naaman fletcher
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Sat Aug-21-10 05:08 PM
Response to Reply #52 |
| 57. they go hand in hand. |
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Farming is difficult work, and it is labor intensive.
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| -People are poor because they have no land. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:10 AM |
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Good, truthful OP |
AnArmyVeteran |
Aug-21-10 08:20 AM |
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Thanks. n/t |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:27 AM |
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People are poor because they have abandoned the land |
Skidmore |
Aug-21-10 08:29 AM |
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A beautiful tribute to our natural self. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:36 AM |
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Too true |
tech9413 |
Aug-21-10 08:49 AM |
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They haven't abandoned the land, they were forced off it. |
blindpig |
Aug-21-10 09:12 AM |
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+1000 |
corkhead |
Aug-21-10 10:53 AM |
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Idylic pastoralism is wonderful in theory, |
MadHound |
Aug-21-10 08:32 AM |
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Well I disagree with that completely. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:46 AM |
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First of all, as I've stated, there simply isn't enough arable land in this country |
MadHound |
Aug-21-10 09:01 AM |
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First there are errors in your thinking. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:14 AM |
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No, there are no errors in my thinking, only practical experience |
MadHound |
Aug-21-10 03:34 PM |
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Here are some figures. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 04:46 PM |
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Yes, you get approximately three acres per person |
MadHound |
Aug-21-10 05:47 PM |
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First a family usually consists of at least 3 people not one. |
zeemike |
Aug-22-10 11:13 AM |
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There are 470 million acres of cultivatable land in the U.S. |
Xithras |
Aug-21-10 03:00 PM |
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Ah the good old days. When the population of this entire country |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 08:48 AM |
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Actually I spent some time reading the history of this country |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:57 AM |
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Now you need to update and read the part where the wealth of the |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 09:18 AM |
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Ask the farmers. Farmers don't make any money today. And there |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 09:20 AM |
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Well let me pose this question. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:31 AM |
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I can answer the question. It's rhetorical, not practical. But first, |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 09:42 AM |
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and if you have no gold no one will take it. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:50 AM |
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But if you are poor, if you have no money, how much land can you |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 10:04 AM |
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But that is the question I am asking. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 10:20 AM |
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I thought the question was "back to the land". Answer. It ain't possible. dc |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 10:28 AM |
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Over-population |
More_liberal_than_mo |
Aug-21-10 09:42 AM |
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Certainly posible. Maybe even probable. dc |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 09:46 AM |
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The AMERICAN Indians thought that LAND ownership was |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-21-10 08:51 AM |
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And I agree with them. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 08:59 AM |
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New Mexico... ahh.... I miss her |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-21-10 09:07 AM |
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And the Native Americans continue to sustain themselves |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:16 AM |
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My introduction to the Zunis from my 'uncle' |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-21-10 09:29 AM |
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Whoa. The primary sustenance of native americans today is: |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 10:27 AM |
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Broke or not they endured all these years because they had land |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 10:42 AM |
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Not really. They survived because they had sustenance. They |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 10:56 AM |
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You are probably not aware of it but |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 11:43 AM |
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Actually, I am. It is known as subsistence farming. Barely eking out |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 02:20 PM |
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I am sure subsistence farming is all boring and useless. to you |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 04:21 PM |
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And we would be poor if we were to turn to subsistence farming. |
david13 |
Aug-21-10 04:32 PM |
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Yet they fought over land and massacred each other over it all the time. |
naaman fletcher |
Aug-21-10 05:14 PM |
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I almost fell for that flaim bait...n/t |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 06:02 PM |
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"when we gave up the land to industry" |
Indydem |
Aug-21-10 09:04 AM |
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It is the attitude that land is a tool that is the problem. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:24 AM |
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Baloney. Look at Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and land redistribution -- |
elehhhhna |
Aug-21-10 09:12 AM |
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Baloney |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-21-10 09:19 AM |
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Better yet look at how it became Rhodesia. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 09:43 AM |
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I'll tell you what's frustating to me, as someone trying to sell a home... |
pipi_k |
Aug-21-10 10:03 AM |
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I don't believe this would work without a certain amount of depopulation |
el_bryanto |
Aug-21-10 10:06 AM |
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Not everyone need live on a farm to be self sustaining. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 10:30 AM |
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just previewed some 400K homes in my area |
Donnachaidh |
Aug-21-10 10:06 AM |
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A must read or those interested in this topic: Earth Democracy nt |
wiggs |
Aug-21-10 10:13 AM |
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40 acres and a mule..... |
a kennedy |
Aug-21-10 10:22 AM |
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And imagine what would happen if we did it now? |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 10:37 AM |
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A little bit of heaven on earth. |
tourivers83 |
Aug-21-10 10:57 AM |
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That sounds like a wonderful life. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 11:45 AM |
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ah the good old days. |
naaman fletcher |
Aug-21-10 02:30 PM |
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No false dichotomies please. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 04:24 PM |
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they go hand in hand. |
naaman fletcher |
Aug-21-10 05:08 PM |
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Difficult work can be rewarding. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 05:39 PM |
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The OP Proves That Regressive Thinking and Nostalgia for the Past |
Yavin4 |
Aug-21-10 04:41 PM |
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Fair enough comment. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 04:58 PM |
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Back When We All Had Land |
Yavin4 |
Aug-21-10 05:11 PM |
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+1 completely agree with this post. n/t |
taught_me_patience |
Aug-21-10 05:50 PM |
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Not at all |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 05:54 PM |
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I completely and totally disagree with this |
taught_me_patience |
Aug-21-10 05:50 PM |
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Not everyone wants or needs it. |
zeemike |
Aug-21-10 05:58 PM |
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