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- Ajay Ramanathan Chettiar
- Mumbai
- India
Student, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur
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Communism destroys development of the society
Communism general idea is equality to all the people farmer or a scientist, no one is special every one is equal. thus when i see that i am a farmer i work hard the scientist also works hard. but they to earn the same. i am a kid i see this and decide freak i m gonna be a farmer why the fuck do i need to study.I am basically from a poor family the reason i study is a wanted a job through which i can fulfill my dreams of luxury. and people like me would sooner or latter end up contributing to the society.
i don't know much about communism my father is a supporter he would donate money to CRY rather than buy me a toy.i have come to despise communism ( din mean to hurt people ). i loathed my life, pathetic life and worked my ass off to get into the best institute in India. Would the same happen if i where under communist government.
Aug 27 2011: socialism is as immoral as it is impractical.
1. limits freedom, thus immoral
2. stops the trial and error process of the free market, thus stops economic development, thus impractical
Aug 27 2011: Limits? Whatttttt.
Who says you're free?
Look at socialist countries and tell me how they're doing. It works.
Communism not so much, because people are unwilling.
Aug 27 2011: i recommend wikipedia as a good source to clarify the meaning of socialist and communist. there are no socialist countries in pure form today. the closest is cuba and north korea, but they are also not clear cases of socialism.
however if i look at countries with high level of socialism incorporated into their otherwise capitalist societies, like greece or france, i see no reasons to cheer. these countries face bankruptcy.
Aug 27 2011: Yeah I told you to look at socialist countries without any reason, look like I shouldn't have guessed that there are successful socialist countries.
Your examples, literally strengthen my argument. The people in those countries are not willing.Aug 27 2011: then would you clarify your argument? which country is considered socialist and is working?
also you failed to look up what communism means, because if you did, you would see that it is an utopia with no state, no government, people cooperating in every aspect, etc. it was never ever tried in large scale. so whether it works or not is an open question, but the theory i believe in suggests that it is not.
Debra Smith
Aug 27 2011: Krisztian, I cannot quite agree again. I think it is immoral not to limit your freedom to use (for example) your greater strength to kill others, your greater buying power to hoard the food others need to live or your greater power to addict others to harmful substances (see the Opium wars by way of example).
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In my moral system- life trumps profit.
Aug 27 2011: i was talking about economic-ish kind of liberty, as i we are talking about economic/political views, not crimes. you certainly know by now that i'm a supporter of the non-violence principle, and thus i think killing and limiting the use of personal property are the same kind of crimes, the difference is only quantitative. killing is much more severe violation of rights than limiting my use of my own stuff.
hoarding food is, on the other hand, not a crime in my eyes. you paid for it, it is yours, you do whatever you pleas with it. stating that this is a danger needs some backing up though. i personally don't believe that today you can hoard so much food to cause any harm.
it is the first case i heard the word "addict" as a verb. you can do that? you can make another person addict to something?
what profit is, in your book? i think it would be handy to define it.
Aug 27 2011: I will have to think about a good definition of profit in this circumstance, so I cannot address that immediately.
Yes, drug dealers and slave traders routinely and actively addict people to sustances as a means of control. Please read about the Opium Wars to see the most heinous example of 'free trade' imaginable. When Britian wanted Chinese goods and the Chinese wanted nothing that they produced and would take nothing but silver for their products the British found a vicious and scandelous way to get what they wanted- they forcibly addicted whole segments of Chinese cities and provinces.Aug 27 2011: Hedge fund managers, though not actually boxing up and storing the products they 'buy' are massively distorting the prices of goods. Coffee has pretty much doubled in price in 12 months, with no bad harvests, no supply issues, nothing. Same is true of chocolate. The wealth at the disposal of individuals now can rival small countries. With that spending power, you can hoard what you like, and the damage is to those that can no longer afford it.Aug 29 2011: To your point about hoarding: I have heard this opinion from you before but let me challenge it just a bit. You assert that you are nonviolent (which I do believe). For me there is no difference between picking up a weapons and choosing to kill a person and taking an action that you know full well will deprive them of life. While hitting someone with your Lexxus could be an accident, a corporation that buys up all the land and turns it to industrial farming of one lucrative product in a land poor country and ships all the food stuffs out of the country while the citizens of that country face food shortages is immoral. You would call this 'good business'. I have trouble embracing this willful ignorance of consequences upon which much of your economic viewpoint seems to be predicated. (But I stilll highly value you and our exchanges.)Aug 27 2011: debra, do you have any source for that? wikipedia does not say anything about forciby making people addict. it just says brits illegally transported opium in china, where many people became addicted.
