democratic party leadership is absolutely part of this continuing this process and it does it as glen ford put it it's not the lesser evil it's the more effective evil that keeps things going and. people with the sense that something some responsiveness to their concerns at least they think carry out rhetoric that is reality based you know even though of course they are part of the very process of eco suddenly just saw barack obama give a speech to the fossil fuel industry where. he touted the expansion of. drilling and fracking yeah exactly and that's what he was doing during his administration the u.s. became self-sufficient and so on that that was held up as a great achievement right when we come back we'll continue our conversation about ecological collapse and possible solutions with author victor wallace. you cannot be both with the yeah you like. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see a very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids it invaded ame