I have had this idea in the back of my head for a long time, that somehow the loss of our common cultural identity in favor of cultural balkanization (blacks vs whites vs La Raza vs Native Americans vs ...) was not merely bad but ultimately fatal, but wasn't able to articulate it. Steve Schippert does a very nice job, here:
http://threatswatch.org/commentary/2008/07/my-country-tis-of-thee/
Wash Post admits reality: ‘Amid explosive demand, America is running out of
power’ – U.S. ‘power grid’ being pushed ‘to the brink. Utilities can’t keep
up’ – ‘It is staggering’ – But WaPo frets energy shortage ‘threatens to
stifle the transition to cleaner energy’
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It makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation.
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