Meet Petro

Petro
Originally uploaded by Polish Carpetlayer.

If you look hard enough and far enough you’ll see the Bay in the distance. And just on the other side of the Bay is the Golden Gate Bridge. This though, is the San Francisco/Oakland that doesn’t make it into the tourist books. But it’s important, maybe more important in these times than the Golden Gate or the Transamerica building. It’s the kind of infrastructure that Sarah Palin keeps talking about. It’s the real terrorist in Iraq. And the source of power that enriches Saudi Arabi and Iran and Russia. In some ways, it’s beautiful precisely because it’s not hidden. We need to see what's driving the geo global and local politics of the day. So take a look at my neighbor. I woke up before sunrise to get a few shots of it. Even if you don’t see this in your city, it’s your neighbor too. It, unfortunately, is IT in this world right now. So let’s hope that we make change on Election Day and the politicians make a change after Election Day.