tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post5439177081589492898..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: On Healing the Earth and PeopleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-17190884505357898982017-03-24T11:58:52.732-05:002017-03-24T11:58:52.732-05:00Most interesting blog I stumbled on here. I'm ...Most interesting blog I stumbled on here. I'm intrigued. Thanks for sharing...:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-8116434907665953582016-12-16T12:10:21.627-06:002016-12-16T12:10:21.627-06:00Beautiful post. Thanks for articulating! I have be...Beautiful post. Thanks for articulating! I have been giving a lot of thought to the best ways to resist the global corporatocracy. So much needs to be done, it is overwhelming. The way in which people can be most constructive also depends on their personal life. The harm done to an abandoned family would outweigh the good done by a protest. Your greenhouse and urban food gardens, if visible from the street, may well be one of the most revolutionary contributions you can make. Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-63535681180675975922016-11-28T16:05:20.145-06:002016-11-28T16:05:20.145-06:00Enjoyed the blog and comments. We have been talkin...Enjoyed the blog and comments. We have been talking about this stuff extensively and I thought this article that I just read could be important to consider if you are serious about going to standing rock, which I have every hope of doing. It was a different view than most I have read and aimed specifically at non-native family. WHD, thank you for your articulation and positivity, as well as promotion of non-violence. <br /><br />http://planetjuniper.tumblr.com/post/153580919367/random-pic-of-dude-at-burning-man-the-unbearable SaintPauliGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570322868392204371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-78214065514565773922016-11-28T08:41:35.103-06:002016-11-28T08:41:35.103-06:00I'd love to drive up there and get myself arre...I'd love to drive up there and get myself arrested. I'd sleep better at night and like myself more as a person. I don't have the money to pull it off, and my wife and children need me at home and not in a jail cell with a terrorist record. I'm pretty sure I would not be able to remain peaceful. I'm not put together that way. I fight back when attacked. Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-47750580045323902612016-11-28T07:26:41.919-06:002016-11-28T07:26:41.919-06:00If you do go, make SURE to get pics and vids!!!!!
...If you do go, make SURE to get pics and vids!!!!!<br /><br />REReverse Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062239687986775433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-25216417697636289452016-11-28T07:03:57.834-06:002016-11-28T07:03:57.834-06:00I published this one on the Diner. :) Lemme know ...I published this one on the Diner. :) Lemme know if you get any kind of bump in readership.<br /><br />REReverse Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062239687986775433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-51076845090329311432016-11-28T00:15:40.139-06:002016-11-28T00:15:40.139-06:00Good to hear from you RE. I will check in with you...Good to hear from you RE. I will check in with you soon. And yes, economics are likely to make DAPL a short lived pipeline, if activism doesn't. And yeah, a fine fitting end to the Obama years, a nice domestic show of force to show the people who controls whom and what.<br /><br />LD, I've been thinking about driving out there this weekend. I have bags full of old work clothes, most of which are not so good for trift sale, but good for warmth. See for myself what is what. Report back. If they are going to clear that camp however, there's no where to run out there on that prairie, no where to hide. Fish in a barrel so to speak. This is not the Aeon of Pisces anymore, if you catch my meaning waterbearer. I am not a fish. Turning the other cheek will get you labeled a terrorist guaranteed in this Christian/Capitalist hydra. <br /><br />William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-73682397807578949952016-11-27T20:54:54.186-06:002016-11-27T20:54:54.186-06:00It's going to be quite difficult to clear that...It's going to be quite difficult to clear that camp on Dec 5th. This isn't a small Occupy site, and it's going to get a lot bigger by D-Day. The First Nations people are chartering buses and just about any who are still alive are going to be there. It's bigger than Wounded Knee.<br /><br />On Da Goobermint side, the Goobernator has already spent $10M policing this, and he has pitched the ball at Obama. He'll have to call up the National Guard,and will he do that right before he is set to leave office? It would kill his bullshit legacy as defender of the underclass.<br /><br />I think the pipeline will end up going through, but I doubt it will carry oil in it for very long. The economics will be much more effective in killing it, although it certainly doesn't hurt to make it more expensive to complete with the protests.<br /><br />REReverse Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062239687986775433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-75233027512073039892016-11-27T12:31:03.205-06:002016-11-27T12:31:03.205-06:00I wonder what it is that you are getting at that w...I wonder what it is that you are getting at that warrants that increase in bots? what do you attribute it to?<br /><br />On the Standing Rock issue and clearing the camp...it won't surprise me if they bring in the full fury and might of the military. It won't surprise me in the least. What would the people do about it? There would be outrage to be sure, just like there has been about King Trumps appointment as POTUS. However, there would have been outrage either way. People are outraged by what we have gotten. A faux representative democracy. The only thing it represents is the 1% owners of the Corporatocracy. <br /><br />I suppose they do what? Arrest everybody and take them to another FEMA like camp? To a prison perhaps? To jail? Then they release them all having broken up the camp and therefore the resistance. Maybe they arrest all of the leaders and leave them in solitary until the pipeline is built? Again, what would the people do about it that would amount to anything more than protesting in the streets? Maybe some rioting in the city centers followed by more police crack downs and mass arrests. And how would a resistance be any different than the OWS movement was? We saw what all that accomplished. Namely...not a damn thing as the DAPL police state no doubt confirms. <br /><br />There is no way to win here. Non-violence results in arrests. Violence results in arrests. The Corporate police are geared up for terrorism. Anything beyond turning the other check will result in being labeled a terrorist. <br /><br />It would take a mass violent uprising to change the trajectory of the Corporatocracy and it's quests for complete control. Maybe that's not too far fetched at this point. If it got violent then they would most certainly squash it with the military, and the MSM would report it, and people would be afraid of all of the domestic terrorist. It has to stay non-violent to have a chance at changing anything. The Water Protectors know that...thank God for that. <br /><br />Maybe we can win. I wish I could be there contributing as a Water Protector. Why aren't you there William? It's in your back yard after all. What could be more important than the No DAPL fight presently? Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-83589868728947188042016-11-27T11:34:11.311-06:002016-11-27T11:34:11.311-06:00Btw LD, my Google stats reflect a 6xs increase in ...Btw LD, my Google stats reflect a 6xs increase in bots, from about 35 hits a day to 200+, after my post about the end of my battle with the city about my greenhouse, after a year of not blogging much. I must be getting at something ;)William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-46449355208926676682016-11-27T11:16:42.944-06:002016-11-27T11:16:42.944-06:00The DAPL issue is indeed a harbringer. If the Corp...The DAPL issue is indeed a harbringer. If the Corp of Engineers think they are going to clear that camp by Dec 5, they are going to need the Army or Marines. They can't use the fake news excuse to keep that in the shadows. If they use a force ten times the size so far, and America yawns, or cowers, then yes, it is only going to get worse for us all. That is still a creative time. Stay true to your core. William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-68230773064679176432016-11-27T10:33:54.244-06:002016-11-27T10:33:54.244-06:00Thank you for your continual articulation. I say ...Thank you for your continual articulation. I say that in all sincerity. My hope lies in the power of bamboo. I want to be wrong about where I see the future headed. I want to believe that tomorrow can be better than yesterday. I just can't see it. I do believe that the Water Protectors, and the situation with DAPL is a harbinger for a turning point. Possibly. We either get full on Corporatocracy hell complete with a Corporate King Trump and a fubar biome, or we may just get the beginning of healing. Either way I'll be moving towards and advocating for a bamboo future. Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-40424017225625569752016-11-27T09:48:53.470-06:002016-11-27T09:48:53.470-06:00LD, no change is possible until enough believe it,...LD, no change is possible until enough believe it, and enough can't believe it until a few articulate it clearly enough to understand. Anyway, I'm going to continue to attempt to articulate it, no matter what. William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-8409383295562359452016-11-26T11:50:19.582-06:002016-11-26T11:50:19.582-06:00I envy your optimism William. I wish I could beli...I envy your optimism William. I wish I could believe that the change you are advocating could be possible, but I suppose I've become too jaded by reality. I've been facing down this overwhelming epiphany that one must first be able to afford to be the change. It's baked into a capitalistic society. Those who control the dial that allows digibits into existence control everything. Those same people are psychopaths (or sociopaths which is a euphemism for psychopath). They've got it fixed so that we all have to have money to get the things that we need in our society. Which is a lie. Technically we could sustain our needs without money. There was a time, think Native American nomads, when humanity provided for it's every need without money or large centralized government. Those times are now shrouded by the mist of passing time, and they are myth now. <br /><br />Standing Rock is testament to the place we are now. The latest headline is that the army corp of engineers is going to shut the camp down on the 5th of December. The Black Snake will cross the Missouri. I want to believe that it can be stopped. I want to be at Standing Rock standing with those warriors. I don't have the money to make that possible. I have a wife and two children. We need every dollar that we can acquire. <br /><br />I often think that we could just disappear into the wilderness. Could we survive? Maybe. But I can't do that with my family. Ecovilliage? You need money. I couldn't just move my family to The Farm or Earthhaven without paying tens of thousands of dollars. Ecovillages are the way forward, but they don't exist in a vacuum. They require money to come into existence. The same people that own the digibit lever own the land that you pay taxes to. I own 4 acres that I can do nothing with. The only thing we can do with that land is to build one house of stick built or modular construction. Anything that we grow from the land we are not allowed to sell. <br /><br />Stay positive William. God knows we need people who can abide in hope. I want to believe that the future can be better than the present, but I don't see it. What I see is the rich will continue getting richer, and the rest of us will continue getting poorer until we become migrant refugees desperate enough to attempt crossing the Mediterranean on a dingy and dying by the thousands in the process. They will continue cutting the trees down and removing the mountain tops and drilling the ground for energy, and we will continue buying the toilet paper and driving the cars. Only collapse will stop this now. <br /><br />That is the Native prophecy. If they fail at Standing Rock the prophecy is fulfilled and the snake crosses. It's the end of the world. I think the Mayan 2012 prophecy was true. It just didn't happen with a big bang. Trump's election is testament to the doom, as would have been Hillary's. Testament to the doom is that it matters not who the POTUS is. The Corporatocracy does as it wills, and it wills psychopathic profit and power above health. <br /><br />I imagine that this will end with another great world war. In fact, that war has been raging for some time now. Here in the states we are sheltered by MSM and iphones with the inconsequential facebook echo chamber. It's coming here. Standing Rock is the Canary in the coal mine with that eventuality. Police state America is about to be unleashed. At this point nothing will stop it.<br /><br />Honestly, I want to be wrong. I hope that I'm wrong and that you are right. Thank you for believing that positive change is possible. I just can't see it. Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.com