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[OT] c'mon billy grow some historical perspective (was Fish Fertilizer and saving fish stock
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Nad R wrote: songbird wrote: i think it likely we'll have some more epidemics of some kind. population density continues to increase as people move to the cities. Not in the US. More and More people are moving to the country. Carving up the the land into smaller and small segments at a destructive pace. The last census showed that most cities have fewer people. I am one of those that fled the city for the safety of the country. And increased transportation cost$ to go to the markets, stores, and other business offices that are found in towns and cities. Do you get all your culture from the small screen? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/..._ST_N.htm?csp= 34news more people are raising chickens and pigs in close proximity again. these sorts of trends are asking for trouble. Does this mean I have to kick my chickens, dogs and bessy the cow out of my bed room Nad, I don't think you have a firm grasp on the concept of animal husbandry ;O) Or are you advocating vegetarianism? Or against farm factories from that last sentence? http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/na...next_aids.html on top of the likelyhood of food shortages, riots, wars, water shortages, etc. it's going to be an interesting period of time coming up. There's that Chinese curse again. Interesting only for those that can avoid the food and water shortages, riots and wars. Shortages caused by humans breading like rats. Breading humans? Is that anything like schnitzel? Let us support Family Planning and the Environmental Protection Agency Sorry, both are being axed by Paul Ryan’s neo-liberal, bone-headed budget cuts http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...ive_government /2011/04/01/AFQbjTXC_story.html?nav=emailpage The end of progressive government? By E.J. Dionne Jr., Sunday, AprilÂ*,Â*7:53 PM So far, our nation’s budget debate has been a desultory affair focused on whether a small slice of the federal government’s outlays should be cut by $33 billion or $61 billion, or whatever. But Americans are about to learn how much is at stake in our larger budget fight, how radical the new conservatives in Washington are, and the extent to which some politicians would transfer even more resources from the have-nots and have-a-littles to the have-a-lots. And you wonder: Will President Obama welcome the responsibility of engaging the country in this big argument, or will he shrink from it? Will his political advisers remain robotically obsessed with poll results about the 2012 election, or will they embrace Obama’s historic obligation — and opportunity — to win the most important struggle over the role of government since the New Deal? This week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will announce the House Republicans’ budget plan, which is expected to include cuts in many programs for the neediest Americans. The Ryan budget’s central purpose will not be deficit reduction but the gradual dismantling of key parts of government. Remember that Ryan wants both to preserve the Bush tax cuts and, over the long run, to enact more breaks for the wealthy, including the elimination of the capital gains tax. Ryan’s plan reportedly will include steep Medicaid cuts, disguised as a proposal to turn the program into a “block grant” to the states. The net effect would be to leave even more Americans to the mercies of the private insurance market. In deference to the GOP’s success in turning last year’s health-care law into “Obamacare,” let’s call this proposal Ryancare — and let’s make sure we look carefully at its impact on the elderly and the disabled, the main beneficiaries of Medicaid. Put the two parts of the Ryan design together — tax cuts for the rich, program cuts for the poor — and its radically redistributionist purposes become clear. Timid Democrats would never dare embark on class warfare on this scale the other way around. (cont.) - If you like weekends (8 hr./day & 40 hr./week), then thank a labor union. They paid for it in blood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair = -- - Billy Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953 http://wn.com/black_panther_party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vN0--mHug |
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[OT] c'mon billy grow some historical perspective (was Fish Fertilizer and saving fish stock
Billy wrote:
In article , Nad R wrote: songbird wrote: i think it likely we'll have some more epidemics of some kind. population density continues to increase as people move to the cities. Not in the US. More and More people are moving to the country. Carving up the the land into smaller and small segments at a destructive pace. The last census showed that most cities have fewer people. I am one of those that fled the city for the safety of the country. And increased transportation cost$ to go to the markets, stores, and other business offices that are found in towns and cities. Do you get all your culture from the small screen? Not at all, now that I am retired my cost for fuel has been dramatically reduced. I no longer drive a hundred miles round trip each day. I use more gas in my lawn mower than my truck now. I only go shopping twice a month. Gas can go to ten bucks a gallon for all I care now. I may start riding my bike ten miles one way to the nearest market or get horse. Does this mean I have to kick my chickens, dogs and bessy the cow out of my bed room Nad, I don't think you have a firm grasp on the concept of animal husbandry ;O) That is a good one -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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