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snow is gone in Austin

Scott Richardson

2007-03-24, 1:25 pm

You'll be happy to hear that nearly all of the snow is now gone in Austin.
Heard a robin singing this morning. Probably two to three weeks away before
the garden will be dry enough to start cleaning up and getting ready for the
new season. I have penstemon, snaps, clematis, columbine, larkspur, bachelor
button seedlings that I need to repot into individual pots and put out in
the cold frame. Today or tomorrow I start impatiens, petunia, and about 3
varieties of marigolds. Some basil and cherry tomato also. (I have three
sets of shop lights in the basement so I am indoor gardening from about
December.

Outdoor planting's frost free date is May 15th.
With the snow gone, I see that moles have been busy all winter just
under the snow but above the ground - I have declared war on them, but
victory is not yet in sight. This summer I am surging up my efforts. They
are handy in the garden as they churn the soil without hurting the plants.
In the lawn - evil thoughts of death and torture come to mind. I didn't
have any lily blooms last year because of either rabbits or deer or both. A
gardening acquaintance said to get a pellet gun. That's surging too much. I
am thinking - fencing as in perimeter fence. I suppose I could call the
fenced in area the "green zone. "

Scott in Austin ... Minnesota

Jangchub

2007-03-24, 5:25 pm

What "Austin" are you talking about? We rarely have snow and our last
average frost date is March 15, not May.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:39:34 -0600, "Scott Richardson"
<srichard@charter.net> wrote:

>You'll be happy to hear that nearly all of the snow is now gone in Austin.
>Heard a robin singing this morning. Probably two to three weeks away before
>the garden will be dry enough to start cleaning up and getting ready for the
>new season. I have penstemon, snaps, clematis, columbine, larkspur, bachelor
>button seedlings that I need to repot into individual pots and put out in
>the cold frame. Today or tomorrow I start impatiens, petunia, and about 3
>varieties of marigolds. Some basil and cherry tomato also. (I have three
>sets of shop lights in the basement so I am indoor gardening from about
>December.
>
> Outdoor planting's frost free date is May 15th.
> With the snow gone, I see that moles have been busy all winter just
>under the snow but above the ground - I have declared war on them, but
>victory is not yet in sight. This summer I am surging up my efforts. They
>are handy in the garden as they churn the soil without hurting the plants.
>In the lawn - evil thoughts of death and torture come to mind. I didn't
>have any lily blooms last year because of either rabbits or deer or both. A
>gardening acquaintance said to get a pellet gun. That's surging too much. I
>am thinking - fencing as in perimeter fence. I suppose I could call the
>fenced in area the "green zone. "
>
>Scott in Austin ... Minnesota
>

Omelet

2007-03-24, 5:25 pm

In article <g74b03l1t6g1u5dcbi1cherqbos7bjposl@4ax.com>,
Jangchub <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:39:34 -0600, "Scott Richardson"
> <srichard@charter.net> wrote:
>
> What "Austin" are you talking about? We rarely have snow and our last
> average frost date is March 15, not May.
>

Um, they said Austin Minnesota dear.

Do you really read ALL of the post before you reply? ;-D

It's okay, I do that from time to time too, and it's embarassing.
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Jangchub

2007-03-24, 8:25 pm

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:12:38 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <g74b03l1t6g1u5dcbi1cherqbos7bjposl@4ax.com>,
> Jangchub <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote:
>
>
>Um, they said Austin Minnesota dear.
>
>Do you really read ALL of the post before you reply? ;-D
>
>It's okay, I do that from time to time too, and it's embarassing.

I'm not embarrassed at all. And no, I couldn't bear to read on,
sorry.

Justin Wilson

2007-03-25, 3:25 am

"Scott Richardson" <srichard@charter.net> wrote in message
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> You'll be happy to hear that nearly all of the snow is now gone in Austin.
> Heard a robin singing this morning. Probably two to three weeks away
> before > Scott in Austin ... Minnesota
I love me some Hormel Chili!

Noncompliant

2007-03-26, 8:25 pm

Austin, Texas or Austin, Minnesota, its warmer every place. Move the marker
to the left on the calendar for last anticipated frost date.

