tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post4404340375063652806..comments2024-02-20T20:50:18.981+01:00Comments on sunburst, musings on the go: response to move on dot orgZeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02046472160770720576noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-39611884958556624242009-02-07T01:53:00.000+01:002009-02-07T01:53:00.000+01:00Zee – stimulus packages, recession, depression, re...Zee – stimulus packages, recession, depression, recovery and boom cycles all continue with one single constant that is continued change. <BR/><BR/>In 1860 a letter posted took 3 months to be delivered until the Pony Express reduced that time taken to 10 days.<BR/><BR/>But the Pony Express only lasted for another 19 months, replaced by the telegraph system which in turn vanished with automation within the next decade. Horse driven carriage builders and saddlers declared the motor vehicle a passing fad until transport systems rapidly made them obsolete. The U.S. auto industry by contrast enjoyed an extraordinarily good run until it became unsustainable in the past decade or so ago? <BR/><BR/>The trouble with stimulus packages is we are not clear about what exactly we are we trying to stimulate. Is the stimulus package designed to support sustainable investment in the future or a resurrection of that which is already superseded ? A good veggie patch seems to be a good idea and one that has withstood the ravages if time. <BR/><BR/>It would not be of surprise me if once we finally emerge from the current economic crisis another will be evident; namely a food crisis which will only be averted if we move globally to greater reliance on a more bio diversified approach to farming reliant on nature for its sustainability. <BR/><BR/>Now that’s what I would like to see, a stimulus package to assist organic farming, which incidentally exceeds all other forms of carbon absorption. <BR/><BR/>Best wisheslindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-16393942484495752732009-02-07T01:21:00.000+01:002009-02-07T01:21:00.000+01:00I agree that it is no real solution ... but I gues...I agree that it is no real solution ... but I guess they have to try. While I am sad for this generation that will have to go through it, I'm sadder for the one to follow ... and maybe a few more after that. The change needed will probably be preceeded by incredible suffering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-26359725192725737972009-02-06T04:16:00.000+01:002009-02-06T04:16:00.000+01:00I don't understand everything you write (i don't f...I don't understand everything you write (i don't follow politics that much), but i also kind of think all that buying stuff leads to nothing, it might lead to more jobs, maybe. But what do we need more jobs for, to buy more stuff we don't need.<BR/>I too will plant my garden. And gather in the wild. I find i'm busy enough without a real job.<BR/>And the way we have set it up over the years, our bills are minimal.jozienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-21106119023857888922009-02-06T03:47:00.000+01:002009-02-06T03:47:00.000+01:00anything to create jobs right now has my support. ...anything to create jobs right now has my support. almost 1 in 10 people in california is unemployed, and the situation is getting worse. too many people are going to plant seeds this spring but not have a home when harvest comes. it's a national tragedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-58765827549534876682009-02-05T15:48:00.000+01:002009-02-05T15:48:00.000+01:00I couldn't agree with you more, Zee! And all this ...I couldn't agree with you more, Zee! And all this rhetoric about jobs, but no really good explanation about how they will be created. And putting more money into education...never helped before, won't help now. How about changing the education system, and start parenting. I think Obama may have to start smoking on White House grounds soon.Cellomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523201608373675238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-4249431778175442472009-02-05T07:54:00.000+01:002009-02-05T07:54:00.000+01:00Good observations. I agree that the so-called sti...Good observations. I agree that the so-called stimulus package is just a reworking of the same old strategies that put us in this mess to begin with. <BR/><BR/>What we need is to revolutionize the way we live both as a society and individuals. Me thinks we need to embrace the idea: Live Simply So Others Can Simply Live.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226983.post-69902880808178333782009-02-05T03:16:00.000+01:002009-02-05T03:16:00.000+01:00I SO want to plant a garden this year. I want to p...I SO want to plant a garden this year. I want to plant a salsa garden. Tomatoes, peppers, jalapenos and green onions. Then in the other raised bed maybe some polka dot pumpkins and midnight pink pumpkins that I got the seeds from last Halloween. An old friend gave me 2 bags of hollyhock pods (all colors) and I want to plant them all along the fence in my backyard. Such ambitious winter dreams hu?SaoirseDaily2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08898482400940054190noreply@blogger.com