10T17:53:37.791-08:00Saturday.<div><p>Our forecast was calling for rain today but the sun was shining most of the day so we decided to get out of the house for a while.  We took the dog with and stopped at a local trail on the way home to get her out on a walk.  Here are a few pictures of Sooke basin, from The Galloping Goose trail. </p>
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Actually it is quite hard to believe. Anyone out there with enough chutzpah to try to buy it from the salvage yard and restore it to its' former glory? I would, if I won the lottery. <div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/22/one-off-mercedes-550k-barn-find-discovered-in-south-central-la/">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/22/one-off-mercedes-550k-barn-find-discovered-in-south-central-la/</a> </div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-73972528598830955762012-01-06T21:22:00.001-08:002012-01-06T21:22:37.294-08:00Canada for US President!!<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BrhA0sEkuaM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-73765459968389089062012-01-02T17:30:00.000-08:002012-01-02T17:31:19.328-08:00Ab Fab, season 6, episode 2!<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34456640?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="226" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34456640">Absolutely Fabulous Season Six Episode 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9347794">ComedyFaerie</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-43586293852632353252012-01-02T17:29:00.000-08:002012-01-02T17:30:16.513-08:00New Ab Fab!Ab Fab, season 6, episode 1. Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34417037?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="226" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34417037">Absolutely Fabulous Season 6 Episode 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9347794">ComedyFaerie</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-70672026678636835882011-12-31T17:43:00.001-08:002011-12-31T17:49:09.798-08:00Happy New Year!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhspMHqnStbqN8bFwRAt0LTfA0P5Qx1JvpKUaXDboBRCFMVwUHP6-3P8pQQ72sJXfDhewE4KdVLBA9MNJpwrG2UVisRI0JjfEFJE_uMV12h3afmyHrwFJJMiwA8DT8CzoUuwwumYNZdzI/s1600/DSCN1134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhspMHqnStbqN8bFwRAt0LTfA0P5Qx1JvpKUaXDboBRCFMVwUHP6-3P8pQQ72sJXfDhewE4KdVLBA9MNJpwrG2UVisRI0JjfEFJE_uMV12h3afmyHrwFJJMiwA8DT8CzoUuwwumYNZdzI/s400/DSCN1134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692474281249250226" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Happy New Year to all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2011 was a year of stability in our house. I am hoping 2012 is at least the same. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you all peace, health and prosperity in the coming year! We all deserve nothing less than that.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-45159871512170004372011-12-31T08:55:00.000-08:002011-12-31T08:59:33.697-08:00Travel!<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wCSpZHYQ7XU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><div><br /></div><div>Well, if this isn't on a global scale, then I don't know what is. I think this is a great way to inspire people to just get out there and travel the world. See the sights. Meet the people. I know many do not have the means, but if you do then get out there and do it! </div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-45397724168850399042011-07-19T22:44:00.000-07:002011-07-19T22:48:31.889-07:00This has left me shocked, confused, speechless and ashamed. Ashamed that I complain about what now seem to be very trivial things in my life. The courage of this man can not be measured on any scale that the human race has devised. <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_67u1dOz2co&feature=player_profilepage">Watch the trailer here. </a></div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-13976055438948301842011-07-14T11:30:00.000-07:002011-07-14T11:30:47.573-07:00Coming to a store near you?Well, maybe, but not too soon. <br /><br /><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/02/03/kraft-face-scanning-kiosk/">How Kraft's Face-Scanning Tech Will Tell You What You Like to Eat</a>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-82310715124592977752011-07-13T11:45:00.000-07:002011-07-13T11:47:52.624-07:00Amazing thing in South Korea!Now commuters can grocery shop while waiting on the subway platform for their ride! Tesco is testing this out and so far has had a good response. What next!!??<br /><br /><a href="http://www.springwise.com/retail/homeplus/">CLICK HERE </a>to read the story and watch the demo video.Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-49034527013847216322011-07-05T10:01:00.000-07:002011-07-05T10:06:28.948-07:00Global Small Farming.