prawnster <
zweib...@ymail.com> wrote:
>> > >> á "One of Ann Romneyĺs horses, Rafalca, qualified today to compete
>> > >> á á in the London ...
>> > >> á á á--13 hours ago
>> > >> Evangeline Gray:
>> > >> á These people have no business pretending that they understand
>> > >> á what the average family must endure. I wish one of them would
>> > >> á just come out and say, "We're rich----and you're not." Ha! I
>> > >> á thought she was talking about being a stay-at-home mom to kids,
>> > >> á but she was referring to this horse (which probably has a slew
>> > >> á of nannies, too.)
>> > >> á á á--11 hours ago
>> > >> David Polewka:
>> > >> á What the avg. family must endure: Paved roads, indoor plumbing,
>> > >> á mechanized agriculture, quality control of food & water,
>> > >> á sanitary sewer systems, planes/trains/buses/automobiles,
>> > >> á automatic heating & air, timely weather reports, radio/TV/
>> > >> á internet, electronic banking/payments, civil society, modern
>> > >> á infrastructure, spectacular variety of leisure activities,
>> > >> á easy access to encyclopedic knowledge, tremendous variety of
>> > >> á meat/grain/fruits/vegetables/beverages/pain meds, sanitary
>> > >> á packaging for all of the above, etc etc.
>> > >> á á á --2 hours ago
>>
>> > >You probably did not mean to post this to TO.
>>
>> > Evangeline Gray:
>> > á áI had 5 kids--I worked as a cook in a busy hotel kitchen,
>> > á ácame home smelling like fryer grease every night & had
>> > á áto do most of the household chores with all the wonderful
>> > á áconveniences provided to me by Mitt & Anne (not). From your
>> > á ápicture, I guess you spent your time playing professional
>> > á ásoftball--just like a man!
>> > á á á --3 hours ago
>>
>> > Nancy Macdonald:
>> > á áIt's hard to compare historical eras & say who had it better
>> > á áor worse; the cultural theme of a fall from Paradise suggests
>> > á áthat some people were happier without the benefits of tech-
>> > á ánology; the Luddites rather famously rioted against clocks
>> > á ábecause workers were then expected to meet the demands of
>> > á áthose clocks. Spiritually (the source of those religious
>> > á áconcerns of Paradise) we live in a state of anomie earlier
>> > á ágenerations needed no word for. In any event, while I am
>> > á ácurrently enjoying the internet, I'm sure Mitt & Ann do too,
>> > á á& with better tech support than I'll ever see. I like tech-
>> > á ánology myself, but then I generally like life, & this is my
>> > á álife; but I have a serious dislike for smug rich assholes.
>> > á á á á--about an hour ago
>>
>> all this miracle of technology were possible thanks to oil burning
>> machines.
>>
>> Once this miraculous substance, oil, would become exhausted, and we
>> are frantically doing our best to exhaust it as fast as possible, this
>> wonderful era of technology would disappear. áThen, it would be a
>> great hecatomb, a war of all against all, till only remain in this
>> planet like 500 million people; there would not be resources for
>> more.
>
>Yeah, it would be better if our ancestors had just left that sinful
>substance in the ground and stuck with burning trees and dried dung.
>Actually, for the sake of the Mother Earth Goddess, it's too bad a
>clever chimp-like ancestor that no one has ever observed 'volved to
>become people. If I had a time machine,
Everything would be fine now if we had stopped suppressing
measles, flu, malaria & TB back in the '70s, when the population
bomb came to the forefront in the news. But noooooooooo,
y'all had to procrastinate & pass the buck. Well, it's pay now
or pay more later, and it'll always be that way...