Comments on: July 10, 2008: Food, Film and FISA

By: LisaG

LisaG — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:30:38 +0000

Interesting that everyone went right to food or fuel = starve or drive, including the headline writer.
The panel is actually about biodiesel/ethanol v global food crisis.
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By: oregondave

oregondave — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:19:36 +0000

Re: Crazy Wisdom: Trungpa did his share of “grasping.” The film makers say they are attempting “to set the record straight.” My alarm bells go off. No one can claim to do that. What is, is, independent of interpretations.

I am currently struggling with trying to understand how persons who present themselves as evolved spiritual beings can act so violently and abusively in their lifetimes.

What I read of Trungpa’s violence towards others in Ginsberg, Barry Miles’ biography of Allen Ginsberg, haunts me to this day . . .

By: mack

mack — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:51:57 +0000

(Way) back in my college days, a female friend sat next to Chgyum Trungpa on a flight from Detroit to Denver (he was connecting from somewhere more interesting).
SHe found him a very engaging flight companion, drinking, eating meat and (mildly) hitting on her. She remarked taht his behaviour struck her as incongruous. His reply was something along the lines of: enjoyment of all the material world has to offer was OK so long as it did not distract him. Or, being that he was not distracted by the material world, it would be silly not to enjoy it.

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:23:49 +0000

Food or fuel? It’s becoming a real problem for some of the folks I work with. I was very deliberate when I bought my (first) house 3 years ago to buy close to work. The realtor was all gung ho to have me 25 or 30 miles away, but I found the house we love only about 2.3 miles from work. Now if only there were sidewalks or bike lanes…

I work with people who are coming from 40+ miles away to work at the hospital because they pay a (more or less) living wage. We’ve lost 3 staff members from our practice, a little over 10%, to jobs they’ve found closer to where they live. They’re earning less, but the gas savings make it a winning move for them. Thanks W and pals…

By: TobyWollin

TobyWollin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:18:28 +0000

I was at a workshop tonight with a bunch of grassfed meat people, who were talking about the effect of speculators on feed grains. Totally out of control and has nothing to do with supply. Chicken feeds are running three hundred percent what they were six months ago. One of the other farmers was describing feeds going up twenty dollars a ton per WEEK. it’s not supply. it’s speculation. Just like with fuels.

By: neurophius

neurophius — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:11:11 +0000

Digg here

By: jo6pac

jo6pac — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:05:45 +0000

This is what has become of the US, headed the wrong way for so long it looks good. Sad and don’t look to the Demos to help.
jo6pac
Everything is on schedule, please move along.

By: KayInMaine

KayInMaine — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:05:23 +0000

I think we should call our representatives to ask them for their phone logs, emails, and text messages from the past month. When their interns say in response, “I’m sorry but that is information we’re not allowed to give out”, we’ll say, “Well, George Bush is currently recording, viewing, and spreading around our information right now, so it’s only natural that Americans should be able to get the same information without a warrant since the president of the United States is. And plus….your boss voted to give George this power, so hand over all correspondence please!!!!”.

Even if it results in nothing, it would be a good argument to have with the interns of our representatives.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:59:26 +0000

Food or Fuel? I guess I’d probably have to choose food and then figure out how to get to work after eating. I have been known to walk a few miles and the bike is good. Hitchhike? Car pooling?

None of the options are all that great but that’s life in todays world where you make the best of a bad situation.

By: nahant

nahant — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:58:01 +0000

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