tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post1462377034995816908..comments2024-02-25T08:16:25.546-08:00Comments on Exurban Nation: GDP? NFW!Rob Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-20274468741084947652009-03-27T18:14:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:14:00.000-07:00@Mr. Outspoken,There is a huge moral difference be...@Mr. Outspoken,<BR/>There is a huge moral difference between eating animals born and breed for the sake of food and wild animals. <BR/>Also, unlike the indigenous people who make full use of the seals they kill, they waste everything but the fur. Even in your local pig slaughterhouse they save the ears, for example, for dog treats and such. <BR/>When something is just a "natural resource" that didn't involve human investment nobody gives a rat's ass about waste. I've found that tendency to be a source of many problems we find ourselves in these days.<BR/>In addition, the demand for fur is so low these days that they're barely making enough to pay for a beer for each seal pup they club .Akubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214321836465499032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-40624591676865158762009-03-27T11:01:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:01:00.000-07:00One of my great regrets was stopping at Life and n...One of my great regrets was stopping at Life and not earning Eagle. Growing up in Western Mass I was lucky. My grandmother was Horace Moses Executive Secretary at Strahmore Paper. <BR/><BR/>We could with very little effort find a compromise but the big urban planner types don't understand that a compost toilet and few hundred sq ft of leach are enough. No they want paved sewered and storm drained big enough to carry fire trucks roads. That means it only makes sense to build 3500 behemoths en masse. Sad.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-72281252685542731712009-03-27T10:15:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:15:00.000-07:00Rob, I'm a former Boy Scout and backpacker myself....Rob, I'm a former Boy Scout and backpacker myself. I definitely feel that people should have access to wilderness areas; but there is such a thing as too much, and too many of the outdoors arrivistes didn't know the meaning of "leave nothing but memories".<BR/><BR/>Overall, it's been high-profile wilderness areas that have suffered the most: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, etc. Out of the way, lesser-known areas have not seen as much traffic (in fact, some of the trails I hiked as a youngster have all but grown over since.)<BR/><BR/>One of the small mercies of this economic downturn is that some of the most egregious wilderness developments have been halted or mothballed. Some of the damage has already been done--but then, ghost towns have always had a certain charm to them.Peripheral Visionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489447120517274000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-60329241200597479702009-03-27T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:57:00.000-07:00As a former Boy Scout, real mountain climber... We...<I>As a former Boy Scout, real mountain climber... </I><BR/><BR/>Weighing in at a slim, trim 850 pounds, you're more of a *mountain* than a mountain climber. ;-)Casey Serinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717304841079387915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-63757474528352150672009-03-27T09:44:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:44:00.000-07:00PV,As a former Boy Scout, real camping, real hikin...PV,<BR/>As a former Boy Scout, real camping, real hiking, real mountain climber I agree. Remember the "Tennis Craze?" And the "Bike Craze?" This was more of the same. In the Bershires we used to shake our heads at the "New Yorkers on package trips." <BR/><BR/>In a quarter century of visiting Yosemite I've seen the horror if recreational development. We certainly came close to loving our open spaces to death.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-42529268379054265632009-03-27T08:10:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:10:00.000-07:00@PV: Thanks!@PV: Thanks!Jean ValJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415115686001808051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-17134846338828051192009-03-27T07:39:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:39:00.000-07:00Re: Seals, and then I'll shut up. I think the ou...Re: Seals, and then I'll shut up. I think the outrage over it is not entirely unjustified; at the root of the problem is that seal fur (and make no mistake, this is primarily about fur) just isn't a necessary good. Meat isn't strictly necessary, but it is generally a necessary item, so there is a justification for killing animals for meat; but unless you're caribou herders of the far north, there just isn't the same justification for killing seals.<BR/><BR/>Now, there is admittedly the problem of seal overpopulation. Thankfully, Mother Nature in her wisdom has provided for an answer to that problem.<BR/><BR/>And so I say: don't kill the baby seals! They're too cute to kill. And besides which, killing cute baby seals is what we have polar bears for.Peripheral Visionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489447120517274000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-53014022035930724532009-03-27T07:34:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:34:00.000-07:00JVJ, previous thread: "Can some of the enlightened...JVJ, previous thread: "Can some of the enlightened minds here explain to me some of the comments I've been reading about a 'race to the bottom'?"<BR/><BR/>The devaluation of the currency is intended to have two effects. First is to make the goods we produce cost less at the international level, so that we can sell more of them. But the second, and the real reason for the quiet devaluation, is that debt is easier to repay (as the currency it is denominated in has lost value.)