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Tim01
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:39 PM Original message |
Just a reminder about things like organic foods. |
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itsrobert
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. So how is your organic farm going? |
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Tim01
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I raise enough beef and chicken for my family. That's it. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Good thing you don't live in Brooklyn or Oakland or Chicago... |
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Tim01
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I lived in D.C. Descent food is available. But it does take effort. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Effort is measured in time. What else do you do with your time? Do you politically organize? |
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truth2power
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
100. Did Tim say he was better than anyone else? .... |
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Gabi Hayes
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. really...what a bunch of judgmental aholes, eh? |
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bertman
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Sun Jul-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #100 |
121. "Way too much free-floating crankiness." Amen and Hallelujah, truth2power. |
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conscious evolution
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Urban farms are growing everywhere |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Atlanta wasn't on that list. And the working class shouldn't have to be peasants too. |
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conscious evolution
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Sat Jul-18-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
107. organize against major corporations |
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Cha
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Great! The Universialist Church in |
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varelse
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Some of us don't have the $$ to make the choice |
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itsrobert
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Organics are a croc anyhow |
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varelse
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Organically grown fruits and vegetables are yummy :) |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's not true of all organics if you know what you're doing. |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. My neighborhood earns earn $9K per capita and work 70 hours a day. Explain |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I'm not but... |
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Liquorice
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. It's illegal to use the "organic" label if the product doesn't meet the |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Unfortunately, corporate ag |
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Liquorice
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. What a shame! I buy locally when I can. nt |
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Sat Jul-18-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
110. Do you have a link to the laws and penalties concerning using the "organic" label? |
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csziggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. That is why I am getting veggies from a local CSA organic farmer |
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Gabi Hayes
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
102. listen, wise guy, do you know ANYthing about CSA? |
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lildreamer316
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Sat Jul-18-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
109. +100 n/t |
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Oregone
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. It isn't like most of the organic food isn't corporate owned. You just help em profit more |
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itsrobert
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yup, "organic" at the stores is just marketing |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Yep. Mostly owned by massive food processors. |
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KansDem
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Even "Tom's of Maine" is now owned by Colgate... |
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Oregone
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I know. We don't use that tooth paste anymore so I don't care |
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Tim01
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Sure local is better. But you have to give people a fighting chance. |
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Oregone
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Farmers Market's are almost everywhere |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Good Point |
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harmonicon
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
103. and what effects has your tinfoil hat caused? |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #103 |
115. Nutrition 101 |
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harmonicon
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. I'll keep my pasteurized juice and milk, thank you very much |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. The Cancer Train |
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harmonicon
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Sun Jul-19-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. choo-choo - all aboard!! |
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truedelphi
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
104. I would vouch for Odwalla. They had the FDA out after them after |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Botulism? |
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truedelphi
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Sun Jul-19-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. Agree with you there. Sadly we have become a society in which one in a million |
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mamaleah
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Sun Jul-19-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
123. Do you remember what happened with Odwalla and the E Coli problem? |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. If you show the whole chart |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
116. Knowledge |
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Lex
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, I think of that when I spend my $$$ on most anything. |
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itsrobert
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That's the way to go |
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XanaDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have the money to buy organic, so I do |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. And that is the point the OP is trying to make. |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. And shift the blame on the working class. To hell with consumer politics. |
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Oregone
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Sat Jul-18-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. +1 |
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varelse
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Well said! |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. What's worse is that this type of thinking leads to some really dark stuff. |
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varelse
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. How often have you heard statements like |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. The point is, if people who can afford good organics make a point |
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Yeah but it hasn't worked that way. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. The ONLY solution to the problem of state-sanctioned industrial power is |
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. Because its an individualist solution that privileges the ruling classes that are |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
75. Again, you are projecting. |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. Telling people they're failing to consume properly is absolutely scolding. |
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Lorien
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
