And we think of our lives not as something lived from moment to moment, but as a very small piece of experience, with a beginning, and not too much later, an end. And think of our lives not as things which are lived for pleasure in and of themselves, but as an opportunity to fulfill a purpose, a purpose which is reflected in what we bequeath to those hundreds of billions of souls waiting to be born, in their condition. Such that, if we at any point were to cut short our mortal life by spending it in a way, which ensured the cause of those hundreds of billions of souls yet to be born, we could walk to death with joy, because we had completed our life, fulfilled it. We might have been denied the chance of fulfilling it a little bit more, but nonetheless, we had fulfilled it.
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjYMNMSPZ3s
A Note To Readers
On February 12, 2019, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, the world lost one of its greatest leaders and intellectual giants. For 50 years, Lyndon LaRouche was my teacher, my friend, my colleague. I am proud to say that he was the man that more than any other individual who made me what I am today, and more importantly, has helped to shape the world in which we live today.
Perhaps the words from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address are most fitting here:
“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
Feb. 12 (EIRNS)—We are saddened to report that Lyndon LaRouche passed away today at the age of 96. Those who loved him are grieving him. It is a profound loss. It is neither possible nor fitting in these first moments of sadness to try to hastily summarize the profound contribution that Lyndon LaRouche has made to mankind. But, for purposes of today’s assessments, we can honor him by taking up one imperative he repeatedly put forward: judge ideas and actions on how they contribute to the future progress of humanity.
In This Week’s Report
The first few pages this week focus our attention on the record rain and snow that has inundated the state this month. A series of atmospheric Rivers have given us lots of snow and rain, filled the reservoirs, and really ended California’s drought.
Both the State Water Project and the Federal Central Valley Project this week have announced the allocations from those two projects to water contractors. Being cautious with still more than a month remaining in the rainy season, the low allocations to some contractors has not been welcome, to say the least.
Our new Governor, Gavin Newsom, gave his State of the State speech last week and just shitcaned the high-speed rail project and the two tunnels under the delta. While that section below will present what the governor said, it should be noted that these policies announced just reflect the lost souls of most of the nation’s political class.
February 7 marked the two year anniversary of the collapse of the Oroville Dam spillways. Nearly completely repaired now, after spending $1.1 billion to do so, it is useful to reflect on the huge deficit of infrastructure repair and maintenance that the nation now faces. As the American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card on infrastructure makes clear, that deficit is in the range of $4 trillion.
This week’s update on the Colorado River crisis paints a pessimistic view that all the interested states and parties are failing to come to an agreement on the emergency measures required, and we may see the federal U.S. Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman impose a policy, which some people will definitely not like.
Of course we cannot not mention the announcement a couple weeks ago by some of the Democrats in the Congress of a “Green New Deal.” We consulted with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to get his view of the appropriation of his policy by such ignorant and stupid people like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. FDR had only the following to say, “don’t insult me.”
The Feature this week provides you with the links to all three panel discussions from the Presidents Day conference of the Schiller Institute held in Morristown, New Jersey. Speakers included William Binney, the former technical director of the National Security Agency, former Democratic Congressional candidate from Texas Kesha Rogers, the representative for the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Professor John Gong from Beijing, former Presidential candidate from France Jacques Cheminade, and two speakers with ties to NASA. The second panel of the conference is a concert of classical music, including a wonderful performance of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, with piano soloist Myhoa Steger doing an outstanding job.
Note: I skipped last week’s report due to travel.
