tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post2813659731286122440..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: too much magic: wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-58381340962694437492012-08-09T01:10:34.617-05:002012-08-09T01:10:34.617-05:00I suggest that you read another book called TOO MU...I suggest that you read another book called TOO MUCH MAGIC that came out a year before Kunstler’s book. It is called “TOO MUCH MAGIC: Pulling the Plug on the Cult of Tech" by Jason Benlevi. It has much more original thesis about the digital one percent and the overwhelming influence they will have on our future. http://www.toomuchmagic.comJacques Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-22605755571113996292012-08-07T13:25:04.809-05:002012-08-07T13:25:04.809-05:00There was no military industrial congressional com...There was no military industrial congressional complex before WW-II - and if I recall correctly the entire standing U.S. Armed forces numbered less than 125,000 enlisted men and 12,000 commissioned officers - by act of congress in 1921.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-60566845226746692172012-08-07T12:49:42.143-05:002012-08-07T12:49:42.143-05:00Platform Item: The Budget will be balanced. e.g....Platform Item: The Budget will be balanced. e.g., Eliminating ADC, Section8, and EBT-swipage will buy all the IQ-160 scholarships needed....Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-56943923448693152932012-08-07T12:31:57.536-05:002012-08-07T12:31:57.536-05:00Really? ?Really? ?Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-25870517362668342592012-08-07T10:30:39.147-05:002012-08-07T10:30:39.147-05:00Say it ain't so! How can you stand behind mult...Say it ain't so! How can you stand behind multi-multi-multi-billion dollar boondoggles like the Future Combat Systems, the Advanced Tactical Fighter, or DDX? Think of how many HI-Q students that could've had full ride scholarships for how many decades instead of these completely useless, can't-throw-it-on-the-scrap-heap-fast-enough defense projects? Hell, just taking your perspective, we could've made enough bombs to completely carpet bomb Iraq and Afghanistan for that kind of money!Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-52224432100750288962012-08-07T10:18:45.297-05:002012-08-07T10:18:45.297-05:00Defense is Nr 1. They get BD's complete suppo...Defense is Nr 1. They get BD's complete support.Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-49011710438885405182012-08-07T09:47:56.740-05:002012-08-07T09:47:56.740-05:00Oh snap! He completely left out the biggest welfar...Oh snap! He completely left out the biggest welfare recipients of all... the warsocialists. Donnie, are you influenced by the defense industrial complex? Would you allow them to sway your opinion?Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-90226412354450626872012-08-07T09:47:53.653-05:002012-08-07T09:47:53.653-05:00...anyway, you can't expect a 5-minute platfor......anyway, you can't expect a 5-minute platform to catch it all. There was an "etc." on the end, if you noticed, to permit (again in the popular political jargon)...<b>Evolution</b>....Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-66361198446756079002012-08-07T09:43:13.899-05:002012-08-07T09:43:13.899-05:00I'm voting for BD! He clearly isn't influe...I'm voting for BD! He clearly isn't influenced by the Big Moneyed Interests!Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-43778676467087813042012-08-07T09:43:06.477-05:002012-08-07T09:43:06.477-05:00Doesn't that go bye-bye with HEW...??Doesn't that go bye-bye with HEW...??Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-17511537594199897362012-08-07T09:42:03.216-05:002012-08-07T09:42:03.216-05:00I'm surprised you'd recommend pulling the ...I'm surprised you'd recommend pulling the plug on HeadStart as it's cheap, keeps the L00zers off the streets, and, actually increases the IQ of some kids. But what can I say, BD is on a roll!<br /><br /><br />Ohnoes! I just realized that you left out Federal Student Aid! Now that would reduce college tuition!Dale Asberryhttp://life-abundantly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-48303776330255787942012-08-07T09:06:59.273-05:002012-08-07T09:06:59.273-05:00....As someone whom BD is certain can appreciate t.......As someone whom BD is certain can appreciate the need for <b>Equality</b>, it is imperative that the Parasite Deletion proceed in a <b>Discrimination</b>-free environment without protected classes. For openers just pull the plug on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, HUD, HEW, Section8, Headstart, FoodStamps/EBT, Americans With Disabilities Act, EEOC, Unemployment, Obamacare, Obamaphones, Federal Housing loans, farm subsidies, etc....None of that kind of thing existed before 1930(?) or so, and self-sufficient folks got along just fine. Strong nuclear families took care of their own aged and infirm. Just go back to the way it was before the country got soft. You would see medical costs and college tuition drop like a rock to keep the existing Medical Industrial and Educational Industrial Complexes alive. Home loans would be a private deal between you and the corner bank who could loan or not without any gov't intervention. Similarly, a job would be a private arrangement between you and your employer who could ask any question they want, give any test they want, and hire, or not, depending on your perceived value, again without any gov't intervention........ <br /><br /><br />This election year, you Really Do Have A Choice. For President, just write in "Big Don". You will hear our solution for the prisons and drug enforcement after the election. In the contemporary stylish manner of The Office, think "Executive Order"..........Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-3084956506352301652012-08-07T06:09:46.623-05:002012-08-07T06:09:46.623-05:00It is imperative that we begin with the geriatric ...It is imperative that we begin with the geriatric parasites. Oh, and, we never sweat tornadoes in KC. (at least I don't) That's pretty much a Kansas phenomenon...., and I grew up in the middle of Kansas and know very well whereof I speak.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-56782703912541366082012-08-07T04:37:05.371-05:002012-08-07T04:37:05.371-05:00U start slurping up and re-distributing that much ...U start slurping up and re-distributing that much naturally incident energy and there will be climate change you won't believe. All the wind energy basically comes from the sun. Wind rain/snow and evaporation patterns would all change. River flows, agriculture, marine life all would be significantly affected. Best approach would be to delete all the parasites then energy demands would reduce to equal or below existing resources.....<br /><br /><br />OTOH, if you could remove enough energy from the wind, you probably wouldn't have to sweat tornadoes in Kansas City.....Big Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-69148300824806020002012-08-06T20:23:43.342-05:002012-08-06T20:23:43.342-05:00The goodness was in the comments MVD. Thanks!The goodness was in the comments MVD. Thanks!CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-4023962907233982982012-08-06T16:23:56.207-05:002012-08-06T16:23:56.207-05:00http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2012/08/total-availa...http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2012/08/total-available-renewable-resource.htmlMichael Varian Dalyhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Varian-Daly/672156773noreply@blogger.com