Well, Barack Obama is at it again — trying to save his crumbled legacy by talking the big Talk near the end of his (thankfully) final term in office.

Don’t buy his BS, my Friends … If he REALLY wanted to do something to save our planet and combat the climate catastrophe that is rapidly approaching, he would have used his Executive Power to enact sweeping environmental mandates long before now … Yes, if Obama was truly serious about doing something to to stop climate change, he would have already withdrawn Shell oil’s permit to drill in the Arctic, … and he would have already extinguished the Keystone Pipeline permit (instead of merely shelving it for Hillary of Jeb to approve later), … and he would have already terminated all fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the United States, and he would have already legislated to ensure that U.S. timetables for greenhouse gas emission reductions would be in sync with what the consensus of climatologists are demanding (namely, zero emissions by 2050 — or we’re screwed), … and he would have already instigated a massive mobilization of the American workforce (including providing jobs to millions of the currently unemployed) to have the U.S become a 100% renewable energy society, … and he would have already demanded that those who are polluting & destroying out planet pay for the costs of all of these policies — not the American taxpayer … AND he would have already long since announced the presence of the largest elephant in the room — he would have long since informed the American public (and indeed, the rest of the world) what well-informed people already know: that animal agriculture is BY FAR the greatest threat to the ultimate survival of the human race, and that going vegan is the most powerful thing any of us can do to combat climate change & the massive environmental destruction that will almost certainly come therefrom.

And yet Obama hasn’t done any of things, and he won’t do any of them either … You see, despite all his smooth-sounding HOT AIR (pun intended), Obama is in bed with Big Oil — and he is in bed with them DEEP. So even though he might talk pretty over the course of the next year in a futile attempt to save his irreparably diseased legacy, it will all be just that — empty words & hollow talk; the feeble mewlings of a man who knows that his own moral cowardice has screwed over not only his country but his entire planet.

No, my Friends, I am afraid almost all of your politicians have essentially been bought & paid for on this matter, and that we the “little people” simply do not have the cash necessary to compete with Big Oil & Big Auto & Big Coal … So, since our politicians are clearly NOT going to save us, WE WILL HAVE TO DO THE SAVING.

 

Every bit of revelation about Obama — both what he has done and what he has not done — in his first 6+ years in office is a service to those still deluded into thinking that he is not significantly responsible for the suffering of many … He had the opportunity to effectuate Great Good for millions, and yet sold out to personal comfort, status & wealth instead. If he were open & honest about his intentions, it would be one thing, and yet he continues to portray himself as a “good man” who can’t get anything done because of a “bad congress”. Congress is disgustingly corrupt as well, of course, and yet Obama’s hypocrisies should not be overlooked. Presidents of the future need to know that they will not get away with abandoning the people they have sworn to protect & serve.

As such, seeing as how far too few on the “left” are willing to acknowledge how horrific he has behaved, I will personally see to it that the facts are regularly relayed. And I do so NOT to blast Obama per se (his conscience is doing that enough as it is — and will continue to do so for the rest of his life), but rather to WAKE FOLKS UP to the fact that THERE ARE NO MORE POLITICAL SOLUTIONS to America’s (indeed, the world’s) problems. All of the money & all of the time & all of the energy that people are investing into U.S. politics is wasted money, wasted time & wasted energy — all of which should not be channeled into getting out there and rebuilding our communities ourselves.

The Republicans are not an efficient target audience … Their clear tendency towards bigotry, their clear prejudice towards the white wealthy (and against the Black poor) & their lust for an expanded American empire (created by egregious acts of international violence) are well documented. As such, either folks already know that they are a horrific option or they are already married to their malice.

No, my Friends, the danger for our species lies in those who COULD actually save our ship — to the “liberals” and the “progressives”; to all the would-be doers & would-be shakers & would-be social activists who are campaigning instead of doing & voting instead of shaking and debating instead of acting. These are the people who COULD be the voice & the face and the bodies of real change in the world — and these are the people who are still delusionally duped; the ones who still believe that they actually have a choice — that the Democrats & the Republicans actually have different agendas (they do NOT) and that they actually have different corporate sponsors (they do NOT); that there will actually be improvement made to American society if Hillary wins in 2016 (there will NOT).

We are running out of time with all of this disturbingly ignorant and embarrassingly cowardly stick-our-heads-in-the-sand-and-hope-the next-President-will-finally-fix-things BS … Every minute you & yours waste attending to American politics is a minute that could have spent caring for the downtrodden … Every dollar you & yours waste donating to American politicians is a dollar that could have been spent on those truly in need … Every ounce of energy & Care you waste on any issue or event related to the American political system is a vital ounce of energy that could have done real Good in your own community that day.

The ship that is the American democracy isn’t just sinking, my Friend — she has long since sunk. And you & yours are clinging desperately to her wreckage somehow thinking that the next captain will somehow be able to raise her from those jagged shoals. Well, that simply is not going to happen … So let her go, my Friends … Let the ship go down, swim to the shore (i.e. your own community) and start rebuilding your world by strengthening those in need around you.

 

It’s not too late, and yet we don’t have a lot of time left to save our ship, so please join me today in my efforts to turn us around and head towards a future that is filled with Health instead of illness, Peace instead of conflict, and Joy instead if despair … Please start today by going VEGAN, and please enCourage others to do likewise … It really is our only hope.

 

Thank you.

 

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