permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

> ) This was a shock, and totally contrary to pc principals.  Nuclear energy
> is a category 5 resource in permaculture, which should never be used!  It
> has been the practice and continues to be that nuclear is fine as its waste
> disposal is NIMBY (not in my backyard).  New Mexico gets the transuranic
> waste in our underground salt beds, where there is serious concern that
> moisture can and will turn into contaminated water table over time.  The
> real toxic stuff goes to Nevada.  Not surprisingly New Mexico is one of the
> poorest states in the union and Nevada has one of the lowest populations.
>
> France of course used to send their toxicity to former colonies, and may
> still, France also builds next to neighboring countries who have serious
> problems with it.
>
>   2)  Don't have an opinion.
>
> 3)  Don't forget Algeria.
>
> 4)  I guess so, though I am more and more concerned with the environmental
> cost of "visiting whenever I want".
>
> Not so sure about our democratic system that can be overruled by the
> Supreme court, and the governor of Florida = under Bush it is increasingly
> looking like Fascism.  Read "Vote Scam: The Stealing of America" by James
> and Kenneth Collier, 1992 in which they predict the last election.
> I guess as long as people have the illusion, created by a bought media, of
> democracy they will keep on grazing.
>
> Certainly our solid capitalistic society has worked to create incredible
> wealth for 10% of the population (owning 70% of the resources of this great
> country), and bless Bush they have just been relieved of some the burden of
> supporting the common good with tax relief.
>
> Voting Green whether their commies or not is better than supporting a
> fascistic system which we  now have
>
> Remember that the Fertile Crescent gave us Iraq and desert, this is also
> the area that god kicked Adam and Eve out of and condemned them to earning
> bread from the sweat of their brow. The Fertile Crescent was a watershed
> moment in human history.
>
> Can't argue with the be thankful bit but I'm not blissed out!
>
> Scott P.
>
>
>
> At 02:50 AM 7/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >[you may not agree with this but .......]
> >1) Be glad you have good quality nuclear power in France (same quality in
> >US too).
> >Less dependency on oil, etc.
> >[you may agree with this though......]
> >2) You no longer have Mitterand in power.
> >3) You live in France (and apparently in a nice area), which has an
> >incredible history
> >(except when the Catholics mistreated the Huguenots)
> >4)You can visit the US whenever you want, likewise Oz, Tasmania and a
> >number of other nice places around the
> >world. :-)
> >
> >Put your votes behind a really sound, constitution-oriented judicial
> >system and a democratic political system
> >that adheres to a solid capitalistic economy.
> >
> >Vote green as long as the candidates aren't commies.
> >
> >Work locally to build community, local economies and local food production
> >systems,
> >i.e. the Fertile Crescent system, food circles or foodsheds.
> >
> >Be thankfol for what you have and that life is good. God may be great but
> >that is another story :-)
> >
> >Bon nuit,