In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. - Barack Obama

It is absolutely critical that we understand this is not just a challenge, it's an opportunity, because if we create a new energy economy, we can create five million new jobs, easily, here in the United States. It can be an engine that drives us into the future the same way the computer was the engine for economic growth over the last couple of decades. And we can do it, but we're going to have to make an investment. The same way the computer was originally invented by a bunch of government scientists who were trying to figure out, for defense purposes, how to communicate, we've got to understand that this is a national security issue, as well. And that's why we've got to make some investments and I've called for investments in solar, wind, geothermal.

Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, representatives choose their voters.

A healthy, dose of guilt never hurt anybody. It’s what civilization was built on, guilt. A highly underrated emotion.