tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post8793071799062732073..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Ideological FormationsPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-36026213069035868212010-04-09T13:48:10.736-07:002010-04-09T13:48:10.736-07:00reduce the scenic wonders we visited to economic
...<i>reduce the scenic wonders we visited to economic </i><br /><br />maybe we should register a new fallacy named something like 'reducto ad commerce'Tacitus Voltairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541877885827767416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-81326009390748226722010-04-09T11:16:19.686-07:002010-04-09T11:16:19.686-07:00AND all that uranium would power the electric orga...<i>AND all that uranium would power the electric organ we put in the moon caves!</i><br /><br />As George W. Bush would say, "I love the optimism of that picture."Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-45067741317233028242010-04-09T11:15:02.105-07:002010-04-09T11:15:02.105-07:00AND all that uranium would power the electric orga...AND all that uranium would power the electric organ we put in the moon caves!<br /><br />DOUBLE PLUS GOOD!Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-523600125036466932010-04-09T11:13:44.945-07:002010-04-09T11:13:44.945-07:00"On the bright side, there seems to be plenty..."On the bright side, there seems to be plenty of uranium on the moon."<br /><br /><i>One of the hurdles for future colonies on the Moon has been the question of providing them with the large quantities of energy required to sustain life.<br /><br />....<br />Uranium supplies on Earth are expected to last for another 100 years, although further deposits are still to be discovered. Extraction, however, is expensive and damaging to the environment. </i><br /><br />Hey! The Moon has no environment! We can turn it into one giant radioactive ball! And live there! YEAH!Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-16225230996469800602010-04-09T10:19:34.515-07:002010-04-09T10:19:34.515-07:00The "free market," by the way, has decim...<i>The "free market," by the way, has decimated the bat colonies in Carlsbad Caverns. I remembered a cloud of bats that formed a column that seemed to go on forever, from my childhood visit.</i><br /><br />Sad to hear it, but not surprised. I went to watch the bat exodus about 15 years ago, and "a paltry trickle" describes pretty well what I saw. There were other people there who told stories like yours, described the amazing noise made by all those wings, etc. <br /><br />Oh well.<br /><br />On the bright side, there seems to be plenty of <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5711129/Uranium-could-be-mined-on-the-Moon.html" rel="nofollow">uranium on the moon</a>.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-74754173214560815842010-04-09T09:20:41.709-07:002010-04-09T09:20:41.709-07:00I mean, they actually play Luray's stalactites...<i>I mean, they actually play Luray's stalactites with mallets! That's a wonderful example of the creative solutions you get when you unleash the power of the Free Market.</i><br /><br />I decided not to follow any links in this post when I read that.<br /><br />The "free market," by the way, has decimated the bat colonies in Carlsbad Caverns. I remembered a cloud of bats that formed a column that seemed to go on forever, from my childhood visit. When I went back as an adult, and it wasn't nearly the same (a paltry trickle), I thought memory was playing tricks on my until the Park Ranger said: no, the population of bats was sharply decreased, mostly due to insecticide usage sharply increasing.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm sure we're better off with fewer bats and more bugs that can eat insecticide like it was candy. Or something. Maybe if we let people hammer the stalactites in the Caverns....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-83842765593322772032010-04-09T08:14:23.142-07:002010-04-09T08:14:23.142-07:00Friday Hope Blogging cannot come too soon.
I'...<i>Friday Hope Blogging cannot come too soon.</i><br /><br />I'll get right on it, just as soon as I stop staring vacantly at the wall opposite my desk.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-75269686735314607212010-04-08T22:32:31.211-07:002010-04-08T22:32:31.211-07:00Friday Hope Blogging cannot come too soon.Friday Hope Blogging cannot come too soon.Spiny Normanhttp://spinynorman.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com