Mickey Z

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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Humans vs. Oceans (a reprise)

Posted by Mickey Z on 07/02 at 06:26 AM

One of the big upsides I can see to the current reduction in jobs is that maybe, just maybe, those abruptly out of work might start thinking about the bigger picture (once they get burnt out on the search for a replacement gilded cage....)

Yeah, too little, too late - but what can you do?

Posted by subgenius from hell-A on 07/02 at 11:22 AM

Hi subgenius and all yet to arrive…

Mickey, about your poem - my thoughts exactly.

I have not had time to thoroughly check out Richard Marcus - is he implying that we should not do all of those things? I would tend to agree with him in that case. Too often the suggestions put the burden on the little guy. Also some unintended consequences (mercury? in the new type light bulbs create a disposal issue, many already only use their cars for getting to and from work, many already endanger health and tempt frozen pipes by setting the thermostat too low, etc) I guess my point is that the focus is misdirected. We should be looking at the big causes of pollution such as war, industrial damage to the environment, corporate destruction of the rain forest…

About trees...when I moved here I planted a lot of them. I am a tree hugger. Many weeks of non-stop rain has caused many problems for many people. I have been working in my drainage ditch for so long that I am hoping that wearing mud-covered clothing soon comes into fashion. Back to the tree issue - my favorite very large plum tree, 25 years old, is now horizontal - blown over in the soft water logged soil. As I have been saying for a long time, I need a man - preferably one with muscles and a chain saw. Hey, think ‘free fire wood’.

Now, I am off to gather the animals in 2s, and start building an ark.

Posted by RMJ from Ward Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts on 07/02 at 11:58 AM

Hello Expendables. We’ve got lots of rain here, too...but nothing like what RMJ describes. Good luck with the ark.

As for Marcus, he wrote that in a review of a Derrick Jensen book. The point, as I see it, is that those measures can sometimes be helpful but they pale in comparison of what needs to be done and they obscure the real criminals.

subgenius: It’s interesting how folks suddenly downsize and think “greener” when money gets tight, huh?

Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria on 07/02 at 01:21 PM

Too much rain in Brunswick also, too much corruption in america, North Atlantic ocean is losing it’s salt, Americans are losing their minds, missiles going through in Europe pointed at ??? Assistant to Obomber states, “we don’t need the Russians” and who the hell in their right mind would want or need us?

Cynthia Mckinney in jail in ZionLand...Is Obomber going to rescue her?

Political coup in Honduras, one coming in Turkey and we bump into buildings due to focusing on cell phones and eyepods as we stumble down the street oblivious to everything. If americans purchased more eyepods and eyeshadow the economy would ‘pick-up’. Well put the economy in your pickup and drive off a goddamn cliff!

Posted by joe of maine from on 07/02 at 03:44 PM

You said it, Joe. How about the entire planet rises up to ask: Who needs the US?

Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria on 07/02 at 03:49 PM

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c sez spirit

Posted by richie from florida on 07/02 at 07:07 PM

MICK & FRIENDS ...my test post worked! .. at least from the main computer .. as yet to be told from handheld device—uggh ..

GREAT POST..

JAMES & I have interchanged the “term” AQUANOMICS .. to be incluse of the H2O .......FAMILY OF ATTRIBUTES ** .. BENEFITS… SURVIVALIST NEEDS .. etc

http://tinyurl.com/nrrthj THE OZMAN waxes poetic

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI

http://tinyurl.com/n5esjl the great PAUL ROBESON ..

http://tinyurl.com/2rrn45 CHICAGO RIVER text

http://tinyurl.com/nu8et6 THE HUDSON GIVETH .. and taketh .........PHOTO .........people mover DOWN

http://tinyurl.com/m7fg6c THE BIG DADDYS—LIFEBLOOD TEXT

richie

captcha sez eight and i spelled it this way .....

Posted by richie from st james city FL on 07/02 at 08:44 PM

MICK & ZEN ---- opinion

THE VAN HALRN BROTHERS

1) W/TWIN GUITARZ --- SAMMY & EDDIE

http://tinyurl.com/ycb5ns http://tinyurl.com/ox2rqf

2) SINGLE SLINGER EDDIE & DAVID LEE ROTH ??

http://tinyurl.com/kjsnr9 w/MICHAEL ANTHONY ......??

http://tinyurl.com/nennfs INDUCTION ............

