state of the union

dug in the dirt- the clay - late into the night last night - late enough to hear, hours ago, the early morning news of carol browner's departure.

van jones gone, carol browner gone, no climate policy- but jobs, jobs, jobs sure to be echoed with hope through my trusted leader tonight- he who i'd hoped would bring systemic thinking to the nation

my form is slumping this 'morning before'.

my clay needs an armature. otherwise, by nature, the weight of the limbs will be too much for the body.
balance.
nature conservancy and dow chemical suddenly partners the day before the state of the union address?
will we hear of the organic olive branch tonight, perhaps?

dow's mission is "to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress by providing sustainable solutions to our customers", and it's vision is "to be the most profitable and respected science-driven chemical company in the world".

napalm dow.
agent orange dow.
dow who took over union carbide, responsible for the deaths of 20,000 people in bhopal in 1984, moving forward to pollute south africa, dump dioxins and mercury in the great lakes, to take the lead in, yes, life-saving drugs, and yes, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and genetically modified plant seeds that resist said herbicides. closing the loop as any sustainable system should.

most profitable? doubtless. but today, downstream from the Midland plant, 52 miles of the saginaw river qualify as a superfund site. dow pressured michigan's former governor granholm to keep it off the epa priority list. a little digging shows that the new governor, planning to work with the epa and dow, is on the board of the nature conservancy.

grist for the grist for the grist for the clay.
will spray and cover my piece to keep it from drying and cracking prematurely. will listen in tonight.