<BR/><BR/>But as Rob pointed out, if everybody does it at the same time, it loses its effect. In the meanwhile, the prices of hard "stuff", like oil, gold, wheat, etc.; go up. And a loss in the value of the currency has a nasty habit of getting out of control . . . <BR/><BR/>Rob, previous thread: One other factor in the decline of sporting goods is that outdoors-y stuff has lost some of its cachet. The outdoors lifestyle acquired a fashionable aura in the late 90's, due both to in increase in high activity sports, an increased interest in the environment, and the trend toward big "off-road" vehicles. Some of that was genuine, but not all of it; it's not a coincidence that so many "SUVs" were more for looks than for going offroad. But the wheel has turned, and the new urban lifestyle is the trend of the moment. The outdoor lifestyle is still around; it hasn't gone back to being the 60's throwback cliche, not yet, but the market for it has shrunk.<BR/><BR/>And yes, ironic that interest in the environment has been responsible for both the outdoors lifestyle and the new urban lifestyle. Of the two, the second is probably the more consistent; at the height of the outdoors lifestyle craze, the wilderness areas were taking a beating from the SUVs, bikers, hikers, boaters, and campers; and worst of all from the cabins and mini-ranch-ettes that were turning previously pristine areas into dreadful subdivisions. With people moving back closer to city centers, the wilderness might get a breather.Peripheral Visionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489447120517274000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-84882866513783745102009-03-27T04:49:00.000-07:002009-03-27T04:49:00.000-07:00I never understood what the big deal about slaught...I never understood what the big deal about slaughtering baby fur seals is. The population seems stable. The hunt is monitored by press and protestors. Sure killing cute animals is mean, but we process millions of cows, pigs and chickens through meat plants, and I love meat. What is the moral difference between killing a baby fur seal and a deer?Mr. Outspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085388568965402121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-56834062572944979632009-03-26T20:53:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:53:00.000-07:00Putin prefers explosives with little bomblettes th...Putin prefers explosives with little bomblettes that the seal pups mistake for little toy anchovies and they get their flippers blown off. Because a maimed pup will slow down the whole seal family trying to care for it.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180422369180931361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1274519582780327752009-03-26T20:31:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:31:00.000-07:00More fun in Canada!More <A HREF="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AklIamxJCyA/ScvLJxYocwI/AAAAAAAAByc/KKdyCcvgQTY/s1600-h/image9-FULL.jpg" REL="nofollow">fun in Canada</A>!Akubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214321836465499032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-62886269669929734452009-03-26T20:27:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:27:00.000-07:00Canada sure is awesome.<A HREF="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AklIamxJCyA/ScvLMelTzVI/AAAAAAAAByk/M8EPIL3X_Ik/s400/image2-FULL.jpg" REL="nofollow">Canada sure is awesome</A>.Akubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214321836465499032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-37153788011748178282009-03-26T20:22:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:22:00.000-07:00I'd sure like to nuke this POS.I'd sure like to nuke this <A HREF="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AklIamxJCyA/ScwDlv8S2wI/AAAAAAAABy0/owLjw0j0-FI/s1600-h/Asshole.jpg" REL="nofollow">POS</A>.Akubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214321836465499032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-69176677844678186732009-03-26T20:18:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:18:00.000-07:00Hi NR!Why aren't Canadians doing more about the in...Hi NR!<BR/>Why aren't Canadians doing more about the insane <A HREF="http://blogaboutablogaboutablogabout.blogspot.com/2009/03/19000-slaughtered.html" REL="nofollow">seal pup slaughter</A>?<BR/>Even Putin finds it degenerate.Akubihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214321836465499032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-79065777667899364522009-03-26T16:06:00.000-07:002009-03-26T16:06:00.000-07:00is that real or nominal? does it really matter at ...is that real or nominal? does it really matter at this point?Son of Brock Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263952647741417976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-56515787353923292112009-03-26T12:10:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:10:00.000-07:00Advance hint:Watch the energy inventories.Advance hint:<BR/>Watch the energy inventories.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-56210757323532326392009-03-26T10:40:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:40:00.000-07:00Casey shorting? No, I won't go there. I just sa...Casey shorting? No, I won't go there. <BR/><BR/>I just saw the DecaBox on CNBC and they were all smiling. Not just sad, but sick.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-85400578574833575462009-03-26T10:30:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:30:00.000-07:00Someone needs to introduce Casey to shorting. He'...Someone needs to introduce Casey to shorting. He'll short everything and we'll have the biggest (upward) day Wall St. has ever seen.Property Flopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458926920487707223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-54919671515857666122009-03-26T10:21:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:21:00.000-07:00Do forced liquidations or confiscations count?Do forced liquidations or confiscations count?Mr. Outspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085388568965402121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-15416687359379968232009-03-26T10:09:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:09:00.000-07:00Dawg, The first sign will be when Casey finally...Dawg,<BR/> The first sign will be when Casey finally sells all of his shares in everything.<BR/><BR/>NR<BR/><BR/>PS This indicator has worked perfectly so far.Northern Renterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486966127648442933noreply@blogger.com