RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light (revisited)

2005-05-05 Thread Michael Redler
Kieth, It took me a few days to digest all the stuff in your reply. Simply put, everything I missed in my original post was elaborated on with a great deal of logic, reason and facts in your reply. You're right about a level playing field (thinking about the school kid and green web

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light (revisited)

2005-05-05 Thread Keith Addison
Yes, very promising! I'm glad you think so too. Interesting times, eh? Whatever did we do to deserve them? LOL! (It's an old Chinese curse: May you be reborn in interesting times.) Regards Keith Kieth, It took me a few days to digest all the stuff in your reply. Simply put,

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-03 Thread James G. Branaum
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Redler Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light SNIP For example, spending $0.50 for every $1.00 of my taxes on

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-03 Thread Michael Redler
Your missing the point. I'd rather throw away half of the taxes I pay at schools (or whatever...pick one) than the so called military industrial complex where our tax dollars buy the most sophisticated machines ever devised by our species for the purpose of waging war. Mike James G.

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light (revisited)

2005-05-03 Thread Keith Addison
Hi everyone, I've been receiving emails lately that have given me a burst of enthusiasm and curiosity about the future. Good for you! Here are some of the things I've been thinking about. I hope you don't mind if I use this forum to express myself a little. Feel free, that's what it's

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-03 Thread Keith Addison
SNIP For example, spending $0.50 for every $1.00 of my taxes on building the military does not represent balance when our (K-12) schools don't come close in comparison to most of those in the industrialized world. SNIP You hit one of my really hot buttons. One of the most expensive

Re: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-03 Thread robert luis rabello
You hit one of my really hot buttons. One of the most expensive schools in the nation, when breaking out the cost per pupil, has the lowest scores on any standardized test given. Standardized testing is not always a meaningful measurement of student capability, but it is often dragged out

Re: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-02 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Dan, Thanks for the reply. My only comment is Daniel Crandall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 12 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:11:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Redler Mike, you wrote: ..So, where am I going with this? I was just thinking, wouldn't it be exciting to have alliances

Re: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-02 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Dan, Thanks for the reply. My only comment is about use of the word community. Although I don't disagree, It wasn't my quote. Dan wrote: By the way, in the larger picture (the community as you refer to it) the barter chain may be much longer. George H. W. Bush said: I have spoken

[Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-01 Thread Daniel Crandall
Message: 12 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:11:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, you wrote: ..So, where am I going with this? I was just thinking, wouldn't it be exciting to have alliances that form within all communities in a way that replaces dependence on the

Re: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light

2005-05-01 Thread Michael Redler
Hi Dan, Thanks for the reply. My only comment is that the word community is out of the Bush quote. Those were not my words. I suggested that when a hypocrite says something that he/she has demonstrated contempt for in the past, the words might still be important. George H. W. Bush said:

RE: [Biofuel] Bush on matter - a thousand points of light (revisited)

2005-04-30 Thread Michael Redler
Hi everyone, I've been receiving emails lately that have given me a burst of enthusiasm and curiosity about the future. Here are some of the things I've been thinking about. I hope you don't mind if I use this forum to express myself a little. Today, the political climate is tense. Many