112. Well, the person you responded to is scolding |
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BlooInBloo
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm certainly not going to "vote" for food that's 3x as expensive. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The cost of the mainstream food in the grocery |
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BlooInBloo
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Bourgeois criticism of people who can't afford a 3x increase in their food prices, noted. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. That was not bourgeois. |
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BlooInBloo
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. "you totally disregarded the point..." - Of course I did - you disregarded it yourself... |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. How in the world did I |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Try figuring in the medical costs for those who each cheap crap |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Glad you have a good job. Good for you. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Don't give me that bullshit. |
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Flaneur
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Ooh, we can talk about class now? That's usually forbidden. |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. "Progressives" who think working class people are their own problem because |
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Flaneur
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I just went back and read the OP. I don't see any condescension. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
93. Oh, the poor upper-middle classes who drive Volvos! Who will stand for them? |
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Stinky The Clown
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. The "Organic" label in this country is a total fucking hoax and cruel joke. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Not to mention the small local organic farms that can't afford the organic certification. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. We buy local from our coop. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I can't afford co-op food. And neither can my neighbor with 2 teenage boys. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. For the last time, I repeat... |
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. You're lucky you live in a good area. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I hate to tell you this but |
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Yes everything is a political issue but that doesn't mean every act is a political act. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. The "lifestyle" one chooses can be and |
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. If you're fighting the USDA, then it is a political act. I wasn't really directing my comments to |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. There is nothing ambivalent about it at all. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. As much as I disagree with you on just about everything |
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Tim01
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Ok, I get it. You can't do anything. You just can't. And it doesn't matter anyway. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. How about you spend some of that cooking and gardening time politically organizing |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Political consumerism? |
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Sat Jul-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Seriously. The next person who tells me I should buy organic better be organizing to take down |
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Flaneur
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. What is your problem with having a garden? |
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Because people in NYC don't have 250 square feet. And people in Texas all lost their gardens |
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Flaneur
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. People in NYC have access to lots of CSAs |
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Hey and you're not too busy pounding away at the keyboard ridiculing political organizers |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. Just because you work on the issues |
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. I'm not "damning" anyone for working at a CSA or buying organic. But I am for blaming others who |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. But no one here ever once |
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. The OP is, in fact, scolding people for not eating better and blaming the consumer. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. There's no good reason I can even begin to think of |
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readmoreoften
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. I can give you an example why I drank a can of soda recently. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. And if you want to talk about the issue of food security |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. We do have an organic garden and raise our own |
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Flaneur
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't understand the sneering rejoinders to the OP. |
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flvegan
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Reason #whatever that I'm vegan. |
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RebelOne
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Sat Jul-18-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
70. Vegetarian here. Not worried about buying organic meats. |
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only_one_sky
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. Thank you!!! And becoming more and more plant-based is good for the planet! |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. This person was TS'd |
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harmonicon
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. I'm guessing that it was a new account set up by someone who already has an account... |
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
111. Their Profile is Current...no Granite Pizza there...you must be mistaken... |
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flvegan
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Look again. |
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Silent3
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
77. In the big picture, I'm not sure if there's much room for change. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Natural=GOOD! Artificial=BAD! |
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Silent3
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Look at the increase in human lifespan over the past 100 years. |
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hippywife
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I think the life span is now on the |
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Silent3
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. As the saying goes, "the plural of anecdote is not data". |
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Kalun D
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Sat Jul-18-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #81 |
118. Agree |
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Orsino
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
84. Since the Supreme Court has given money the status of speech... |
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Honeycombe8
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
86. You are right. Thx for the reminder. Altho most people can't afford organic. |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
91. to each according to his/her ability |
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truth2power
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
106. A voice of reason! Thank you. It's simple...We should all do what we CAN do.. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
94. So, you're telling poor people not only to ...what, spend the rent money on expensive food, |
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I'll let you take it from here. |
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Too bad you didn't "waste" time actually considering the real ability of people with less $$$$ |
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Sat Jul-18-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
108. Here's the problem with so-called "organic" foods |
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Sun Jul-19-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
122. Political action is important, but so is personal action. Those of us who can afford to buy |
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