how would forcible "addicting" work? either i lock up the person, and administer drug for extended period of time, then release. it is a long and costly process, and the success is rather questionable, since the subject might get rid of the addiction. or i could secretly add drug to someone's drink or food, again for long period of time, without him noticing or acting upon it? these seem to be highly unlikely.
i assume you probably mean kids, who are introduced to the drug before they can develop the maturity to deal with it. it is certainly something we should not allow, very much like we are not handing out medicines or beer to children either. other than this, i see no problem selling any kind of drugs to people.
Aug 28 2011: Kristzatian
You bring up an interesting point about introducing a drug to children before they have the maturity to deal with it.
Right now it is all to common to promote a diet enriched with processed sugars and high fructose corn which is all but slow poison. Of course when the effects of this diet reaches the classroom we just give them some ritalin or aderal. seems like a repeat of history to me.Aug 29 2011: No Krisztian, I mean forcibly addict.
many substances are so addictive that even one administration can cause addiction in some people. Heroin is one opium dirivative that can have this effect. This is how many drug dealers ensure their market. They give away the first or the first few doses until the craving clicks in. It is the way biker gangs even in Canada ensnare young girls for prostitution. A drugged victim has no ability to defend herself.
The Chinese population was so immorally subjugated that they lost the power over their cities and governance and the ramifications echo to today. Hong Kong became a British colony through this immoral contamination of a population. The trade deals the were effected by both British and American trading entities are the height of immoral business which made many in the West rich.Aug 29 2011: debra, please. don't disappoint me. "forcibly addict" does not equal "give a free shot to try". there is virtually no such thing as addiction after one time use. of course, there are always people on the edge, who needs only a small push to fall over. but i strongly refuse the notion that thousands of people were so desperate that one portion of heroin pushed them into addiction. it is so much against everything i have ever seen that i require a citation for this.
kidnapping, and having drugged for extended periods of time obviously does not constitute as "addicting". it constitutes as assault, kidnapping and unlawful detention. these activities never were and never will be accepted in any society. it has nothing to do with drugs, not more than the gun or the lock involved in the act.
if your plan is to limit the number of unethical detentions, you should not support socialism or communism, because these philosophies tend to result in human rights violations and murder on massive scale.
Aug 29 2011: Krisztian, I would never wish to disappoint you- refute, debate, respond to you would be my goals.
I am careful in my assertions. I note that you have not taken up my suggestion that you read about the opium wars and I believe that if you did you might realize how far these actual historical events would go in reshaping your economic assertions and theories. While I deeply respect that you have made a strong study in economics, I have also worked to guess how we could see things so differently. One possibiiity is that you may have formed your opinions in reaction to life experiences (which is entirely valid) but that they are not open to new information (which leaves you in a time warp). I admit to both of the above as sources of error in my own thinking. Have you taken the time to considre Nowak's new evolutionary work in regards to economic theory? I also think the Opium wars are a strong set of clues to the extent of moral corruption that is possilbe when capitalism is unrestrained and where strength and power and moral bankruptcy prevail.Aug 29 2011: i would like to see a careful, step by step analysis how can an initially somewhat fair situation turn into a horrible situation with a series of voluntary exchange. i can not buy anyone's land without him agreeing to that transaction, which indicates that he is better off doing so, or else would not engage in such an exchange. as i start to buy land, people will recognize that food is getting scarce, and having a land is a good business. so they will either refuse to sell it or will ask a very high price. even if a company manages to buy all land, it means that farmers are left there with a lot of cash to start other businesses, earn money, and import food from abroad. with every exchange, we advance. because if any one of the individuals involved does not feel better off, the exchange won't happen.
