On the other hand, maybe there are Marxists of any kind across America – whatever label they apply to themselves – who’ve seen and sensed the transition to an information society and concluded that this global modernization nullifies the concept of a collective-oriented utopia, so they’ve settled for unleashing as much damage as they can, whether their activities involve targeting businesses of any size or locking down as many programs and positions within this country’s government as possible, from Social Security to public and private pensions. I wasn’t unsympathetic to the concerns of the Tea Partiers, but now, I’m genuinely concerned that they underestimated the sense of finality taking hold across the planet. Anyone doubting this drive to escape, or get away, from these and other global shifts can just ask the Muslim Brotherhood, especially Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie, or the House of Thani.:
Ahram: State institutions pressured to stifle internal opposition to Morsi
Ahram: President Morsi could face a summer of discontent
Hmm… I smell disorganization among Egypt’s diplomats, which I can’t imagine they’d enjoy for any length of time. Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is attempting to warn lower-ranking diplomats to avoid “overt opposition” to President Muhammad Morsi, and many of them declined to observe that recent referendum. These diplomats are mostly worried about Egypt’s foreign policy, which presumably is deteriorating beyond their ability to manage. Employees at other state-run entities, such as radio and television stations, are encountering similar forms of pressure, having had to arrange interviews with increasing numbers of Muslim Brotherhood operatives. Morsi, Badie, and their associates could find themselves more and more bogged down as alienation starts spreading upward into the higher ranks of their regime, even into the summer of 2013, and as of now, foreign investors are keeping their money out, citing incessant intervention from the Guidance Office in economic and social policies in Egypt. Farouk Al-Okda of the Egyptian Central Bank and Finance Minister Momtaz Al-Saeed have looked for opportunities to get out of the country and stay clear of the coming economic hardships, among other Egyptians who quite likely share similar intentions. Assuming that the United States’ regular energy companies start getting up to speed on that energy revolution of ours throughout this continent, those two men, Coptic businesspersons, and even some of Egypt’s military commanders caught between the Muslim Brotherhood and other socialists mobilizing to take control of Egypt for themselves might have an opening.:
American Petroleum Institute: Reid Porter: API Report: Oil and natural gas industry spent $252 billion since 1990 on environment protection
There was a recent survey regarding expenditures on environmental projects undertaken by oil and natural gas companies in America starting in 1990 and ending last year, toward a grand total of $252.8 billion. The bulk of the money was spent on refinement, exploration, and production capabilities, steered toward improvements in air and water. The numbers might prove interesting in and of themselves.:
• About $9 billion in ongoing activities and $78 million in corporate programs in 1992
• $7.052 billion in ongoing activities and $183 million in corporate programs in 1997
• $6.65 billion in ongoing activities and $118 million in corporate programs in 1999
• About $8.9 billion in ongoing activities and $122 million in corporate programs in 2005
• $2.274 billion in air improvement, $2.764 billion in water improvement, and $933 million in other projects in 1990
• $3.628 billion in air improvement, $2.122 billion in water improvement, and $875 million in other projects in 1997
• $4.054 billion in air improvement, $2.337 billion in water improvement, and $690 million in other projects in 2003
It might be a matter of time before these energy companies pull President Barack Obama toward their orbit, turning him into an energy pioneer and leaving environmental extremists – and Sharia sheikhdoms – in the dust, so to speak, but also accelerating any perceptions that freedom, individuality, and modernization have outdone collective identity anywhere. If the Tea Partiers start getting the idea to rally around these energy companies, then North America will and should be on its way, making “right-wing” and “left-wing” just about meaningless as concepts.
