tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post6598106568042576426..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: A Window Into America's SoulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-18826289350380066952012-04-11T22:11:33.956-05:002012-04-11T22:11:33.956-05:00Damn good post, and not too harsh for a holiday we...Damn good post, and not too harsh for a holiday weekend. I sometimes appreciate a good rant after a weekend of being stuffed with pork products and chocolate by my family members.<br /><br />As the purchaser of the aforementioned toxic window foam, I'll admit that I hadn't thought much about what it contained before buying it. I do that more than I like to admit.<br /><br />I've sprayed it myself and am always pissed off that the stuff doesn't come off of my hands for a week. Sorry you got stuck with it. If it matters, it wasn't on purpose.<br /><br />That said, I'd sure as hell never use Roundup anywhere near my garden. I might bend on chemical fertilizer every here and there, but Roundup is just nasty. It kills everything it touches. And they've lied about it breaking down on contact with soil. I'd find another way to deal with the crabgrass.Jeff Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285239745975791484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-47337869529329137902012-04-08T13:48:28.718-05:002012-04-08T13:48:28.718-05:00dkallem,
Yes, this post is very much like two pos...dkallem,<br /><br />Yes, this post is very much like two posts, but it all flowed together in my mind, the real and the metaphorical toxicity embraced by America's core. Too, I was in a bit of a toxic mood writing about it, and wanted not to carry it over another week. Too busy planting and building and writing and dancing and singing, to be undone by the ill-chosen drift of America.<br /><br />Thanks too for the kind words this Easter. I was worried I had come across too harshly on a holiday weekend, for my readers. Blessings.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-67323798207707461032012-04-08T11:57:13.879-05:002012-04-08T11:57:13.879-05:00Mr. Duncan; terrific, on point writing about some ...Mr. Duncan; terrific, on point writing about some of the many signs of the slow unravelling our society (or is it, all of Earth?) is now experiencing. <br /><br />I enjoyed most everything you wrote in your latest post, but do have to observe that it seemed to me to be a bit too long, too diverse to encapsulate well within one post. Perhaps breaking this up into several separate, titled entries might be better? <br /><br />For instance, your first meme, regarding the rotten way we construct homes and other buildings in America, could easily stand "on its own" and ended just before you moved on to, "Did you notice the recent Supreme Court decision..." Not that, strictly speaking, these aren't related matter, they are, but rather that each might benefit some from being set apart as distinct posts, with their own beginning, middle and end (summation). <br /><br />My two-cents worth, but make no mistake, this is merely a suggestion about your <i>editing</i>, not your writing, which I find to be top-rate. Thanks again!dkallemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435598655403273844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-685976039375382332012-04-04T23:17:10.395-05:002012-04-04T23:17:10.395-05:00Luciddreams,
The Earth will indeed take care of H...Luciddreams,<br /><br />The Earth will indeed take care of Herself. If there is anything at all we can do to help Her, it is to do what we know to be true to ourselves, with respect for Her. She will live a very long life, with many Era's remaining. There is every reason to believe She is capable of wiping the slate clean before the next one. I think the species is worth saving, but I'm biased. She is likely partial to all Her creatures - and there is only one that shows contempt for all.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-43936071409595754992012-04-04T19:32:00.258-05:002012-04-04T19:32:00.258-05:00Wow! That was an amazing dissection of the Americ...Wow! That was an amazing dissection of the American Madness...the result of a nation worshiping the illusion that is the American Dream. The dream is a nightmare, but nobody can see it because they are too fucked up on the poisonous output of said dream.<br /><br />I've come to believe that the best thing those of us who are awake and dreaming can do is to turn our backs on the system completely. The machine is crashing in it's own self generated toxicity and causing more and more misery as the days click forward. Why should we, the awake and dreaming, the newly born brothers and sisters of the post petroleum human tribe, give two shits about the inevitable tragedy we have already cemented into reality as a species? <br /><br />It's not wrong to walk away from madness you can do nothing about. In fact it's wrong to do anything but turn your back and march toward the post petroleum age that is our only hope. There is no hope in this current progress myth. We must progress toward life. We must turn our backs on the current system. We must stay intelligent, careful, cautious, and grow eyes in the back of our heads. Anything less is suicide for humanity. <br /><br />The planet will take care of herself. I was thinking today that the goal is for humanity to just not act like a virus on the surface of the Earth. Not to save the Earth, but to save our species.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.com