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RE: People who live in glass houses should:

Stock up on Windex

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

Will this create a schism nationally? Are you concerned about how the people of India will be able to cope?

It will be nice if any increase in wealth is shared to help the impoverished. In the USA, I am not sure we even do this well.

RE: CATCH AND RELEASE

I thought this was a thread about fishing with barbless hooks

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

Hey Agman,
It is the farmers I worry about the most. We can prepare ourselves though. I try to make a concerted effort to buy locally produced foods, at least during the growing season. There are also efforts into starting a food coop which will be a store devoted to dealing with local producers, etc. I also do not mind supporting farmers around the world when it comes to ingredients that are only grown in their countries and imported via 'fair trade' mechanisms.
We all have choices, even in a "flat world", and we can make it work FOR us rather than AGAINST us....fyi - I grew up a farm girl and have degrees in animal agriculture, so I care!

RE: Many Loves....vs.....One Love

I'll vote for many loves.
I have many people that I love.
I do not yet have 1 special man with whom I love is a physically intimate sort of way. When I do, they will not be my one and only love - way too limiting, and my world would shrink.
Love many, love often!

RE: You're Not Everyones' Type

It is obvious that I am not most guys type, and very proud of that fact

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

We can't run out of gas soon enough, in my opinion

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

I would like to know if anyone on CS is from India, or has family there. A recent story in the news....

"Globalisation challenge

Despite the explosion of consumerism and capitalism in India's booming cities, more than half of all Indians still live in rural areas.

Farmers are committing suicide because they can't compete in a globalised market. "India doesn't live in its villages," says author and activist Arundhati Roy. "It dies."


In the rush for riches, can India's social fabric stand the strains?



Having shed its old commitment to state-directed socialism, critics argue that the Indian state is failing to provide the most basic necessities to its poorest citizens: health care, education, drinking water.

As the gap between rich and poor widens, Naxalite militants have spread their doctrine of Maoist revolution, now making their presence felt in more than a quarter of the country.

Maoism, according to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by India.


And, even though the Maoists are unlikely ever to bring the government to its knees - as they did in neighbouring Nepal - the brutal low-intensity conflict they've spawned is helping to keep India's poorest regions poor - and sharpening the inequity which some see as the biggest danger facing India over the next few decades.

So where is India headed? Some changes are visible to any casual visitor. The rampant consumerism in India's cities was unimaginable when I first visited in 1978.

But how far are India's traditional values breaking down under the onslaught of consumerism and individualism?

Are caste and hierarchy being eroded - and if so, are the downtrodden benefiting?

Is the explosion of television creating a new, more homogenised Indian culture?

Globalisation has brought tremendous changes and, for some, tremendous rewards. But are there more losers than winners, and, if so, what will the consequences be? In the rush for riches, can India's social fabric stand the strains? Or will growing inequities pull it apart at the seams?"

RE: What Kind Of Fish Are You?

Marlin. They are usually solitary animals found in deep blue-water and are highly migratory traveling long distances.

RE: Cut-backs

LOL

My mom likes to get the little sweetner packets and put them in her purse! I laugh, until I am in a hotel room drinking a cup of coffee and really wish I had a Splenda.

There is one thing I think is a 'sin', and I see it a lot in my work. When hotels do banquets, or even buffet meals for small groups, the amount of food is OBSCENE! I always ask what they will do with the food that goes untouched (usually >50% of it!) - it's really sad when the fear of litigation prevents establishments from giving this perfectly good food to other people who really need or want it!!!

RE: Biden to run for president in 2008

Biden?!

RE: Cut-backs

thought of a few more....

recycle all glass, paper, and metals. I am down to 1 small bag of trash per week.

feed food scraps to wildlife behind my back yard - never was good at composting

have dinner parties at home rather than going out to restaurants

have neighbors and friends over for cocktails or wine rather than going out to bars

no TV in my home - less exposure to advertising

give lots of things not being used to other people who can use them

collect those little hotel shampoos and soaps and lotions and give them to homeless shelters

take the time to envision how much I would use somthing before purchasing it, usually results in passing it by

my weaknesses are new fishing gear (I don't need it, but I think it will help me catch bigger fish) and magazines which I order and then never read

RE: What are your expectations on a 1st Date?

