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posted July 13, 2010 10:07 AM         

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i agree abs
fck bp
greedy nature ruining bastads

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posted July 13, 2010 10:15 AM         

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Yin,

I want to apologize to you. I shouldn't have said what I did on a public forum. It was uncalled for, and I spoke rashly. I hope you will accept my apology.

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posted July 13, 2010 10:15 AM         

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LOL, cpn. OK, I'll delete mine as well then.

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YES. BP sucks. I agree.

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posted July 13, 2010 10:17 AM         

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Abs,
Apology accepted.
I apologize to you as well for speaking to Randall on your thread rather than emailing him privately.

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posted July 13, 2010 10:18 AM         

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Spanky,

Trolls free zone would be nice,
where they don't hang around like a bad smell.

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posted July 13, 2010 10:19 AM         

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I understand where you are coming from, and I hope you understand where I was coming from about we DO have choices in the food we eat. We really do, though we've been given NO choice by the large corporations that chose fuel for us, because they wanted to make money. They took our choice away and dismantled it and supressed it, etc.

Apology accepted.

If you click on the contact us button at the bottom of the page, you can find his email.

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posted July 13, 2010 10:22 AM         

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Abs,
I agree. We NOW have choices in what we eat.
Fuel resources will be next on the dissection table.
Who Killed the Electric Car?

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posted July 13, 2010 11:36 AM         

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There was just a short time, ie a few decades where processed was "THE" thing, and it was hard to find natural food conveniently (that being the key word there)

We've always had choices.

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posted July 13, 2010 11:50 AM         

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I disagree on the "always." But I come from elsewhere so my past experience may be different than yours.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:12 PM         

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wheels (remember her?) walks or bikes.
she made her choice not to partake in oil greed.

a lot of us not so lucky, live far from work. but, it IS a choice. we could always secure housing closer as to denounce oil dependancy...like wheels...it takes dedication that i surely admire, biking in rain storms and severe weather conditions...rain or shine, she does it.

thumbs up and hats off to ANYONE who makes that committment.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:16 PM         

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Well I grew up in Iowa, so it has always been available in some form. Meat was grown on the farm, and was processed there, and I grew up hunting. So respect for the life that was going to provide you with sustinance was expected. We had a large garden, and so did my grandparents, and most of the people I ate with, whom all put up food for the winter. Processed food wasn't common where I lived, as it was pretty rural, and if you did go out to eat, it was rare. So I've done my best to keep those eating habits. I kinda fell off the wagon somewhat in college, however, I've stayed true to that as I grew up post college and especially since I've had children. There's a saying in the computer programming community: garbage in, garbage out. I think it fits in well.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:19 PM         

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Just to be clear on the pic's...

I was more frustrated at the fact that this thread is about BP and those pic's of pig's was just another attempt to turn the thread into something it's not intended to be about.

And I'm not one who complained to Randall, but whoever did had good reason.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:23 PM         

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WinkAway, I've chosen you as a Mod here. I'm looking for four. Abs, will you take the last slot?

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posted July 13, 2010 12:25 PM         

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abs - i hear ya.

milk in a jug was a treat for us. ever try to milk a freaking cow? ever try to drink poor people powder milk in the 70's?

yuk.

i used to tell my gramma, i want fat milk. i want fat milk. i don't want cow milk, it tastes yukky.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:26 PM         

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congrats winky! i knew you wanted to do it! randall made a good choice!

i still want fat milk.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:26 PM         

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cpn, for the first 6 years here my job was 5 miles away and I biked and walked to work. The infrastructure does not provide for this kind of commuting. There are no bike paths and no sidewalks; there is a lot of traffic and I risked my life every time I got on that bike (not that I don't now in a car). There is at least one accident a year where somebody biking to work is killed here.
Europe is built differently. I never owned a car back home. I walked everywhere and took the bus for long distance travels.
I still hate driving.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:31 PM         

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I know. The eastern seaboard ie original 13 colonies, are much more European in their city/town designs, because they were the first places. They are much more bike friendly, or they used to be, I guess I don't know how it is, post WWII design.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:37 PM         

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Winky and Abs, YESSSSS! My support to you, girls!

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posted July 13, 2010 12:40 PM         

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Yeay me!!

Thanks Randall!!

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posted July 13, 2010 12:40 PM         

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You know what was quite funny?
People used to pull over alongside me all the time and ask me if I needed a ride...
No, I'm just walking to work. I guess that was too strange. Yes, it warms my heart that strangers will do that for me. But were they doing good? In their minds - yes, they were. It happened so often, I wanted to carry a "Just walking here. Never mind me, please." sign.

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posted July 13, 2010 12:45 PM         

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We went without a car, in our small town for quite some time, and you'd be amazed at the strange looks you can get. Like it didnt' compute LOL that someone would choose to walk, in whatever weather might be happening.

I also went barefoot mostly for a while, couldn't go really hard core and do it during the winter...Kevin was heartier than I was I guess

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posted July 13, 2010 02:54 PM         

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If anyone is offended by the pig pictures then why are you buying and eating slaughtered pigs in the first place?

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posted July 13, 2010 02:59 PM         

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i think they were offended because it was not a string about slaughtered piggies...or meat eaters... it was a string about bp and thier havoc on our eco system.

two distictly different subjects if i am not mistaken.

we have all seen the piggies over and over anyway. they get posted quite often.

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posted July 13, 2010 03:13 PM         

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randall, in his wisdom, created a place for those types of things..its kind of at the top of the page on the left hand side.

looks like:

Health And Healing
Rainbow diet, vegetarianism, veganism, fruitarianism, breatharianism, nutrition, herbal remedies, alternative therapies, meditation, chakras, the medical theocracy, purple plates, and the Body, Mind, and Soul connection for balanced healing; feel free to request White Light and healing for your S-elf, others, and for your pets (Moderated by SunChild)

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posted July 13, 2010 03:18 PM         

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LOL, cpn. And the board for political discussions and environmental disasters is called Global Unity. Right? Everyone here goes on the premise that LL Central is for everything under the sun.

LL Central
"A general discussion gathering-place where you can talk about anything you like; make new friends, lend support, share inspirational stories, and recommend any interesting sites that you come across."

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