Aug 29 2011: What absolute bunk, Krisztian. A person with more resources has the person with fewer, especially in hard times over a barrel where they are forced to exchange things of great value to survive. This keeps the person on top on top and the person on the bottom 6 feet under in many circumstances. You deal in the realm of theories.
Mark Meyer
Aug 29 2011: If it's any consolation, people have been arguing the relative merits of deontological vs teleological ethics/economics forever.
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Robert Nozick's famous Wilt Chamberlain thought experiment comes to mind. Nozick allows any starting economic distribution, including perfect equality, called D1. The great basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain, asks that anyone who wants to see him play pay 25 cents. People do so willingly and a million quarters later we have a new distribution D2 where Chamberlain is substantially wealthier than everyone else. Since there have been no injustices in the process, can you call D2 an unjust distribution? In other words, is justice found in having and adhering to the same rules among free people, or by judging the end result?
Nozick's argument is compelling so long as we don't consider the real world with messy problems of incomplete knowledge and corruption where wealth allows people to change rules and buy guns. Even then I think it's hard to make a compelling argument against it because we should concentrate on fixing the injustices and inefficiencies in the system rather than trying to micromanage the distribution.
Here's a fun discussion and challenge to Nozick from Slate earlier this summer:
http://www.slate.com/id/2297019/Aug 29 2011: please cite your sources then. i have read wikipedia, and it mentions no forcible addictions, which i still believe does not exist, except the case of kidnapping, but that is highly unrealistic in the given situation.
Aug 29 2011: A lifetime of reading and studying does not always pop up a source to cite. If you are interested please look at the sources listed at the bottom of wikipedia.
Demanding sources is valid and I am sorry that I cannot provide it immediately but it can also be used as a tactic which always puts the onous on the other just so it can be knocked down. When another is forced to provide the definition- you get to pick holes in it.
I am not big on picking at other people's spelling either- I work to understand their point.Aug 29 2011: debra. this is the last reply from my part to a post that starts with "what a bunk". don't join the group that thinks that a different opinion can be bullied because of the lack of consequences. i can assure you i see your point as silly as you see mine.
a person with more resources can do nothing with a person with fewer resources. let us start with the observation that people are not starving to death in a working, but poor economy. when a rich man comes along and offers to buy a land, people there are living a life already, and they are in no way compelled to make any change to their current dealings. if they do so, they do it with the hope of a better future. and indeed, it does happen. when a big corporation appears to buy land, usually people are eager to make a deal, as their life gets better. and yes, errors are made. but it is hard to imagine that people on massive scale give up their wealth, and exchange it for something worthless.
i urge you to give a specific example in which people through voluntary exchange got worse on massive scale. i'm not aware of any such event.
Aug 30 2011: Fair enough. Let me say that I find it troubling that your perspective requires the sacrifice of many human lives in actual practice. When there is no force on earth to restrain the greed and power of individuals and groups far too much of the population lives in fear and their lives are worth very little. Unfettered capitalism spawned great evils like the slave trade or the Opium Wars.
I do believe in capitalism as it happens but I believe that it has, especially in American society, been given too much power based on unchallenged and erroneous assumptions. The very fact that corporations are 'persons' under the law when women only became that in the same time frame gives us a clue.