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FCNLRduZ192CdBpHN6m3fnP9qqAyZ6937pLm9feN03EWtHjz1q2b13sjwUI114aThEKodXxgHW0hnrHzomeTm66nRc4qnT4oKcKBFP58wDx5ZwIIScIHnH9qwT7ErqNx5X14_lGSa7g/s1600/SFC-julaug2011cvr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FCNLRduZ192CdBpHN6m3fnP9qqAyZ6937pLm9feN03EWtHjz1q2b13sjwUI114aThEKodXxgHW0hnrHzomeTm66nRc4qnT4oKcKBFP58wDx5ZwIIScIHnH9qwT7ErqNx5X14_lGSa7g/s400/SFC-julaug2011cvr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625915548613360866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Small Farm Canada, a national magazine in Canada to promote small farming as a viable endeavour, has gone digital!! Subscriptions are available through Zinio and can be read on PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android powered devices. Even though it is based in Canada many of the articles can be applied to small farming around the planet. And with a digital subscription you can get instant access no matter where you are!<br /><br /><a href="http://magazinescanada.zinio.com/browse/publications/index.jsp?productId=500629416&categoryId=cat1460026">Click here</a> to subscribe or order the current issue to see what it's all about.<br /></div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-66422998652557326592011-03-30T22:19:00.000-07:002011-03-30T22:23:04.582-07:00Which Corporations Are The Biggest Freeloaders?<a href="http://bit.ly/faSnN5">Which Corporations Are The Biggest Freeloaders?</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>REALLY??!! They have these kinds of profits yet aspects of the US are looking like a third world country. </div>Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-22273606852445289832011-03-21T14:59:00.000-07:002011-03-21T15:00:44.290-07:00Too funny to not share!<a href="http://bit.ly/e4g3wP">Is Randy Hopper The Worst Wisconsin State Senator Ever?</a><br /><br />Wow, the drama in WI just keeps building and building. Sounds more like some Hollywood movie or a really bad soap opera.Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430711864594932936.post-64445468859707011972011-02-21T21:28:00.000-08:002011-02-21T21:32:08.605-08:00WI, OH, who is next...?Fighting the 5 fascisms in Wisconsin & Ohio<br />by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman<br />February 21, 2011<br /><br />The escalating confrontations in Wisconsin and Ohio are ultimately about preventing the United States from becoming a full-on fascist state. <br /><br />The stakes could not be higher---or more clear. <br /><br />As defined by its inventor, Benito Mussolini, fascism is "corporate control of the state." There are ways to beat around the Bush---Paul Krugman has recently written about "oligarchy"---but it's time to end all illusions and call what we now confront by its true name. <br /><br />The fights in Wisconsin, Ohio, and in numerous other states are about saving the last shreds of American democracy. They burn down to five basic realities: <br /><br />1) The bulwark of modern democracy is the trade union. This has been true since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. All social programs can trace their roots to union activism, as can the protection of our civil liberties. <br /><br />The first Germans Hitler put in concentration camps were neither Jews nor gypsies---they were trade unionists. <br /><br />The attacks on state workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere have nothing to do with balancing budgets. That could easily be done without destroying collective bargaining. <br /><br />For the hard-right, this is about busting unions, the last organized force standing in the way of total corporate control of the United States by the rich and richer. <br /><br />2) The material essence of fascism is the extreme separation of rich and poor, a massive transfer of wealth from those on the bottom to those on the top. <br /><br />The unbalanced budgets in Ohio and Wisconsin are rooted in huge tax cuts given to the rich at the expense of the middle and lower classes. Widespread poverty among those who might otherwise rebel is essential to fascist control of a government. <br /><br />A largely ignored aspect of this fight is the hundreds of billions of dollars currently locked up in union, government and Social Security pension funds. With unions destroyed, this huge cache of dollars will fall quickly into corporate hands. The additional "benefit" for the financial elite will be tens of millions of impoverished elders desperate for low-wage jobs in virtual slave labor situations. <br /><br />3) The crisis crippling states everywhere is directly related to the massive destruction of social resources by war. Since the end of the New Deal and World War II, the American elite have engineered the biggest dump of material wealth