Democracy Now! installment 5

From:  Sheila Edward, Soc. 122, MW 3:30-4:45

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/28/ralph_nader_on_tpp_gm_recall

General Motors is asking the government to pardon it from any legally liability for deaths due to defective GM cars by family members who want their day in court.  People get that "Old GM" and "New GM" are still responsible for tens of deaths in their families, and that once again the big corporation hide behind their political allies to shield them from their obligations to the environment and the public to not do any harm in the process of conducting their business.  The cost-benefit analysis teams are working overtime to squeeze out of the fine-print that corporations hold every public citizen to with harsh demands.  When your family members are killed due to faulty ignition switch by GM design and production people, politics go out the window.  They become everyday people who want their day in court.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/28/we_need_to_end_the_fossil

Neil Young joined a protest in D.C. to save Mother Earth by way of stopping the Keystone XL pipeline that threatens the planet with bad fuel that future grandchildren will have to clean up after the mess.  The pipeline from Canada to Texas threatens the environment for the sake of making money by the corporations and government.  Once again it comes to mind the struggles that Native peoples of North America are fighting against the establishment to save the land not just for First Nations people but for the global community.  One is apt to believe that with all the talk of a global economy, the globe itself is getting lost in forest for the trees.