This is a cool video in which Roger Doiron of Kitchen Gardeners International puts his hoe where is mouth is. Since he had been campaigning for the president to start a food garden in the white house lawn, he decided to take it upon himself to convert his own yard into a garden. Truly an inspiration to all of us who want to be the change we’d like to see in the world. (Via Justin)

Further Reading

It has become increasingly possible that the Democratic contest for president will be decided by Superdelegates instead of actual voters. If you feel as though your vote is becoming more and more irrelevant in the electoral process, you are not alone. David Rothkopf, author of Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making, argues that this power shift is just the tip of the iceberg. I heard him speak last night and he explained his theory that the world’s 6 billion people and their destiny is controlled by about 6 thousand wealthy individuals that he calls the Superclass. These are the same people who show up in statistical sound bites such as: “The richest 2% own more than half of global assets.”

I once heard a similar theory from a bus driver when conversing about politics during my commute, but Rothkopt does have some anecdotal and empirical evidence to support his theory. He proposed the growing disparity of wealth and power will lead to civil unrest and has helped to create populist backlashes in the form of popular leaders such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez. He also made the claim that issues such as global warming and the stability of world financial institutions are at the mercy of the Superclass as they have usurped national governments. Citing ridiculous policies such as last year’s ethanol-laden energy bill and the border wall, Rothkopt explained how powerful lawyers and lobbyist representing the Superclass have guided government into enacting policies that don’t necessarily reflect our best interests. He even quipped about how the current accusations and controversy of elitism are laughable when you consider they are coming from the wife of a former President and a man whose wife is the heiress to Hensley & Co., the nation’s second-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor.

Despite the bad news about growing disparities, the speaker was optimistic that we can reassert control over our nation and work in cooperation with increasingly powerful countries in Asia to fight global warming and economic instability.