In order for the capitalism as we know it to continue it requires every expanding markets. Is that even possible? Corporations have no purpose other than to gain shareholder wealth. Without a heart or conscience there is thus no restraint on human 'ingenuity' or greed for prying profit out of those who are less educated, less strong or less powerful. I see it in your comments that assert that a child is fair game for corporate profit and PR. This frightens me.Aug 29 2011: it would be enough to just tell, i don't remember, but i read it somewhere.
alas, our history knowledge is full of half truths and blatant lies. we all know that richard the 3rd was a monster, don't we? but he was not. we all know that the celts where barbarians, don't we? but they had a culture in many ways more advanced than the romans. we all know how monstrous the spanish inquisition was, don't we? but in fact during their 350 years existence, they killed like 3000 people, that is, around than 10 per year. the king's courts killed way way more than that. and while the church maintained due process (based on bullshit, though), the king's courts don't.
that's why it is very dangerous to rely on what we are certain of, but we cannot really source. we need to be doubtful. i personally can't imagine how do you forcibly addict thousands of people in a foreign empire. and i find it especially hard to believe seeing that nobody of the editors of wikipedia felt like mentioning such an important event after tweaking the article for almost ten years, and citing 32 sources.
also, what is your recommendation? should i acquire and read all the 32 articles and books in order to validate your claims?
Aug 30 2011: http://american_almanac.tripod.com/opium.htm
"The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium. The British twice sent the Royal Navy to enforce opium addiction on China, in order to open up China for looting."
"In the treaty ending the second Opium War, the Chinese were forced to accept the legalization of opium. With Chinese resistance broken, large scale opium production in China was begun, supposedly to stop the drain on silver caused by opium imports. Both imports and domestic production soared, with imports reaching 105,508 chests by 1880. It is conservatively estimated, that China's opium-addicts numbered between 30 and 40 million, at that time.
Parallel to this, the British gained a stranglehold on the Chinese economy and government finances. In 1853, the British were able to grab control of Chinese Customs in Shanghai, because of the Taiping revolt. Twenty years later, all Chinese customs were managed by the British, with all Customs Houses of China within reach of British shells. For 40 years after 1860, Britain dominated China's commerce. By 1895, China's trade with Britain's represented two-thirds of all China trade, which then totalled 53.2 million pounds sterling."
It took me two seconds to find the first article. All it took was the desire to know.Aug 30 2011: my perspective requires the sacrifice of no human lives. neither in theory, nor in actual practice. so please explain how would it do that.
"unfettered capitalism" spawned great slave trade? slave trade is older than history. and guess what, when it was finally abolished in the united states, it was done in a capitalist society. the opium wars were wages by state. the state is by definition not capitalistic, but actually limits capitalism. i believe i told that like a dozen of times, and i don't really know what barrier makes you ignore that.
how much power you want to give to capitalism? because as it is now, it has about 55-60% economic power, and much much less poltiical. be careful! i'm NOT talking about government spawned and/or financed giants. that is not capitalism.
the fact that corporations are 'persons' is a stupid act done by the state! for long, big power groups compete for more influence and benefits. and politicians long since try to empower them while looking nice in the eyes of the public. but this is not capitalism. this is corporatism, etatism, interventionism and malthusianism. these are the exact opposite of capitalism.
capitalism does not require expanding. capitalism does not require anything basically, because its nature is adaptation. it is very, very good at that.
do you believe a socialist state has heart? do you believe that communists do what they do out of love? or rather, a mad quest for power or other people?Aug 30 2011: if you would be kind enough to spend another two seconds, it was fantastic, because this one is not satisfying.
"sent the Royal Navy to enforce opium addiction on China"
what does that mean? becomes clear from the following paragraph, i believe:
"the Chinese were forced to accept the legalization of opium"
this is not what you've claimed. this means forcefully clearing the way to introduce the drug to a large population that is willing to take it.
David Irvine
Sep 4 2011: A good mix of most of the 'isms is what works, hopefully not the extreme ones though. Otherwise it's like eating only one food, we were built to eat several different things, our society works with a mix of sharing and greed, forcing either is as destructive as eating only apples.
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In all cases there are winners and losers if we learn balance and to never hurt others we will improve. It can be argued enforced communism Hurts, but does so openly, likewise capitalism hurts but does so in a manner that's more invisible and allows several degrees of separation. That's a shame.
