Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Umm - who's "alterrnate"? Maybe sensible.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/29/2007 at 2:22 PM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>You gotta admit that the WWW does a better job of communication for us
>"alternate" types.
>
>E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Dan Conine 
>  To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org 
>  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:30 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Derrick Jensen
>
>
>In fact many people are doing this: The Compact (people pledge to buy
>>nothing new for a year or more; the yahoo list is wildly popular);
>>Reverend Billy and the church of stop shopping (he's an orator a
>  
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>  >But I know, this kind of thing rarely makes the news and in real life
>>I know very few others who think like th is. But a couple decades
>>ago, none of these "movements" existed.
>    You WON'T hear about them from any newpaper dependent upon
>advertising. It's just not good business to tell people not to patronize
>your clients.
>  Just as you won't get the real stories about the news from newpapers.
>Newspapers are in business to sell advertising and to make a profit for
>the people who are the root cause of almost every major issue. As much as
>we (and the talking heads) like to say that newswriters are a left-leaning
>bunch (look at who became writers in YOUR high school class...), they are
>handcuffed to debt as we all are, and must pay the bills.
>
>  Simplicity movements will continue to rely upon person-to-person and
>internet as long as the 'free' market determines the news. Money
>gravitates toward money, and authority preaches Blind Faith in authority. 
>The end result is Blind Faith in moneyed authority, and Moneyed Authority
>tells people to work hard, spend their money and pay their taxes 'for the
>Economy'. If they don't have enough money, then they are not working hard
>enough yet.
>
>  Growing your own food, building your own simple house, minimizing your
>Gross income while maximizing your Net income, getting rid of your extra
>vehicles and appliances, minimizing your consumption to your comfort
>level: these are things that scare the HELL out of those who want to
>control every penny and every minute of your life.
>
>  Dan 
>  Belgium,WI
>
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