At times I have been OK with Romney, but ...
1/2/12
At times I have been OK with Romney, but ...
Proportionality means doing no more harm than was done to you
Proportionality means doing no more harm than was done to you
A hard enough stricture in itself
Karma occurs when there's no proportionality
How many wars have we fought
When we have so far exceeded in lives and casualties
The initial wrong that we sought by war to right
We know the answer
Legions
Karma occurs when there's no proportionality
How many wars have we fought
When we have so far exceeded in lives and casualties
The initial wrong that we sought by war to right
We know the answer
Legions
including the wounding and the death of non-combatants
This self-destructive way must be ended
In the name of national defense
In the name of security
For karma is the greatest of all dangers
Inexorable
And karma observes what we should have observed
This self-destructive way must be ended
In the name of national defense
In the name of security
For karma is the greatest of all dangers
Inexorable
And karma observes what we should have observed
The world will change through crisis or through thought
The world will change through crisis or through thought
We the people need community
We have hardly chosen what we've bought
A move to simpler ways can set us free
The Structure of Corporate Enterprise
Bike Lanes Will Not Do it
No war on cars | Active Transportation Alliance:
"With 4,000 miles of streets and most of Chicago paved over to accommodate cars, it's hard to fathom how adding protected bike lanes and bus lanes to a tiny percentage of streets will force people out of their cars, as John McCarron insinuated in his article last week in the Chicago Tribune, "Chicago's war on Cars.”
This is no "war on cars." It is the city providing what most Chicagoans want: good alternatives to buying pricey gasoline to drive on congested roads, and safer streets that are walkable and vibrant.
Biking may not work for everyone, including McCarron, but it is an option for more and more people. Cycling has roughly doubled in Chicago over the past 10 years."
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This is no "war on cars." It is the city providing what most Chicagoans want: good alternatives to buying pricey gasoline to drive on congested roads, and safer streets that are walkable and vibrant.
Biking may not work for everyone, including McCarron, but it is an option for more and more people. Cycling has roughly doubled in Chicago over the past 10 years."
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We are at a deeper pass. Globally the move must be away from cars period. Let cars be used for drives in the country. Let trucks evolve into vehicles that can connect car free areas and make home delivery a viable art. Let car-fre cyber-communities be imagined and created here and there according to pattern language ideas fused with high tech means. Security will soon demand such.
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The war on cars has begun
Los Angeles Car Firebombings Set City on Edge - NYTimes.com:
"On this holiday weekend, Los Angeles was dealing with a new plague, this time an arsonist (or arsonists) who in the course of four days firebombed at least 55 cars in the Los Angeles area, many of them parked in carports, engulfing vehicles and apartments in gasoline-fueled towers of flame."
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This is my territory. The revolution will come when insurance is incapable of compensating for losses. The losses come from the structure of the corporate enterprise. The current economic crisis is the car-oil driven collapse of the corporate enterprise. I do not believe this incident in LA can be seen as anything but the start of a war against the car. I have known this in my gut for most of my life. I love the car, but I know that it is the keystone of the arch that supports an economy in process of collapse because ultimately hollow, unsustainable, inhuman. Maybe there will be a proximate solution like acknowledging the need for car-free cyber-communities. But when millions of dollars that symbolize 99/1 are there for the taking because we never put them in their proper place, be prepared for much, much more.
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'via Blog this'
This is my territory. The revolution will come when insurance is incapable of compensating for losses. The losses come from the structure of the corporate enterprise. The current economic crisis is the car-oil driven collapse of the corporate enterprise. I do not believe this incident in LA can be seen as anything but the start of a war against the car. I have known this in my gut for most of my life. I love the car, but I know that it is the keystone of the arch that supports an economy in process of collapse because ultimately hollow, unsustainable, inhuman. Maybe there will be a proximate solution like acknowledging the need for car-free cyber-communities. But when millions of dollars that symbolize 99/1 are there for the taking because we never put them in their proper place, be prepared for much, much more.
The NY Times Is Correct about Keystone
Where the Real Jobs Are - NYTimes.com: "This is precisely the moment for him to argue the case for alternative fuel sources and clean energy jobs — and to lambaste the Republicans for doubling down on conventional fuels while ceding a $5 trillion global clean technology market (and the jobs that go with it) to more aggressive competitors like China and Germany."
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Unfortunately the will needed to achieve the switch to a vibrant new economy is lacking. One reason for this is the absence of vision. What would an after-green world lok like. I have been advocating that forever but there are no takers. This is because the vision transcends specialization. It must to be adequate. Until the President can say car free along with beyond oil dependence, he will not get it. And =neither will we. Veblen would have. Peirce too no doubt.
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A Sociological Basis for Cyber-Communities
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