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My friend Brad wrote me a note concerning my last post, commenting on my statement of, “Democracy seems to be a pretty popular trend that started about 233 years ago,” (2.24.2009). The primary point of the claim (correct me if I’m wrong Brad) was to educate me on the fact that America is not a [...]

There are problems.
• Mr. Quicksolve does not live here anymore. In fact, he is like George Kaplan in Hitchcock’s classic film North By Northwest: Mr. Quicksolve does not exist (and never did).
• Accepting a quick solution means that we are addressing symptoms not causes.
• Quick solutions do not work and often make things worse.
• Quick solutions take away needed [...]

“If the US converted all of its cropland to organic techniques it would be the equivalent of eliminating 217 million cars from the roads.”
via Use Organic Agriculture to Fight Climate Change, EU Official Says : TreeHugger.
I wonder if there would be a severe cut to the production levels?
Not much more to type, except, why do [...]

Howard Dean: The Far Right’s All Out Offensive Against Medical Research.
Paul Peete: It’s Us Versus Them with the Stimulus
Robert J. Elisberg: A Rush to Bad Judgment
Here is an example of the typical partisan politics we keep seeing, especially in this Democrat-controlled term. As a once-Republican, I’m finding myself embarrassed and ashamed to have ever associated [...]

3 Ways Text-Messaging Can Reduce Your Impact.
Text the numbers from Idealbite.com and they give you tips on how to live more sustainably and info about companies that are sustainable (like Starbucks, Apple, etc.).
The tips aren’t hard things to implement in your daily routine. They’re just the little, useful ones mom always knew but didn’t think [...]

Obama Plans Massive New High Speed Railroad : TreeHugger.
This is awesome. I had heard mention of Obama proposing bring rail back, but this sounds pretty great. The bit about the Midwest being a concentration point will be pretty crucial. It is reminiscent in some ways of the Interurban lines that used to crisscross all of Indiana. Not [...]

So it was a valiant effort at first, but I was obviously unable to create a habit out of constantly journalling over class daily content. I’m going to try to revise, attempt another option, since I believe it is pretty important to constantly reflect on the information we encounter each day.