Goodbye maples for Vermont I saw on TV in near future. Reason being the
same. Just getting too warm.
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Noncompliant

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"Scott Richardson" <srichard@charter.net> wrote in message
news:TCbNh.9$786.7@newsfe03.lga...
> You'll be happy to hear that nearly all of the snow is now gone in Austin.
> Heard a robin singing this morning. Probably two to three weeks away
> before the garden will be dry enough to start cleaning up and getting
> ready for the new season. I have penstemon, snaps, clematis, columbine,
> larkspur, bachelor button seedlings that I need to repot into individual
> pots and put out in the cold frame. Today or tomorrow I start impatiens,
> petunia, and about 3 varieties of marigolds. Some basil and cherry tomato
> also. (I have three sets of shop lights in the basement so I am indoor
> gardening from about December.
>
> Outdoor planting's frost free date is May 15th.
> With the snow gone, I see that moles have been busy all winter just
> under the snow but above the ground - I have declared war on them, but
> victory is not yet in sight. This summer I am surging up my efforts. They
> are handy in the garden as they churn the soil without hurting the plants.
> In the lawn - evil thoughts of death and torture come to mind. I didn't
> have any lily blooms last year because of either rabbits or deer or both.
> A gardening acquaintance said to get a pellet gun. That's surging too
> much. I am thinking - fencing as in perimeter fence. I suppose I could
> call the fenced in area the "green zone. "
>
> Scott in Austin ... Minnesota
>

Justin Wilson

2007-03-27, 3:25 am

Used to be the deserts of Arabia and the Horn of Africa were the world's
breadbasket. What did we do 15,000 years ago to mess that one up?

"Noncompliant" <spamyourself@blackworm.net> wrote in message
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> Austin, Texas or Austin, Minnesota, its warmer every place. Move the
> marker to the left on the calendar for last anticipated frost date.
>
> Goodbye maples for Vermont I saw on TV in near future. Reason being the
> same. Just getting too warm.
> --
> Noncompliant
>
> Money don't wag the dog's tail.
>
> "Scott Richardson" <srichard@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:TCbNh.9$786.7@newsfe03.lga...
>
>

Omelet

2007-03-27, 3:25 am

In article <gl%Nh.13837$f56.4675@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote:

> Used to be the deserts of Arabia and the Horn of Africa were the world's
> breadbasket. What did we do 15,000 years ago to mess that one up?

Too many goat herds?

I've herd that anyway. ;-)

Right now, Mexico is a good candidate for being the world's bread
basket, providing they practice good soil management and crop rotation.

Let's hope they do!
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Jangchub

2007-03-27, 9:25 am

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:30:36 GMT, "Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote:

>Used to be the deserts of Arabia and the Horn of Africa were the world's
>breadbasket. What did we do 15,000 years ago to mess that one up?

The point is; it didn't happen over a period of 50 years, with
scientific evidence to prove its happening Did you see "An
Inconvenient Truth" before you said what you just said?

Jangchub

2007-03-27, 9:25 am

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:23:42 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <gl%Nh.13837$f56.4675@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote:
>
>
>Too many goat herds?
>
>I've herd that anyway. ;-)
>
>Right now, Mexico is a good candidate for being the world's bread
>basket, providing they practice good soil management and crop rotation.
>
>Let's hope they do!

They won't. Mexicans are all working their way up into the United
States, dying in the desert before they can get here and we do nothing
to assist them. They are treated like criminals and deported back.
They also build 80% of all houses, lay rugs, do tile, build fences,
shovel shit and every other thing.

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more. (To coin a
phrase.)

Omelet

2007-03-27, 5:25 pm

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In article <g54i03977seg2rpri9l03pg7c4ga8an0mv@4ax.com>,
Jangchub <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:23:42 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> They won't. Mexicans are all working their way up into the United
> States, dying in the desert before they can get here and we do nothing
> to assist them. They are treated like criminals and deported back.
> They also build 80% of all houses, lay rugs, do tile, build fences,
> shovel shit and every other thing.
>
> I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more. (To coin a
> phrase.)

Calm down... Not all of us dislike mexican labor.
For many of us, it's all we can afford and they do a helluva good job
for the most part.

My only gripe is is that I have to learn more Spanish if I hire even the
ones with green cards. ;-)
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Jangchub

2007-03-27, 8:25 pm

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:11:08 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Calm down... Not all of us dislike mexican labor.
>For many of us, it's all we can afford and they do a helluva good job
>for the most part.
>
>My only gripe is is that I have to learn more Spanish if I hire even the
>ones with green cards. ;-)

When we first moved to Austin from Dallas, from New York; I was not
prepared for how many Mexican men and women worked here. I was
actually pleased because I come from and grew up in NYC, Brooklyn
actually, and I missed the cultural diversity. Dallas is like being
dropped into a white bread loaf!

