Comments for The Zephyr

Comment on Bingo in Dixie! by Chintan

Chintan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:49:47 +0000

Hey I would like to join this mach only and only for BIngo

Comment on the Hummer goes green! by Freefarmer

Freefarmer — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:13:10 +0000

Just purchased a [ literal ] green H3. Gotta hell of a deal on it.
And its like being married to porn star so far. Gotta love it. And if it pisses off liberals, eco-facists, democrats, greeners and assorted members of the urban elite? Bonus. I plan on stocking it with various guns, rifles and large visious hounddogs. The H3 ought to work good on the farm and transporting organic fruit to the farmersmarket. Cheney-Palin in 2012. Thanks.

Comment on Malthus redux by stiles

stiles — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:08:23 +0000

Actually, running the numbers is a good idea. Assuming we’re talking about carrying capacity as a function of overall ecosystem integrity. In the long run, it ain’t about people.

Comment on Malthus redux by Don Sturgill

Don Sturgill — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:10:27 +0000

Run the numbers, Mudd. It’s not about enough space. It’s about the wise management of the space we have. The entire population of the planet could survive in a landmass the size of Oregon. Could the people? Not by putting greed above need and me above Thee.

Comment on Chimpanzee television ahoy! by Ahoy Alloy! | Alloying Material Geek

Ahoy Alloy! | Alloying Material Geek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:55:13 +0000

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Comment on war of the greens by Mark

Mark — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:25:26 +0000

The Supreme Court ruled this week that campaign contributions by corporations can not be limited and it seems like the discussion falls along established political lines. Conservatives: government bad, unions bad, the free market is the answer and the US is a Christian nation. Liberals: corporations bad, unrestrained free market bad, get the government involved and tax it! Those that pay any attention line up in the proper camps, while everyone else is too busy or disinterested to be bothered.

I enjoy reading the Zephyr and agree with most of what is written. At times I disagree with the “radical boneheads or bone-head radicals” but am happy they take the time to express a though-out opinion. However, I have been worried that the conversation is only between relatively like-minded people. I real appreciate Stiles openness to other opinions, but where is the dialogue in this country? Conservative talk shows are really polarized, but have not all of us separated into camps that make us comfortable with our opinions and not challenged?

It may sound like a conspiracy theory, but is this division not beneficial to those who are in power? Divide and conquer, you know? Nothing changes or challenges the status quo when we fight among ourselves like jealous siblings.

Political theater of Republican versus Democrat distracts from business as usual and the benefits that all of the politicians gain. Should we not be talking about why corporations would find making campaign contributions a good investment? Solving that would eliminate the need for any law regulating campaign contributions.

Comment on Guns, germs, and Wal-Mart? by SmehoormTrupe

SmehoormTrupe — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:03:09 +0000

Unadulterated words, some unadulterated words man. Thx for making my day.

Comment on Farmers and freedom by jimij tubiolo

jimij tubiolo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:28:29 +0000

Just how soon is soon? Seems like this nation was agrarian from its founding until fairly recently and having been raised on a farm, I didn’t see our culture treating its citizens or its farm animals in a disrespectful way – again, until fairly recently. However, with the increased paving over and fallowing of farmland for social expediency, perhaps Mr Salatin won’t have to worry about the treatment of farm animals. I presume he’s a vegan. Amen

Comment on the S word again by John M

John M — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:53:03 +0000

Thanks for your review. But why did you stop at the big which you think is techno-babble? The article continues:

“Cities need to be designed for conviviality and convenience, without so much useless infrastructure – transport, waste, parking – clogging everything up.

Citizens need to take a break from worrying about recycling and climate change (which they have been unfairly dumped with solving) by taking time away from soulless work for unsatisfying consumption”

neither of which are very techno. Overpopulation is important, but count me as one who believes that overconsumption is more important at the present time (if only because we have less experience at dealing with it than we do population control). Note challenging overconsumption, and challening that, is more or less as politicised as challenging overpopulation.

Thanks.

Comment on real politiks by Karen Robinson

Karen Robinson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:26:51 +0000

My first response was horror. “We don’t need any more clowns in Congress. The one I have never listens to me.“ On further contemplation (however brief), it occurred to me that if we had more it would cost more for them to all be bought. And an ordinary citizen might have a better chance of knowing who the joker was before voting for him/her. This would only work, of course, if those Neanderthal states of Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota and Utah (I don’t know about Delaware) were not the only ones to receive extra “representation” If the additional Congresspeople were spread out proportionally, what would happen? Would you end up with more Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians? Would it create an opportunity for third party candidates?

It would also only work if the current redistricting procedures were changed at a national level to prevent the blatant gerrymandering that currently defines them; otherwise you’d only end up with more Republicans and incumbents in Utah and more Democrats and incumbents in California. I’m already cringing from the thought of the additional U.S. Congressional member from Utah we’re bound to be gifted with after the census.

The idea appears to warrant discussion.

As for selection by lottery, well, maybe with lots of caveats, although a one year sentence – oops, I mean term – would be inadequate for most people to even learn the rules under which to House operates. Would the lottery be run by the same wonderful voting machines that choose our current representatives?