Commentary, ideas and miscellany in the spirit of Edward Abbey
photo credit: Jeff Topping, NYT
Today’s New York Times has an article titled “The Spirit Moved Them.”
It’s about rich folks that have supposedly found their spiritual centers by building multi-million dollar homes in formerly pristine wilderness areas so they’ll have a luxurious place to get some kundalini.
I suspect it’s easier to achieve kundalini when you have [...]
The Lakota Sioux declared sovereign nation status this month, as well as withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government.
“Here here,” I say, raising my cup of coffee in support.
In order to reclaim disputed lands, they may (and should) file liens against those properties.
It’s unfortunate that vast majority of people really have [...]
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
-Goethe
I journeyed eastward on I-40, the major national artery stretching from California to the Carolina Coast, yesterday. The objective was Brownsville, TN, a small, impoverished town about 65 miles from my front door, [...]
As expected, New Orleans has moved to demolish public housing damaged by Katrina. In it’s place? A new, “mixed” income development. A lot folks saw this coming, figuring it was too good of an opportunity to move out “undesirables” and create new opportunities for developers and mortgage companies.
In fairness, I should note that the project [...]
Hightower: Sweatshop crucifixes
An appropriate topic considering the time of year.
Bottom line: Christianity is big business and the profits are high. Especially when you use sweatshop labor, baby!
So, would you rather eat or drive? I mean, if you had to make a choice, would you really not eat in order to drive your automobile? Or to have your “I gotta have one of those” delivered by FedEx?
Think that’s far fetched? If you’re one of the lucky ones living here in the Empire, [...]
Fur Trade in China
Warning: This is disgusting but necessary for people to see. One, for people that buy mass manufactured fur products, and two, to demonstrate there are apparently no limits to human depravity.
What fuels the trade are designers, rich, pompous, asses selling expensive clothing to their bourgeois customers.
I have no problem with a hunter [...]
The Commercial Appeal recently ran a story about these so-called “green buildings” we’re beginning to hear about. Of course, there’s nothing green about it other than the money being made. Architects and developers are salivating over the prospect of more work, since increasing numbers of people want to be in “green” building. Business [...]
I complain a lot, more than I should. Now don’t get me wrong. There’s a lot to legitimately complain about in the world. But as I compare my life to the lives of many others, well, I guess you could say I should just shut the f%$& up.
At 45, I am my own boss. I [...]
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