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  • From: paul@oneseedling.com
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] More on Low Dairy and Meat Diets
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:43:44 -0500

all true, but on the other hand, when you buy that used car or house, you free up someone else to buy something new. Even if you use used veg oil in your vehicle it just frees someone to buy more.

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On Jun 24, 2010, at 3:49 PM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:


Yes and like I mentioned before, as far as practical. But there are a few more facts. One is that by recycling and buying second hand we not only cut down on waste, we deprive the system of our retail purchases and save the resources needed to manufacture them in the first place. There are millions of used cars out there with a few scrapes, and existing houses that need some work to be liveable, good used clothing with many other uses, and on and on. So we can make a large dent in the consumer products made and sold by the corporations. So doing we can also live with less or no credit and the interest on the loans. That makes a concrete difference. And we don't have to be foot soldiers working for corporations either. Like I said, far as practical.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/24/2010 at 2:04 PM paul@oneseedling.com wrote:

All so true, but the problem is that if you drive a car, live in any
structure other than materials close at hand, eat anything other than what
you grow. use a computer or wear clothes other than what you make from
scratch, you support all of these corperate controls. Thems the facts
folks. Paul the Skeptic


And in most industrialized countries such as ours corporate control of
government is the dominant avenue of limiting our freedoms. Examples:
Monsanto, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland. All the lobbying and campaign
financing to cut regulations on corporations is bought and paid for by -
corporations. Since their only mandate is profit for the vast wealth of
the owners, our freedoms to work where we please, buy what we please from
whom we please, say what we please, and live where we please are all
limited by corporate dictates we have no voice or vote in whatsoever.
It's
the feudalism of the modern age.

Want to sell raw milk? Want to make enough money to live on? Want safe,
effective medicine? Want to avoid GMOs next door to your farm? Want
unpolluted air and water? Want safe food? Want to bring back good paying
jobs from China, allow unions, and stop the CEO of Wal-Mart from getting
900 times the pay of a checkout "associate"? Want to stop development
from
eating up good farmland? Want to stop poisoning field and orchard workers
with pesticides? Want to criticize companies in public without being sued
for "commercial disparagement"? Want fishermen and shrimpers on the Gulf
coast to enjoy good livelihoods? The list goes on and on. In every case,
corporate profit denies us these rights and bought politicians back them
up.

Nowhere is corporate control more evident than in agriculture. But I can
grow a lot of good food on a small patch they wouldn't find profitable.
And sell direct to customers without corporate processors, distributors,
and chain stores getting in between me and them and ruining my produce.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/24/2010 at 2:47 AM paul@oneseedling.com wrote:

Have you ever tried living in another country? If so, then you know
the true value of what little ffreedoms we do have left. Standard of
living and infant mortality don't mean squat if you have limited
freedoms.

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On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:21 PM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
wrote:


Hoewever, statistically several other countries have a higher
standard of living, lower infant mortality, better health care,
shorter work hours, and more paid holidays. Our country may be way
better for some, but not for the vast majority of us. Americans of
course won't believe that because they know this is the greatest
country that ever was. But we can love our native land without all
the false patriotic hype we're fed. I'm esp attached to the 4
Corners region where I've settled for ten years. The sense of place
is part of us. In spite of it all I'm glad to be here.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/23/2010 at 7:10 PM paul@oneseedling.com wrote:



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