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Category: Perspectives on American Gluttony

  • Peak Oil and Places that Suck

    Places that suck need massive inputs of concentrated energy to function. Right now, that concentrated form of energy tends to be oil. Oil feeds our deathmobiles which are the only means of access to places that suck. But the ride is getting rougher in those paved paradises, with higher prices here & yet higher prices…

  • Blood/Gas Hybrid

    Your gas tank is full of blood. Yes, even Toyota Pious gas tanks.

  • Conscience Tweak II: Thomas Berry

    I often read the NYT Obits because they often fill in the gaps of my knowledge of events, thinkers, authors that fall in that middle time period between current events and history (so far that tends to coincide with the time of my childhood!). One great thinker I apparently missed is Thomas Berry (NYT Obit)…

  • Conscience Tweak

    Obama is leading us down into a moral morass with his continued support of Cheney/Bush war & torture policies. See Lyndon Baines Johnson to see how this will end.

  • Bike Zeitgeist: Being the Engine, Pedaling Revolution

    GM just went bust. The Highway “Trust” Fund went bust a few months ago. The repo man is busy, busy, busy. No better time than today to introduce two great works that celebrate a better way: Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities a book by Jeff Mapes (with a strong Madison connection; more…

  • D-Day for Das Deathmobile

    GM’s bankruptcy is just the tip of the iceberg. The entire auto-centric policy since WW II has been bankrupt from the get-go, starting with that massive subsidy known as the Highway “Trust” (as in ‘”trust us, we’ll make you rich”) Fund started by Eisenhower. Last year, despite decades of subsidy, the “Trust” Fund went bust.…

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