Waayyy OT: For Bill, Billy, Steve (if he's around) and others of a similar bent...Ignore If You Expect Garden Related Stuff - Page 5

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This is so true, and something of which I am aware.  This, plus the
natural tendency to believe what we read.  It comes down to the
astounding amount of information, and dis-information, to which we are
subjected, and seek, and the difficulty sorting it all out.


"Too Much Information"

Destroyed by MTV,
I hate to bite the hand that
Feeds me so much information
The Pressure's on the screen
To sell you things that you don't need
It's too much information for me

Hey TV Child look into my eyes
Here by intervention I want your attention

Promotion Boy in a suit and tie
He wants you to use it
You're too shot to loose it

It's pumpin down the cable
Like never seen before
A COLA (condom) manufacturer is sponsoring the war

Here comes the news with love from me to you





Charlie

 

Well, yeah, but that's just the good stuff. What about all the craps
that's on?

We get 4 DVDs/week (from an on-line company) and the odd British (BBC),
German (Journal), or French news ($). That seems like it is enough for
the two of us. Otherwise, it is 300 channels of crap.

Seems like our real satisfaction comes from reading. Did you know
that Europeans have 35 human leukocyte antigens and indigenous Americans
have 17? Holy Moley, no wonder European diseases inflicted a 95%
mortality rate on the locals. According to De Soto, Indian cities were
cheek to jowl along the Mississippi. One hundred years later, there was
nada.If it hadn't been for small pox and measles, "whitey" wouldn't have
gotten past the high water mark.

And that fish-in-the-hole-with-the-seed thing? It was taught to the
horribly unprepared and ignorant Puritans by an Indian, Tisquantum, who
had been kidnapped and taken to Europe as a curiosity. After five years,
he was able to work his way back to a home that didn't exist anymore. At
the time in Europe, it was common to plant seeds with fish. Indians
didn't do it. "1491" is a good read.
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is
now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of
conception until death."  - Rachel Carson

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To be sure!  This was the fluff.  Of course, the rest is horseshit and
plenty of reference to prove the point, but who the hell gives a real
shit, Billy?

I pissed off fourteen people at work and got a "reprimand" after
sending a Sami Yusef video (thnks to your link) to the fine folks that
care about people with disabilities,  fine xians and agnostics and
athiests all.......you get the point.  Do I give a shit.......no.  

True, but you gotta have deep pockets or a good library system at
hand.


Hmmm.......this from 1491?  Shit..another book to add to the list.
Lovey has summit to say about all this edycation stuff!!

So is Howard Zinn.

Charlie