Definately would expect good manners, of the mutual respect kind. Without those, all else is lost...poisons the potential development of 'chemistry'. Chemisty is an interesting analogy - going back to what we learned in our chem labs - some reactions take time and catalysts to build up, and the wrong reagent can stop them cold (LOL).

My list of neutralizing reagents:
being told what I want, and that they can give it to me
being treated like their 'sounding board' rather than being in conversation
lack of eye contact
more interest in a blackberry or a cell phone than in getting to know each other through conversation

Good luck, and when you find the formula, please send it my way

RE: Thoughts on being one of those "Nice Guys"

Nice people ALWAYS are winners in my mind - it all depends on what games people choose to enter, and who they think the spectators are.

RE: Cut-backs

I consciously try, altho I know I can do more...

Efficient bulbs, always turn lights off when not needed

new insulated windows, thermostat at 60 in winter, socks and sweaters, and build a fire to make the room cozy

no more shopping cart-filling trips to the discount megastores - just pick up what I need when I need it and pay a bit more to buy it from a locally owned store.

only run a full load of laundry or dishes, no partials

carpool with friends when all going to one place


any other suggestions?

When did life really make sense to you?

"Its a journey. Its not the destination, its the travelling there and all the experiences along the way."




You see, this makes sense!

When did life really make sense to you?

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

I definately have concerns as well.
The big question of the day is - "are we ready?"
What will it take for us, average citizens of a variety of countries, to prepare for this? The internet has enabled it to flourish in many forms - so, do we fight it or do we embrace it and turn it into what we want it to be?
If we don't like parts of it, like the XXXXmarts, isn't it a simple choice to just stop buying stuff, or make our purchases from the countries of origin using the internet?
How can we make it work FOR us?

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

I'm afraid this entire globalization thing is going to happen with our without us Bobby.

Todays PROFITS vs. tomorrows EXISTENCE?!

"Inconvenient conclusions censored, hearing told · Researchers warned not to talk about global warming The Bush administration was yesterday accused of systemic tampering with the work of government climate scientists to eliminate politically inconvenient material about global warming. At a hearing of Congress, scientists and advocacy groups described a campaign by the White House to remove references to global warming from scientific reports and limit public mention of the topic to avoid pressure on an administration opposed to mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions. Such pressure extended even to the use of the words "global warming" or "climate change"....

See if you can name the brilliant politician who said......

me

It would have been fun to see what names folks here came up with for that quote. Oh well

The world is getting flat, are you ready?

"India is among the fastest growing economies in the world. The fact is not disputed now. What makes this development story different is the fact that the economic reforms, embedded in a strong democratic polity, are equitable and inclusive. "

Just one example of how our world is rapidly changing, and the playing field in economics is leveling.

Are you ready?!

See if you can name the brilliant politician who said......

Obama put him in his place....

Later on Wednesday, Obama, in a written statement, said "I didn't take Sen. Biden's comments personally, but obviously they were historically inaccurate. African-American presidential candidates like Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisholm, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton gave a voice to many important issues through their campaigns, and no one would call them inarticulate."

See if you can name the brilliant politician who said......

oops....I forgot to delete the answer

See if you can name the brilliant politician who said......

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."



Unbelievable!

RE: Why do they look so old?!

then everyone would look really good, huh?

RE: Why do they look so old?!

Yes, I think a pint would be better.

RE: Why do they look so old?!

I was thinking it would look really cute with the MM ears.

RE: Why do they look so old?!

That was really funny West!

RE: Why do they look so old?!

OMG! Mainlente - you ACTUALLY used this line in your profile?!


"I'd love to meet a woman who is as comfortable in a black cocktail dress as she is in jeans (and looks good in both)" .

Do you look good in a black cocktail dress?