3) OR ........... ELECTRONICA FETAL ............. NO COMPOARISON

TO: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://tinyurl.com/mum4lr MUSH/PIT ... whee r those pesy vanhalen brotherz tonte ????????

http://tin¥url.com/cwjv93 what about VAL ?????

http://tinyurl.com/mcjbp5 OR WOLFGANG ??? / EDDIE—

( i dont think this version of 3 VANHALENS .. would ever have been signed --

REMEMBER ~~~~~~~~~~ this is who the were trying to emulate ****

http://tinyurl.com/nse7bb J*I*M*I* 08/69’

................richie was sleepin in a mack truck .. stuck in the mud on max’s truck ... 40 yearz ago…

http://tinyurl.com/rdflom hopped up oon nystate wine
....... http://tinyurl.com/cr4bb

and peyote laced cigarszzzz http://tinyurl.com/3amsl

http://tinyurl.com/mm34fs REPLICA OF MACK DAYHAULER CAB .. USED TO TRANSPORT MARSHALL AMPS FOR HIRE/RENT FROM A WAREHOUSE IN FLATBUSH TO UPSTATE NY.... middle of nowhere .....and lots of mud mud mud ..... by the time we got there .. at least we were dry ... smile ..

http://myspace.com/richiedeadhead “the only deadhead trip that matterzz ..is the trip u make when the hearse takes u back to the EARTH—THE ULTIMATE ONE WAYY ... trip ..

good day!!

captchasez wa t e r ..... no foolin ..

Posted by richie from florida on 07/03 at 04:59 AM

TWO correctionszzzzzzz

VALERIE VANHALEN

http://tinyurl.com/krqv9d ... where’s wolfieeeee?????

.............. A** N** D****

http://tinyurl.com/pc796 HENDRIX @ WOODSTOCK..

richie

captcha sez v a l u e

Posted by richie from florida on 07/03 at 05:17 AM

Thanks, Richie. I’m a big fan of Edward Van Halen.

Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria on 07/03 at 05:29 AM

I love visiting here at Mickey’s website, first, because I am not forced to.

Like forced to watch TV this morning.

I tried to shut it out, but I couldn’t.

On Good Morning America it was a soul-singin’ “Brotherhood from Sea to Shining Sea.”

On the Price Is Right it was Armed Forces Day.

“We’ve got a brand new War for You! Come On Down!”

Behind Door #3: An all expenses paid vacation to Davos, a winning bid to eat lunch with Warren Buffett-- and An inflatable Hot Tub!

Titter titter, SPIN!

(Why do poor, uneducated people find dignity in our culture only by putting on a uniform?)

Sigh.

Why do I feel like shit? Because I ask these questions? and mock our culture?

...when “it’s (supposed to be) all good?”

Best wishes--

http://tinyurl.com/m488d7

Posted by Robert B. Livingston from San Francisco on 07/03 at 01:22 PM

Robert 11,...The way to deal with an unruly TV is to take it up to the 4th floor and with great force, throw it onto the sidewalk outside.

If you are limited to ground floor level, get a 22 ounce claw hammer and proceed to alter the pixels.

If neither of the above are possible, simply walk away. But I would shoot for the first option. It would be fun.

Posted by joe of maine from on 07/03 at 07:21 PM

Hello again. Robert, nice to see you commenting again.

The excellent Bill Blum does it again:
http://www.killinghope.org/bblum6/aer71.html

Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria on 07/03 at 09:08 PM

We have quite a bit of rain in Daylesford, too, but again: not half as bad as the one described by Rosemarie. And by sheer coincidence I have just printed Bill Blum’s latest Anti-Empire Report, Mickey # 13. Thanks for the link anyway - well worth clicking on.

‘We should be looking at the big causes of pollution such as war, industrial damage to the environment, corporate destruction of the rain forest…’ Too right, Rosemarie - but I would add unrelenting population growth and the strain 6.5 billion people (there are forecasts that this planet might house as many as 9 billion people in 2050, unless it is trashed completely by then) as another big cause.

Kindest regards also to sub-genius, Joe of Maine, richie and Robert B. Livingston. That’s quite a line-up of mindless TV there - reminds me of similar programs on Australian TV.

Have a reasonably good weekend, all of you!

Posted by Helga Fremlin from Daylesford, Australia on 07/03 at 10:56 PM

robert..joe joe.. mick and those lurking in the am 500 shadows....hey .. how bout those n koreans .. palin is vacating jit

Posted by richie from fl on 07/04 at 05:03 AM