Hamptonville, NC

Everywhere you look, green, green ,green! You would think that we all should go back to living in communes or something. That has already been tried and rejected. Going green isn't about making GE more money, it is understanding your place in the world.

The real story about the green movement is that corporations are finally facing the prospect of less growth, not because of high oil prices, but because the population is aging, and it is not being replaced at the pace that corporations need to keep up profits. Most of the Fortune 500 companies get 50% or more of their revenue overseas, that is why the government keeps the dollar low and punishes Amercians with its foriegn trade policies. Since the baby boomer generation is about to retire and I promise you, they will not spend the same in retirement that they did while working, the government and big business has come up with a way to scare you and I about the earth and our place in it. If we listen to them, we have to use less items, but pay more for them. That is a perfect fit to making more profit for business. And since most Americans understand that it isn't just us poluting the world, why should we lose our standard of living while the rest of the world works under less restrictions and business makes profits regardless. We will be told to replace a 15 cent bulb with a 5 dollar one, a perfectly good gas automobile for an expensive bio replacement. And if we don't make the change, government will tax those that do not want to conform.

You can bet your last green dollar that in the end, we are going to find that it isn't all true about going Green!

The Democratic convention was held this past week with much fanfare and the Republican Convention will kick off next week. Tens of millions of dollars are will be spent to promote the two events and the taxpayers will foot some of the bill. If you watched the Democratic convention, you were promised new jobs, more health care, a better school system, infrastructure development.etc. And McCain will promise the same and more. Who is going to pay for all these promises? Wake up, America! The politicans will promise but not deliver. Stop believing them.