In article , "Snag"
wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article , "Snag"
wrote:

songbird wrote:

- charcoal scraps from grilling and making
charcoal roasters out of paint cans and
small holes in the sides near the top.
load with wood pieces, put on lid, upend
in grill, gases from wood inside come out
the holes and helps feed the rest of the
wood fire, but leaves some char inside
that can be used in the gardens. songbird

That charcoal would be much more useful if mixed with KNO3 and
sulphur in the proper proportions ...
Just sayin' .

A.K.A. black powder. The militia must be in town. Check for people
missing fingers.

Hmmm , I see I'm not the only one here who has reservations about the
direction our government is heading ... are you by any chance a 3%er ?

I'm not a member of any organized group. I'm a Green.

Jacksonian scholar, Robert Remini (The Age of Jackson), says,
after studying electoral figures for 1828 and 1832:

Jackson himself enjoyed widespread support that ranged across all classes
and sections of the country. He attracted farmers, mechanics, laborers,
professionals and even businessmen. And all this without Jackson being
clearly pro- or antilabor, pro- or antibusiness, pro- or antilower,
middle or upper class.

It was the new politics of ambiguity‹speaking for the lower and
middle classes to get their support in times of rapid growth and
potential turmoil. The two-party system came into its own in this time.
To give people a choice between two different parties and allow them, in
a period of rebellion, to choose the slightly more democratic one was an
ingenious mode of control.

Remini compares the Jacksonian Democrat Martin Van Buren, who succeeded
Jackson as President, with the Austrian conservative statesman
Metternich: "Like Metternich, who was seeking to thwart revolutionary
discontent in Europe. Van Buren and similar politicians were attempting
to banish political disorder from the United States by a balance of
power achieved through two *well-organized* and active parties."

The Jacksonian idea was to achieve stability and control by winning to
the Democratic party "the middling interest, and especially . .. the
substantial yeomanry of the country" by "prudent, judicious,
well-considered reform." . . . That is, reform that would not yield too
much. These were the words of Robert Rantoul, a reformer, corporation
lawyer, and Jacksonian Democrat.
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Let's pull weeds!

Back to digging up that orange tree, anyway. Ye hear that there is a
bacteria that's killing off oranges? Hot breakin' news from about 20
years ago. Apparently, it has laid low half of the oranges in Florida,
and now is attacking fresh oranges in California.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/sl...can-scientists
-wasps-save-orange-juice

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Welcome to the New America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg
or
E Pluribus Unum
Next time vote Green Party