Anyway, we had our pool put in the very first thing we did and the men
worked out in the heat, never complained, never said anything mean or
disparaging. I do speak a certain amount of Spanish from having
Puerto Rican men working in the greenhouses up on Long Island. I
don't have conversational knowledge. I fast learned that I could go
to any number of translators online and type what I wanted them to do
in English and would print it out in Spanish. Not all of them could
read, so I didn't want to embarrass them, so I'd just hold it up and
whoever walked over to read it, did so.

At the end I gave them all a big tip and they couldn't believe it.
Coming from New York, where tipping is absolutely demanded, was a nice
change. They were actually thankful!

Omelet

2007-03-28, 9:25 am

In article <hbdj03pkukbueudrfr1ce6gjk7ngvlnjev@4ax.com>,
Jangchub <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:11:08 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> When we first moved to Austin from Dallas, from New York; I was not
> prepared for how many Mexican men and women worked here. I was
> actually pleased because I come from and grew up in NYC, Brooklyn
> actually, and I missed the cultural diversity. Dallas is like being
> dropped into a white bread loaf!
>
> Anyway, we had our pool put in the very first thing we did and the men
> worked out in the heat, never complained, never said anything mean or
> disparaging. I do speak a certain amount of Spanish from having
> Puerto Rican men working in the greenhouses up on Long Island. I
> don't have conversational knowledge. I fast learned that I could go
> to any number of translators online and type what I wanted them to do
> in English and would print it out in Spanish. Not all of them could
> read, so I didn't want to embarrass them, so I'd just hold it up and
> whoever walked over to read it, did so.
>
> At the end I gave them all a big tip and they couldn't believe it.
> Coming from New York, where tipping is absolutely demanded, was a nice
> change. They were actually thankful!

The man I had build my retaining wall and privacy fence thought I was
over-paying him and almost wanted to refuse the money... I paid him what
I could afford which was about 1/5th of what a local masonry contractor
wanted.

This was the first time I'd used Mexican labor.
It was almost scary...
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Jangchub

2007-03-28, 9:25 am

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:47:12 -0600, Omelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com>
wrote:

>The man I had build my retaining wall and privacy fence thought I was
>over-paying him and almost wanted to refuse the money... I paid him what
>I could afford which was about 1/5th of what a local masonry contractor
>wanted.
>
>This was the first time I'd used Mexican labor.
>It was almost scary...

Indeed. They are very hard working men and women. There is a
documentary about how Mexican's are moving up to Long Island and how
the locals are all freaking out about it. It got pretty brutal.
Netflix has the documentary:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Farmin...d=453647114_0_0

I'm so sad for what our country used to stand for. It no longer
exists.

Noncompliant

2007-03-28, 8:25 pm

No population to speak of, no large population creating greenhouse gases, no
large population doing anything; didn't exist. Homo sapiens had no global
effect on the earth at that time. Try again...

Did see how the Sahara was developed by nature, not man, on an TV
educational channel not long ago.

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"Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote in message
news:gl%Nh.13837$f56.4675@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Used to be the deserts of Arabia and the Horn of Africa were the world's
> breadbasket. What did we do 15,000 years ago to mess that one up?
>
>
> "Noncompliant" <spamyourself@blackworm.net> wrote in message
> news:LjZNh.131495$_73.52973@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>

Justin Wilson

2007-03-28, 9:25 pm

"Noncompliant" <spamyourself@blackworm.net> wrote in message
news:G0EOh.132092$_73.47651@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... Homo
sapiens had no global effect on the earth

PRECISELY!

Now you get it. Happens all the time, over and over and over again. Has been
doing this for billions of years. Don't flatter yourself that you had
anything to do with it.

Noncompliant

2007-03-29, 9:25 am

Boy you snipped the hell out of the entire thread just to make a lawyer's
point in court. Kinda like a troll waiting for the right words to popout,
then "bam", snip what you want in a reply that suits your agenda.

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"Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Noncompliant" <spamyourself@blackworm.net> wrote in message
> news:G0EOh.132092$_73.47651@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... Homo
> sapiens had no global effect on the earth
>
>
> PRECISELY!
>
> Now you get it. Happens all the time, over and over and over again. Has
> been doing this for billions of years. Don't flatter yourself that you had
> anything to do with it.
>
>
>

Jangchub

2007-03-29, 9:25 am

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:55:34 GMT, "Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote:

>
>"Noncompliant" <spamyourself@blackworm.net> wrote in message
>news:G0EOh.132092$_73.47651@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... Homo
>sapiens had no global effect on the earth
>
>
>PRECISELY!
>
>Now you get it. Happens all the time, over and over and over again. Has been
>doing this for billions of years. Don't flatter yourself that you had
>anything to do with it.
>
>

This reminds me of my mother in law who is hateful and in general
spiteful and with my mere question, "Did you see An Inconvenient
Truth," she wrote back saying, "GOD IS IN CONTROL."

