In our view, such a council could further polarize and politicize the human rights system and, in turn, further marginalize the developing countries in yet another important forum within the United Nations.

Indeed, the 2002 2007 period was the only recovery on record during which the median family s real income declined. Moreover, job opportunities continued to polarize, with employment growing in high wage professional, technical, and managerial occupations, as well as in low wage food service, personal care, and protective service occupations.

The current tone surrounding the peak oil debate is reminiscent of that surrounding the global war on terror, with the phrase you re either with us or against us recycled to polarize observers and analysts. But as in any other debate, once extreme positions dominate, the real problems are trivialized and marginalized.

That money is supposed to go toward reaching a broad public who will respond via the Internet, making small donations and joining in a national effort to suggest and choose a third candidate for president. This candidate will not try to divide and polarize the country, but rather will unite it around common sense approaches to fiscal policy, education, health care, and other long term issues.