If you've never heard of the city of Bayocean, Oregon, you're probably not alone. By 1960, the last home in that once-booming city disappeared into the ocean, but there's an important lesson to be learned from Bayocean that's still valuable today.

If we don't learn to work with our planet, and restore balance to our environment, it's only a matter of time before another city is swallowed up by the sea. Established in 1906, Bayocean, Oregon was envisioned to be the "Atlantic City of the west," and at one time it contained a hotel, a dance hall, and numerous homes.

Before long, residents grew concerned about having to cross the treacherous Columbia River to reach Bayocean, and they began meddling with mother nature. In an effort to ensure safe travel to the city, residents demanded a protective jetty to calm the waters in Tillamook Bay, but their attempt to work against nature backfired.

The Army Corps of Engineers explained to town residents that they would need two jetties to calm the bay, but residents only paid to build one. The new jetty changed the current, and started the slow destruction of Bayocean.

Slowly, but surely, water began to wear away at the sand beneath the city, and made it more vulnerable to bad weather. By 1938, almost 60 homes had been washed away, and most residents had abandoned their once-booming city. By 1960, Bayocean had completely disappeared, and all that remained was the hard lesson.

Instead of working with their environment, Bayocean residents tried to stand up to mother nature, and the result was tragic. If we don't learn from their mistakes, and start working with nature to restore our environment, we could be damning ourselves to the same fate.

It will be difficult to undo the damage caused by a century of pumping carbon dioxide into our environment, but it can be done. And, our planet's natural systems can help make it possible. To find out more, check out GreenWorldRising.org.

 

-Thom

 

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Need to Know: TPP Debate - Obama at Nike
- Patrick Hedger, American Encore    

 

Screwed: NSA Phone Surveillance Ruled Illegal By Courts
- Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC)    

 

Best of the Rest: Why Americans Should Care About the U.K. Elections
- Ben Cohen, The Daily Banter  

 

Why TN Republicans are 'aggravated' by the Koch Brothers
- Brendan Fischer, Center for Media and Democracy / ALECexposed    

 

  

Thursday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: Obama Fueling Jade Helm Concerns...
- General Jerry Boykin (ret'd), Family Research Council  

Article: "Wingers Debate Why Obama Is Plotting Military Takeover of Texas" by Catherine Thompson.

Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.

Article: "US is 'battling Satan' says general", 17 October, 2003 by BBC.

Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).

Law: "Insurrection Act", 1807/2006.

 

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Quote: "It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so." - Ronald Reagan".

Book: Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich by Peter Schweizer.

Article: "Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days" by Sam Stein

Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders goes All In" by Chris Hayes, 5/6/15.

Article: "Montgomery sought for electronic ballot pilot program" by Drew Taylor.

Article: "Election Systems & Software (ES&S)" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Help America Vote Act" (2002).

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)". "All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats."

Hour Two: No fair in fair trade...
- Elizabeth Swager, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign  

Article: "Obama To Visit Nike To Promote TPP. Wait, NIKE? Really?" by davej.

Article: "Senate Republicans determined to move on fast track trade bill" by Reuters.

Article: "Fast track (trade)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

 

Article: "UK Election 2015: Voting enters final hours" by BBC.

Article: "Poll Of Likely 2016 Voters" by GBA Strategies on behalf of the Progressive Change Institute.

Article: "Section 215 of the Patriot Act Expires in June. Is Congress Ready?" by Nadia Kayyali.

Article: "McConnell pushes for Patriot Act extension with no NSA reforms" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "NSA's phone spying program ruled illegal by appeals court" by Jonathan Stempel.

Case: "ACLU v. Clapper" (BSA, Section 215.

Article: "The New USA Freedom Act: A Step in the Right Direction, but More Must Be Done" by Mark Jaycox and Rainey Reitman.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren says Obama's trade policy is imperiling his Wall Street reforms. Is she right?" by Matthew Yglesias.

Article: "Bernie Sanders on the Issues" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The good: "Tesla batteries: Elon Musk reveals house power of the future" by Andrew Griffin.

The bad: "Fox's Keith Ablow: "Men Should Be Able To Veto Women's Abortions"" by Media Matters.

The very, very ugly: Skaldic Games: "Christian Developer Releases 'Kill the Faggot' Video Game" by Michael Stone.

Article: "Podcast 201 - Obama to Make Hard Sell on TPP at Nike" (w/Jonathan Alter) by Ed Schultz.

Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Video: We Can't Make It Here Anymore by James McMurtry.

Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Sanders Files Bill to Break Up Big Banks" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief 

Article: "Appeals Court Rules NSA Bulk Surveillance Illegal" by TRNS.

Article: "White House rips Warren, calls trade opposition a bid to feed 'draft' effort" by Paul Bedard.

Article: "Remarks: John Kerry With Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir" May 7, 2015.

Article: "Open letter to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz" by Ani Zonneveld.

Site: Muslims For Progressive Values.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 5/7" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 5/6" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Despite 1.6 Billion Dollar Budget Hole, Louisiana Is Still Subsidizing Duck Dynasty" by Keith Brekhus.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "The Danger of American Fascism" by Henry A. Wallace.

Article: "Jon Stewart: Hillary Clinton will crush 'full-term curmudgeon' Bernie Sanders".

Article: "Obama Plugs Trade, Racial Harmony in Letterman Top-Ten" by Angela Greiling Keane.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Law: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.

Article: "David Koch and PBS: The Odd Couple" by Michael Getler, May 25, 2013.

Article: "Frank Herbert's 'Dune' holds timely - and timeless - appeal" by Scott Timberg.

Article: "Letter Carrier Food Drive is Sat. May 9" by Chasity Pendergrass.

Article: "'Duck Dynasty' Musical Closing Early in Las Vegas After Low Ticket Sales" by Emma Koonse.

Article: "Bradley Birkenfeld" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Why did the US pay this former Swiss banker $104M?" by Eamon Javers.

Article: "Ten Shocking Facts About Baltimore" by Bill Quigley.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Upset by Warren, U.S. banks debate halting some campaign donations" by Emily Flitter.

Article: "John Roberts Basically Thinks It's OK When Politicians Just Do What Wealthy Donors Say" by Paul Blumenthal.

Site: Move to Amend

Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu Forms Israeli Government Minutes Before Deadline" by Jodi Rudoren.

 

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