I suppose that's okay if you believe in god a creator, which I do not.

How anyone who watched "An Inconvenient Truth" can still deny that the
warming which has happened in the last fifty years took thousands of
years in past thaws. This is based on scientific measurements,
testing and there is no doubt any more where global warming is
concerned. It's happening. It doesn't show its effect in the way of
warmer than usual weather. There is a lot to it, not mere
temperatures and the ramifications are heavy with facts.

Victor Martinez

2007-03-29, 9:25 am

Jangchub wrote:
> How anyone who watched "An Inconvenient Truth" can still deny that the
> warming which has happened in the last fifty years took thousands of
> years in past thaws. This is based on scientific measurements,
> testing and there is no doubt any more where global warming is
> concerned. It's happening. It doesn't show its effect in the way of
> warmer than usual weather. There is a lot to it, not mere
> temperatures and the ramifications are heavy with facts.

You are assuming people care about facts. Lots of people couldn't care
less about the facts if they contradict their beliefs.

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Justin Wilson

2007-03-31, 3:25 am

"Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
news:7mcn03ptp7p0qpljv31iu0c2qe1jghh3b8@4ax.com... "Did you see An
Inconvenient
> Truth,"

Well, since Algore is a pathological liar ("when I invented the Internet"),
anyone that believes in the convenient truth movie has got to be just a
little bit (okay, a lot) psycho wack-job uneducated envious looney tunes
unbalanced jealous naive pseudo-intellectual creepy unhinged etc.

Jangchub

2007-03-31, 9:25 am

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:32:59 GMT, "Justin Wilson" <lTw@msn.com> wrote:

>
>"Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
>news:7mcn03ptp7p0qpljv31iu0c2qe1jghh3b8@4ax.com... "Did you see An
>Inconvenient
>
>Well, since Algore is a pathological liar ("when I invented the Internet"),
>anyone that believes in the convenient truth movie has got to be just a
>little bit (okay, a lot) psycho wack-job uneducated envious looney tunes
>unbalanced jealous naive pseudo-intellectual creepy unhinged etc.
>

I see.

Scott Richardson

2007-03-31, 9:25 pm

You'll be happy to hear that now all of the snow is gone here in Austin.
It's unseasonably warm here.

We watched Al Gore's show and its interest and scary. The photos of the
receding glaciers and the loss of a big chunk of ice in Antartica (sp?) were
pretty telling and dramatic.

I hate to bring it up in a newsgroup consisting mostly of people from the
great State of Texas, but it is interesting to speculate where our great
country would be today if Al Gore had been elected instead of you know who.
Anyway, outdoor gardening is just around the corner!

Scott in Austin MN

cat daddy

2007-03-31, 9:25 pm

"Scott Richardson" <srichard@charter.net> wrote in message
news:DTDPh.6791$fQ1.4764@newsfe12.lga...
> You'll be happy to hear that now all of the snow is gone here in Austin.
> It's unseasonably warm here.
>
> We watched Al Gore's show and its interest and scary. The photos of the
> receding glaciers and the loss of a big chunk of ice in Antartica (sp?)
were
> pretty telling and dramatic.
>
> I hate to bring it up in a newsgroup consisting mostly of people from the
> great State of Texas, but it is interesting to speculate where our great
> country would be today if Al Gore had been elected instead of you know
who.

It would have probably followed along the lines of what I hoped the
future would be like at this stage, helping solve the world's real problems.
And, coincidentally, the following was posted today...

2001: A Timeline of What Could Have Been
http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/

> Anyway, outdoor gardening is just around the corner!
>
> Scott in Austin MN
>
>

Jangchub

2007-04-01, 1:25 pm

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:02:13 -0500, "cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com>
wrote:

> It would have probably followed along the lines of what I hoped the
>future would be like at this stage, helping solve the world's real problems.
>And, coincidentally, the following was posted today...
>
>2001: A Timeline of What Could Have Been
>http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/

We certainly would NOT have spent almost two TRILLION dollars on a
war, which we started and cannot get out of. How can people sit by
while children are starving to death in Darfur, or Somalia, or India?
How does this work? It's all very disgusting.

cat daddy

2007-04-01, 1:25 pm

"Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
news:5hiv03ltjd9ut34300715vd94lkmh57a45@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:02:13 -0500, "cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com>
> wrote:
>
>
problems.[color=darkred]
http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/[color=darkred]
>
> We certainly would NOT have spent almost two TRILLION dollars on a
> war, which we started and cannot get out of. How can people sit by
> while children are starving to death in Darfur, or Somalia, or India?
> How does this work? It's all very disgusting.

