Richard Bibb's Blog (3)

We face, as many have written here and elsewhere, a crisis that gnaws at the roots of our sustenance. We, as in the world but especially here in these United States, are running out of, what can rightly be called, our economic lifeblood, namely affordable oil. Increasingly, as has been well cataloged here, with limited dissent, we must confront the fact we no longer have ready access to, at rates compatible with the lifestyles we’ve grown accustomed, energy, primarily from petroleum and its deri… Continue

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment I realize this is off topic but, given all the discussion on politics consisting primarily of the usual tit for tat partisanship I feel it appropriate to offer what I consider a fundamental reform to address what I consider the root cause of the problem with our government. It seems obvious that the Congress has become increasingly unable to come to grips with any number of large problems that face our country nor to propose, debate, negotiate, or pass suita… Continue

Inspired by Marilynn's "Open Letter to the President" I created the following online petition. A link to the petition is here if you would like to sign - please forward this to anyone you think might have interest in such an effort: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/STAY08/index.html Here is the text: An Open Letter to the President and the Congress of the United States Dear Mr. President and Members of the House of Repre… Continue