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Comment on Not to Look Away by Dad

Dad — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:27:01 +0000

There was no tee vee back in 1940’s so the German people only had what was told to them. Simular to today when people believed in “CHANGE”

Comment on Never Had an Eden by John Deans

John Deans — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:03:51 +0000

Did you notice that the article you linked to is now part of a legal complaint?

“This article is the subject of a legal complaint from the All Pakistan Muslim League. Since this story was published the All Pakistan Muslim League have issued a legal notice denying that there is any truth in the allegation that an agreement had been struck between then military leader of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf and President George Bush to let American forces conduct operations against bin Laden inside Pakistan. The full legal notice is available here.”

Comment on Stop Making Sense by Piet Sawvel

Piet Sawvel — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:07:20 +0000

“Trivial matters of logic or intellectual consistency do not bind Republicans.” E.g.:

GOP pivots on ‘birther’ questions, blames Obama for media attention
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-pivots-on-birther-questions-blames-obama-for-media-attention/2011/04/28/AFLrfs6E_story.html

Comment on The Five-Percent Solution by floegel

floegel — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:38:46 +0000

Michael –

Thanks for writing. Your comment said, “Check your facts: the excess water is returned, via a mile-long pipe, to the ocean floor, not waste slag. Poor article…”

You seem to be referring to this sentence in the Ecologist article: “He also cites the effects of increased light and noise in the deep ocean environment and the toxicity of the dewatering plume [the process of removing water from the mined deposits] to deep-sea organisms, which will not be able to differentiate between food and junk sediment.”

In my remark about the waste material, I was referring to a sentence one paragraph lower: “Of particular concern are the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste that will be produced by the mining process, which Steiner compares to that of a ‘giant underwater tractor’ and which will be pumped onto deeper seabeds nearby.”

Not that the dewatering plume would be a treat for the environment, either.

Your mail did, however, give me pause and I looked for references to the disposal of sea bed mining wastes and found very few and those few were vague. Clearly, better journalism is called for.

Thanks again for writing.

Mark

Comment on The Five-Percent Solution by Michael Peters

Michael Peters — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:59:17 +0000

Check your facts: the excess water is returned, via a mile-long pipe, to the ocean floor, not waste slag.

Poor article…

Comment on Cleanup Theater by Taj

Taj — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:01:25 +0000

Thank you for sharing this experience, Mark. What the HELL are we going to do??? So frustrating.

Comment on But Should You? by Taj

Taj — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:58:51 +0000

I’ll enjoy the day when we move past tolerance to acceptance. The burning plan is appalling, First Amendment or not.

Meanwhile, WHAT grape juice??? Didn’t see no grape juice…

Comment on The Death of Earth Day by Aggressive Progressive » The Death of Earth Day?

Aggressive Progressive » The Death of Earth Day? — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:36:46 +0000

[...] Mark Floegel is mourning the “passing” of Earth Day, on its 40th birthday: [...]

Comment on Proof / Not Proof by Taj

Taj — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:16:11 +0000

Mark, thank you for this post! I too am flabbergasted (who the hell made up THAT word?) by the people who say they don’t “believe” in global warming, like some people don’t believe in the tooth fairy or don’t believe in having dessert before dinner. Sheesh! It’s science, people! What do they think is causing all the polar melting if NOT a climate shift of global proportions? We should start calling them all “non-believers” — since that is what they are by their own proclamation. Their right-wing, grumpy-gills, Christian-crusade selves would be so far gone from the stress of being called a “non-believer” they must just implode and save the atmosphere a few units of methane. OH! Did I just say that? Apologies for temporarily forgetting my Non-violent communication training…

Comment on Rick’s Tale by Taj

Taj — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:47:57 +0000

Yes! Our original intention is important to use constantly as a processing filter for our experiences and our decisions. It is a vital navigational tool that keeps us on true course.

I have a bumper sticker that says “Remember who you wanted to be.” I have another that says “Something wonderful is about to happen!” (The latter is the former for me.)

I think it would be fantastic if we could frequently ask ourselves and everyone around us–especially everyone to whom we give the power to change our lives (elected leaders, spouses, health care practitioners, etc.) to STATE who we wanted to be, who we want to be now and why the change (if any).

But, then, I have always been an incorrigible idealist.