The term “regulation” reflects the viewpoint of corporations and big businesses. From their perspective, regulation means a limitation on their “freedom.” Usually this freedom has to do with whatever it is they want, no matter whom it harms. For example, the freedom to drain the aquifers of Cochise County, and then move on. But from the public’s …
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Lately, young parents and educators in the campaign have been teaching us the difference between two words that sound similar. People want an authority to tell them how to value things. What’s implied is that they what someone authoritative to tell them how to think, what to say, and how to act. There’s nothing wrong with this. …
Most People Want an Authority to Tell Them What to Do Read More »
Corporate Ag started with a good idea–using groundwater for agriculture. But they turned irrigation into a nuclear bomb of fraud, waste, and abuse. That same bomb’s on its way to decimating the local economy of Cochise County. We live in an era of fraud in our county, state, and nation. The theft of our groundwater …
During the past week, we’ve been discussing Sohrab Ahmari’s new book Tyranny, Inc. We can summarize Ahmari’s book in five short sentences. Politicians implemented policy and programs to free up the economy. This would produce, they argued, greater prosperity. What happened was the exact opposite. Corporate power began to dominate the economy and destroyed the middle class. …
Which Came First–The Government Chicken or the Corporate Egg? Read More »
Last time, we mentioned that author Sohrab Ahmari makes a provocative point. Over the past two generations, the folk who own the country decided they’d change the economy. They turned it into a free-for-all. Greed became good. Everyone could aspire to be a millionaire. Millionaires started having dreams of making billionaire. Howard Buffet and his …
There’s a provocative new book on our reading table at Groundwater Headquarters. It details how our politicians (and the money that owns them) pulled a fast one on us. Their actions unleashed an era of unaccountable corporate might. The fallout? It left everyday Americans isolated and feeling powerless. Sound like anything going on in Cochise …
New Book Blames Corporations for Government Failures (Part 1 of 3) Read More »
The term “regulation” reflects the viewpoint of corporations and big businesses. From their perspective, regulations means a limitation on their “freedom.” Usually this freedom has to do with whatever it is they want, no matter whom it harms. For example, the freedom to drain the aquifers of Cochise County, and then move on. But from the public’s …
We Demand Groundwater Protection, Not “Regulation” Read More »
If the enclosed three (3) articles from this past week’s newspaper of record (New York Times) don’t make you cry, you better have you tear ducts checked. Click, read, and weep. America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow Uncharted Waters: The Threat to Groundwater Aquifers are Shrinking Nationwide, Threatening Supplies of Drinking …
Every people, land, and nation has a story it likes to tell about itself. It’s the Official Narrative, and it lets the entire world know: This is who we are, what we do, why we’re doing it. But if you pay attention, you may notice other stories, too. Stories that circulate below the radar. Sometimes they’re …
When it comes to groundwater in Cochise County, there’s enough for everyone’s need but not for anyone’s greed. Of late we’ve been hearing the following from some farmers: “All irrigators in the county have the same rights when it comes to the groundwater—and this is a good thing.” For these folk, “Ag is ag is …
