Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Working up a thirst at Astoria Park
Good morning, Mickey.
Water, a good topic today
Used to be free, now you gotta pay
Lug the bottles, lug the jugs
What comes from my faucet is not fit for bugs
Ah, but I think there’s a political link
To why the water is not fit to drink
Run-off, chemicals, all kinds of pollution
Help, me quick, there’s got to be a solution.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 10:02 AMMorning!
it’s coming
the first places to go
will be the citiesimagine what will happen
when the food supply is cut offsullied water pouring from taps
in ivory towers
and no evian left to buymoney will show it’s true
valuebut the poor of the urban areas
will likely suffer
most
as alwaysno survival skills
no protection
no second thoughthurricanes
floods
man-made destruction
the
end of the
energy supply
or all of the abovewhatever form the end
of civilization
takesit’s coming
and it ain’t gonna be prettyPosted by JOS on from Chicago 12/28 at 10:14 AMOh, JOS...I like what you say. No survival skills, that is also a problem in more rural areas. Farm fields have been lost to development and, I believe, to the unspeakable acts of the government/banking system. I remember when so many farms were taken in the mid-west during the 70s. At the time, I thought that it was a great big mistake that jeopardized our national security and also the safety of the food supply.
I am not sure that country folk will be much better off than city folk. We all are on a runaway train that is heading for disaster...same train, just a different car.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 10:33 AMI hear you, RMJ…
Here’s an article with a topic that may be of interest to many here...I haven’t really read it yet, but a quick scan revealed what seemed to be a positive tone towards supposed “green” terrorists...Zerzan is interviewed as well:
http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-1om/Rasmussen.html
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 12/28 at 10:56 AMHello Expendables. Good stuff here already. It’s sobering to contemplate how ill-prepared we are...in practically every possible way.
Also, the first paragraph of the article JOS links to is mighty powerful.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Dubya Land 12/28 at 11:24 AMYes, good link there in JOS #4. The message is kill the messenger, if you can’t kill him put him in prison.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 12:08 PMOn the lighter side of the dark days of entropy
a fictional rambling recounting of the recent journey to the land of cold virus and familial outposts.Part 18
Holiday callings
to the rare doorways
of the genetically similar.
The only smoker
I’ll have the wine
digital soul catcher
eye bleared
I know and do not know you
How many years?
The only childless couple
I like cats and disposable income
you raise tomorrow’s victims while I step out for a joint.
Quiet neighbourhood
Small silent town of the remotely memorable past.
Uncomfortable referential humour
I heard that there is such a thing as a
“Greater Good”
that must be served in the end, eventually, by a free market and good hard economic work.Undefined, this incredulous amorphous concept hung like a limp tuna stinking up the air.
Where do I read about this “greater good” that allows me such a blasé blank check on the world outside my door?
I know and don’t know you
just leave the bottle.Posted by Youngfox on from the balmy North 12/28 at 01:36 PMcool poem, Youngfox.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 12/28 at 01:56 PMfound this this evening, according to a Treasury report two weeks ago, the US is now officially broke. I got some couchspace if you guys need it.
http://drmss.com/wordpress/?cat=1
Posted by owen on from pyrenees 12/28 at 02:23 PMGreat poem, Youngfox.
Great link, Owen. I will be passing it on…Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 03:38 PMAnd good morning/afternoon to you, Mickey, Rosemarie, JOS, Youngfox and Owen. I’m no good at poems but I like yours, Mickey, Youngfox and JOS! We are a childless couple (by choice) as well, Youngfox - can agree with ‘you raise tomorrow’s victims.’
It is slowly warming up in Daylesford: 72F today, 86F tomorrow, and so on. Anything up to 86 is ok with us.
Ciao expendables ..
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 12/28 at 03:44 PMOwen...I passed on your link to a friend and this is his reply...too good to not share it with you.
“Yes. And that has been been the plan all along. Put pensions into insolvency, then the national treasury (so that any welfare or aid cannot be afforded any longer), then SSI, then the prisons, then the military (so private armies can be contracted), etc. You see, a great depression would benefit the rich. Think of it!!! Holy tofu, batman! All those destroyed markets ready to be rebuilt up all over again. All those unemployed poor people in the country, starving, willing to work for bread crumbs. Ah yes. They do have it all figured out. And World War III is just one more stepping stone.”
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 03:55 PMAnd your poem hits the nail on the head, Rosemarie! A battle over water is already shaping up in Australia, which so happens to be the driest continent.
