Pruning Shears - Comments

Bruce comments on Yes, Congress and the president are responsible for the surveillance state

Bruce — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:30:41 +0000

In a syndicate society like US; the reference to jejune "Gangs" is abjectly apropos.

Dan comments on Yes, Congress and the president are responsible for the surveillance state

Dan — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:21:03 +0000

Thanks PW. I tried to stress that ultimately we are responsible as a people, I was more trying to push back against the idea that we are right away. I don't think that's the case. Long term though, sure.

PW comments on Yes, Congress and the president are responsible for the surveillance state

PW — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:08:10 +0000

We do buy into it, Dan. That may look like a stretch -- that we should give up mainstream media and TV and indeed avoid buying certain products because they support a way of life that erodes peace/justice and from which they draw the great profit.

We are drawn into collaborating at levels we hardly question, if at all. All I know is that trying to change others is a bad start. Change has to start with each "me". It would be interesting to line up the elements of our lives which amount to collaborating with/enabling the enemy. Not running away and living off the grid, but identifying and dismantling those elements of the grid that trap people, hinder their ability to act, and contribute to the destruction of the social contract. As you described so well in your post about the ODNR.

Susan M. Augustine comments on ODNR meets with public on Nelson wells

Susan M. Augustine — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:55:44 +0000

Well it sounds like business as usual with no knowledge much less implementation of what these meetings are really supposed to be for and about OR what are the lawful rights of citizens who participate. Another Nonimformational and Obstructionist as possible Informational Meeting with ODNR. Imagine my SURPRISE. Maybe we need to stage some very nonviolent civil disobedience ( a sit in or down in protest). Must be well thought out, planned and executed.

jimbo comments on James Rosen, irresponsible journalism and untrustworthy governance

jimbo — Sun, 26 May 2013 20:24:32 +0000

We got antoher problem, the media is mostly useless when it comes to informing the public on issues that are in national interest.

The media seems more interested in to dividing people in to left/right, black,/white, rich/poor, etc

rjs comments on Activism in the spaces in between

rjs — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:28:25 +0000

have read you through naked capitalism links, & specifically shared this post with the frack free geauga group...didnt have a clue you were ~25 miles south of me till i saw that portage county sign..

PW comments on The incomplete logic of gold investors

PW — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:05:40 +0000

That final sentence is perfect! From now on it should be illegal to use "survivalists" without attaching "dilettante."

A Useful Idiot comments on Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature

A Useful Idiot — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:49:32 +0000

I completely agree with your premise....however all the lame new bands you use as examples don't really make the case.

Dan comments on Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature

Dan — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:29:59 +0000

Dammit!!

marc comments on Most recent vintage of eulogies for rock music: still premature

marc — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:29:52 +0000

I have not kept up with music, so thank you for the links.
The word that you wanted was "epitaph", not "eulogy".