I remember feeling a dark cloud lifting once the Reagan/Bush1 era ended,
and hoped that finally we would be able to address problems in Africa, South
America, etc. The transformation of the eastside of town where I live
(graffiti gone, people fixing up their houses), was concurrent and not just
coincidental to this new feeling.
"With $2 trillion, we could have funded the entire world's commitment to
foreign aid to poor countries for the next twenty years." I read that $1
billion would fund all the wildlife preserves in Africa for a year. What's
that, about 3 days of Iraq war funding. Some percentage of the war funding
could have converted everyone to solar power three times over. "One quarter
of the war budget would have fixed Social Security for the next seventy-five
years."
It's shameful.

Cliff

2007-04-01, 1:25 pm

YGBSM

Cliff
"cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Scott Richardson" <srichard@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:DTDPh.6791$fQ1.4764@newsfe12.lga...
> were
> who.
>
> It would have probably followed along the lines of what I hoped the
> future would be like at this stage, helping solve the world's real
> problems.
> And, coincidentally, the following was posted today...
>
> 2001: A Timeline of What Could Have Been
> http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/
>
>
>

cat daddy

2007-04-01, 1:25 pm

How so, Cliff?

"Cliff" <cwbsatx@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> YGBSM
>
> Cliff
> "cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote in message
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Austin.[color=darkred]
the[color=darkred]
great[color=darkred]

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/[color=darkred]
>
>

Jangchub

2007-04-01, 8:25 pm

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:31:27 -0500, "cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com>
wrote:

>
>"Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
>news:5hiv03ltjd9ut34300715vd94lkmh57a45@4ax.com...
>problems.
>http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/
>
> I remember feeling a dark cloud lifting once the Reagan/Bush1 era ended,
>and hoped that finally we would be able to address problems in Africa, South
>America, etc. The transformation of the eastside of town where I live
>(graffiti gone, people fixing up their houses), was concurrent and not just
>coincidental to this new feeling.
> "With $2 trillion, we could have funded the entire world's commitment to
>foreign aid to poor countries for the next twenty years." I read that $1
>billion would fund all the wildlife preserves in Africa for a year. What's
>that, about 3 days of Iraq war funding. Some percentage of the war funding
>could have converted everyone to solar power three times over. "One quarter
>of the war budget would have fixed Social Security for the next seventy-five
>years."
> It's shameful.
>

Yes, it truly does sicken me to think that any child, man or woman is
starving to death as we type this in our beautiful homes with running
water, flushing toilets, stoves, refridgerator, food, tons of fat...

We could have done a lot with that money. Paid for everyone to have
every surgery they needed, every prescription drug for every senior
citizen and disabled person.

But no, our Texas schools have to spend millions of their dumb
football stadiums. It's so strange I can't wrap my mind around it.

Jangchub

2007-04-01, 8:25 pm

What is YGBSM?

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:35:43 GMT, "Cliff" <cwbsatx@swbell.net> wrote:

>YGBSM
>
>Cliff
>"cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote in message
>news:5oKdnfV1muwxj5LbnZ2dnUVZ_rKvnZ2d@giganews.com...
>

Omelet

2007-04-02, 1:25 pm

In article <w_adnTj1E-aVTJLbnZ2dnUVZ_rylnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote:

> "Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
> news:5hiv03ltjd9ut34300715vd94lkmh57a45@4ax.com...
> problems.
> http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/...ould-have-been/
>
> I remember feeling a dark cloud lifting once the Reagan/Bush1 era ended,
> and hoped that finally we would be able to address problems in Africa, South
> America, etc. The transformation of the eastside of town where I live
> (graffiti gone, people fixing up their houses), was concurrent and not just
> coincidental to this new feeling.
> "With $2 trillion, we could have funded the entire world's commitment to
> foreign aid to poor countries for the next twenty years." I read that $1
> billion would fund all the wildlife preserves in Africa for a year. What's
> that, about 3 days of Iraq war funding. Some percentage of the war funding
> could have converted everyone to solar power three times over. "One quarter
> of the war budget would have fixed Social Security for the next seventy-five
> years."
> It's shameful.

I whole heartedly agree.

No sense of priority. At all. :-(
--
Peace, Om

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