by military means in human history. <br /><br />The trillions of dollars of pure martial waste poured into the Cold War and those in Southeast Asia, central America, the Middle East, Southwest Asia and elsewhere could easily have clothed, housed, fed, educated, and provided otherwise decent lives for all human beings the world over. <br /><br />Instead, poverty, desperation and stratification have been guaranteed. <br /><br />The entire economic crisis now gripping the United States can be directly traced to the military budget, which exceeds the sum of what's being spent by all other nations combined. In a brilliant recent column, Robert Greenwald points out that the entire alleged shortfall in Wisconsin could be covered by bringing just 180 troops home from Afghanistan. <br /><br />But the purpose of that deployment is to undermine national security, not to protect it. A frightened, impoverished, insecure nation is one dependent on its fascist elite. <br /><br />Democracy demands and protects true material security among the people as a whole. That's what's really at stake in the battle to cut the military budget. The fights in Ohio and Wisconsin are surface manifestations of that bigger battle. <br /><br />4) Mussolini also made it clear that corporate control of the media is essential to fascist rule. Whoever would seize power first took the radio stations, then the television stations. Now the internet is under attack. The free flow of information is fascism's ultimate enemy. <br /><br />So the relentless Foxist portrayal of the battles in Wisconsin and Ohio as pitting "responsible, austerity-minded" governors versus "lazy, irresponsible state workers" is utterly predictable. <br /><br />So is the appearance of the media-created Tea Party "movement" on the side of the corporations. It's standard corporate procedure to invent a faux "grassroots" to fight unions and working people. So finding phony corporate "populists" like Sarah Palin and New Jersey's Chris Christie in the right-wing media limelight is utterly predictable. <br /><br />5) It is no accident that the "job loving" union-hating governors of Wisconsin and Ohio (along with Florida) have rejected billions in federal funds for re-building passenger rail service that would create thousands of jobs. <br /><br />A corporate state relies on central control of energy. Rail service threatens the power of the oil and auto lobbies. Renewable energy would replace centralized "King Cong" (coal, oil, nukes & gas) sources with decentralized Solartopia photovoltaic panels, bio-fuels, windmills, increased efficiency and the like. The push for federal nuclear loan guarantees is central to the corporate state. <br /><br />The anti-union governor of Ohio is strongly focused on killing not only train service but all incentives for renewable energy. His energy plan is for extreme right-wing nuke-based monopolies like FirstEnergy to run the show. Atomic power is the ultimate weapon against community control. <br /><br />For decades the term "fascist" has been dismissed from use in this country, and perhaps rightly so. Corporations have been dominant in the US since the 1880s, but we have managed to maintain a modicum of democracy. <br /><br />It's hard to see that happening if the remnants of the organized labor movement are crushed in Wisconsin and Ohio. Both states have long, important traditions of union activism. <br /><br />In the wake of Citizens United, with the courts, media, Congress and presidency firmly in corporate control, we see no easy road to victory for working people. <br /><br />"Vote the bastards out" has become a pipedream in the age of electronic voting machines. Especially in Ohio, a reliable electoral vote count is a thing of the past. <br /><br />We also have a president who was elected with strong labor support and who is now genuflecting toward the unions. But US history is filled with Democrats who have betrayed their working-class backers, and this one may prove no exception. <br /><br />So in the long run, we have only ourselves to rely on. The way to survival is not clear. <br /><br />Ultimately, as Martin Luther King said, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." <br /><br />But from time to time, it does break. If these uprisings in Wisconsin and Ohio fail, there will---literally---be hell to pay. <br /><br />Somehow, we must find a way to make sure they don't. <br /><br />--<br />Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman have co-authored four books on election protection, which are at www.freepress.org, where Bob's FITRAKIS FILES also appear. HARVEY WASSERMAN'S HISTORY OF THE US is at www.harveywasserman.com, along with SOLARTOPIA! OUR GREEN-POWERED EARTH. Originally published by http://freepress.org.Vancouver Isle Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589674323744276noreply@blogger.com0