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 12/28 at 03:57 PMHi Helga...anyone who can open a faucet in their home and drink the water is lucky. I wish that I could do that. Having to have a well is a problem. It is expensive and the water is not very good. In my area the water is so hard that it ruins the plumbing, furnaces, etc. My well pump was hit by lightening a few years ago. Cost thousands of $ to pull the pump out of the ground and replace it.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/28 at 04:12 PMHowdy, Expendables. After about 36 hours of sorta-winter, Eastern MA is today back to fall. I’m sure it’s nothing.
Owen, thanks for the great link. What Dr. Martenson left out in point #3 was that the USG and Federal Reserve Bank stopped reporting on the aggregate money supply (the ‘M3’) back in March of this year. This also was ignored in the press. Unless sanity and restraint has broken out, that means the printing presses have already been running overtime. Martenson’s closing statement, however, is right on the (fiat) money: buy physical gold and silver ASAP. Even though various commodity markets worldwide have been engaged in fraud and/or default, precious metals are a sane tactic against fiscal madness.
Another good investment is books about foraging for food. My favorite so far is the wintergreen plant, which contains a natural form of aspirin. I know a few places where it grows in very believable abundance. Cattails are also a staple food year ‘round, though I haven’t yet tried fishing the tubers out of freezing water.
I object to my comments as overly depressing. Let’s order a Kardio Attak pizza by cell phone and pay for it with a credit card.
Posted by Zenprole on from Urth 12/28 at 04:37 PMI love snowmen.
They softly fall
all over me, pack balls.I’m sparkling wet,
thrilled to the touch.Our last kiss melts
Posted by kate on from 12/28 at 08:32 PMPaid my property taxes today and the link about America going broke really shook me up. It makes sense though. The only solution seems to be to raise taxes but who thinks they don’t pay enough taxes already? Is anyone raising their hand?
I hope everyone has a great evening.
Peace!
Posted by David on from Louisville KY 12/28 at 09:37 PMmaybe we could spend the half a trillion we budget for the military and the billions we spend on wars on something more useful...right David?
that poem has me melting a bit, Kate.
Posted by JOS on from Oak Park 12/28 at 11:19 PMmmmmmmm..... snowmen.
experience the robust, mellow, and satisfying flavor for yourself.
whatever.
3 day old txt mssg sez simply: the godfather is gone.
Posted by Pebbles on from Van Nuys, CA (deep in the valley) 12/29 at 01:04 AMJos, We could cut some military spending. I am in favor of closing military bases in foriegn countries. I don’t think we need them and people in those countries would be happy to see us leave. Foriegn aid is another area we need to look at. How many billions of dollars do we give to people who wish us ill will? How many billions of dollars have we thrown at aids and hunger in Africa? Have those problems been fixed? When will we learn that just throwing money at a problem doesn’t fix it if that money doesn’t get to the right people?
Our government is a wastful entity. It’s slow and inefficient. I want as little government involvement in my life as possible.
Posted by David on from Louisville KY 12/29 at 07:31 AMI’m not a poet, and couldn’t rhyme to save my life, but this was a challenge I thought I’d try despite all that. I think it is perfect that my captcha word is “earth”, considering what is on my mind! So here goes:
They’ve always raised them to kill them; now they’ll clone them too.
What does it mean to be an individual, sentient, when you are also property, a commodity?
The radio screams “fight back!”
I watch the news for bird flu victims and wonder.Posted by Deb on from NoVa 12/29 at 08:17 AMOn the subject of water, Is bottled water better or no different from tap water? I figure I can get a good answer here. Thanks!
Posted by David on from Louisville KY 12/29 at 08:36 AMThanks for a great day of comments, poems, etc. Welcome Kate. Welcome back, Pebbles and RT. I wasn’t able to join in but I enjoyed every minute.
I’ll be back in NYC late Friday night.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Dubya Land 12/29 at 08:59 AMDavid, on bottled water: it depends entirely on the bottled water! Some of it is just filtered tap water; some of it is spring water, but probably no better than your tap water, but with additional environmental costs of transportation and plastic usage. Many of them are brands/companies that are highly involved in polluting the water to begin with and those same companies generally have horrible records when it comes to labor and other things, so I don’t support them if I can help it. You have to research the individual waters, which is sort of awful when you think about it (why can’t we trust water, for crying out loud!), but part of being an informed consumer means we have to research these things instead of trusting the companies PR departments.
My recommended solution: put a filter on your tap. At least then you can know what you’re starting and ending with, and how much it is costing to go from one to the other.
Posted by Deb on from NoVa 12/29 at 09:25 AM
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