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on Intervention in Libya
"Can your guest enlighten us as to who the "new" leaders of Lybia will be if the "rebels" are successful. Right now this looks like rabble. Who will form a new government?"
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I can imagine the same questions being discussed about the American colonists around 1776. And France took a chance on us.
I suggest that we take a chance on The Libyan People, just like France took a chance on us.
And if it turned bad, how much worse could it be than Qaddaffi?
And if we can clean out a rats nest once, can't we clean it out again if it becomes reinfested?
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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Yes we are addicted to Oil but we could change the way we allow our leaders and corporations to do business for that oil and stop installing and supporting Conservative "small governments" like Qaddaffi, the House of Saud, etc and start doing business decently with The People and with respect for Human Rights, Freedom and Liberty.
We can require businesses to act morally instead of immorally.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Intervention in Libya
I think of our US Founders.
France came to their/our aid so long ago, when we were oppressed by the Conservative "small government" King George and his predatory Corporation.and I believe that it is right for the US and West to come to the aid of people fighting for freedom whenever and wherever possible.
That is a significant part of our birthright and we ought to help to birth other peoples freedom and self government.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Intervention in Libya
I would like to believe that the West, including the US, has started realizing that the world loves us for our ideals but hates us for our actual behaviors.
In the past, our leaders, governments and Corporations have installed vicious Conservative strongman leaders in power all over the world, whether you call them kings, presidents for life, dictators, or "crazy persons" like Qadaffi. And The People living under those oppressive Conservative governments have hated us for supporting their oppressors and consequently some decided to make "terrorist" attacks on us in reaction.
I suggest that the West and US ought to reverse our "behaviors" and start supporting our own ideals as stated in our US Declaration of Independence, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and The Convention on the rights of The Child. Human Rights are well defined, having been discussed, negotiated and agreed upon by all of the nations signed on to the UN.
I believe that we would make ourselves safer by making other peoples safer from the old oppressive ways of doing politics and business. By supporting Freedom and Liberty and self government "Of The People, By The People, and For The People" as is our own yet not achieved American ideal goal.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Intervention in Libya
Crazy or smart as a fox?
Hard to believe an insane person could stay in power that long.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Intervention in Libya
We are already currently living under a state of war declared by Bush/Cheney and authorized by the Congress. The ambiguous, undefined, and nefarious GWOT. Probably everything is encompassed and legalized under that.
So I don't know if any specific new declaration is required. But that would be an interesting discussion by the legal X-spurts, wouldn't it?
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Health Care Changes
New GMO foods have a lot more sugars in them and I wonder how much they contribute to the diabetes epidemic? Corn, peas, soybeans. tomatoes, beans, etc have all been engineered to be sweeter than before.
So is that genetically engineered contribution being studied?
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Rebroadcast: Trust and Travel
You could set up a safety check-back with your family and or friends by finding out the local police number where you are going to and telling your family that number and then agreeing to check back with them every day and if you don't check in the family could call those local police to check on you at the couchsurfing address. And leave a current photo of yourself at home in case someone needs it to help search for you.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Rebroadcast: Trust and Travel
I don't know if it is still done but there used to be a practice called something like a "Driveaway Car". If someone wants to fly to LA instead of drive but wants their car there when they get there, a business would make the arangement for someone else to drive that car. So if you wanted to get to LA you could apply to drive that car and deliver it and only pay for the gas. They would give you a few days to make the drive.
I drove a Mercedes 280 SL convertible sportscar from LA to Portland for someone who had bought it in Phoenix. What a great fun car to drive!
They do a similar thing with sailboats such that you could volunteer to be on the crew and travel to someplace for free, just doing some work while sailing.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
SJR
I realize now that the shows were new. I just got confused because the topics were essentially recycled. I am highly confident that TOL has done shows on default and local food before. So I mistook them for reruns.
Oops, my bad.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Live from Salem
I believe that we used to have a rainy day fund but Conservative Republicans spent it back around 2000 or so to get rid of it.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Live from Salem
Kick out the kicker!
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Live from Salem
"... One mistake we make is super-scaling everything. Instead of lots of smaller hospitals and businesses we tend to build mega hospitals and Walmarts that may be less expensive to operate but they'll become single points of failure in the event of a natural catastrophe. Perhaps we should plan and build self sustaining small communities inside larger communities to eliminate being hamstrung by single points of failure."
I sure agree with you on that.
The business school ideal of achieving a monopoly in a particular business niche is a bad idea for everything else. And I think is bad for the general public and business relationships too.
It is not "resilient".
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
SJR
Whaaa?
Were both reruns weren't they? Certainly I have heard and posted on them previously.
Hmm, maybe I dropped into my own personal "TOL Twilight Zone?
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
Penny
I know they do and yesterday was the final in a series of 4 or 5 shows.
Somehow I just wrongly assumed that today was a continuation of those reruns.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
Thanks, Dave.
I wonder if after you guys do a series of repeats, you might somehow make it known that the new shows are starting back up.
Or maybe do like TV schedules do, put an R or N in parentheses to indicate which it is. (R) = repeat (N) = new.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
What a fun site.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain
Did I miss this the first time around or is this a new show?
Either way, what a fun woman and the books sound interesting and fun too.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Food Access
You're welcome but it's me who is grateful to you for relieving me of some of my ignorance about this subject.
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on Tsunami