As we evolve we hurt each other less and the faster we stop banging from left to right with such extremes the faster we will learn to live together and appreciate all our amazing differences, but do so without starving people we cannot see.
thomas duker
Aug 27 2011: I think that we should remind some benefits of communism such as solidarity. In fact, capitalism needs some reforms, we are all fed up with this integrism of markets which make us think that thanks to capitalism there is developemnt but in reality it's just an illusion. Capitalism makes inequalities grow faster and faster, and individualism spread also. Thus i invite u to see what's happening in Africa or Asia ( India for example), it's just a minority who are the winner and others are victims of capitalism. I don't want the soviet or marxist system get back, we saw their appalling results but i think that capitalism needs some ethics.
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Aug 27 2011: As a person a others victim of capitalism, i will strive hard to actually come up.Maybe i fail,My son fails,My grandson fails, His son suppose invents somthing great like a Operating system or some advancement in a feild sell the patent , is now the ceo of some company. he is a winner. you see it as a outsider a spectator. you have the benifit of what he made ( with some cost ) still. its development. the question is would he do the same in a communist environment.
people would end up thinking why have to do any think when i have a life of peace, no competition). In a communist system If existed Bill Gates would have thought what is the use of writing a os (it would be free and profitless) of more than 10000 lines of program in asembly languague rather just do the same job he used to do earlier and live the same life. We would'nt have windows, microsoft. so this my point
the world basically works on windows ( leaving the ones who like linux (like me) (GUI are for wimps) ) , So would this have happened
thomas duker
Aug 28 2011: I really agree with u, I am not telling u that capitalism should disappear but it needs somme reforms, the power of capitalism is competitiveness, it tells people you are free and you can innovate and have the benefits of this effort and work but unfortunately it forgets to tell them that a real success should not create and cause the failure or even more the death and mistreatment of some people. To conclude, just be aware of what's happening around us , nowadays capitalism is fashionable as communism was yesterday. So let's not reject the whole capitalist or communist system, but try to take the best.
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Aug 28 2011: true neither democracry nor communism nor capitalism is perfect it all needs reformSep 5 2011: At least it provides shelter for their citizens and work. As an Indian I know how semi-democratic and semi-republic govt works :) just chill take at look at Russia then and now.Aug 28 2011: @James Walker
Yes, people flourish in conditions of freedom and free personal interaction, but question is how long can it really last in socioeconomic systems like ours? Armed conflicts, financial breakdowns, power struggles... The way I see modern politics and power, it's like throwing a boomerang, one side has it for limited ammount of time, does some changes and quickly throws it again, if it's lucky it will get it again and could preform more changes, if not another party will catch it, make some small changes - possibly contradictory and inconsistent with another's and throw it back,... It's too much about maintaining status quo, and too little about preforming perspective/major changes. I think long term goals and thinking are imperative if we want to get anywhere.
Seeing you are economist, aren't you trained to model how "cancer" you call society will grow, presented in fictionally monetary terms? Money itself is system based on trust... Individual himself really cannot do much for himself, that's why intrapersonal interaction and collaboration are needed - it worked pretty well for hunter-gatherers I don't see why it couldn't preform so now. Or, you are suggesting we should denounce all structuralised systems and go back to hunting animals and living in caves?
I suggest you to unbiasedly look at accurate definition of word "society", compare it to facts from real world and critically evaluate if they coincide. Also economic growth can be at times a simple artifact, "true growth" comes in terms of resources and/or energy.
"reality"-breaker for some:
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/Aug 28 2011: Hi there Ajay
I find this a strange question.
The very word "Society" implies a kind of collectivist view of the World.
Does Communism slow down economic growth, diminish creative endeavour and turn lives to grey? Yes.
Society doesn't exist, it's really just a socialist/collectivist construct.
As for the word "development", that's even worse. Kind of implies you want to create a society, you want the cancer to grow? We, the people, flourish in conditions of freedom and free personal interaction.Aug 28 2011: Actually in communist/socialist systems, we have seen so far, there were workers and elite - so there were two classes. Not everybody is equal (only working classes or elite classes(roughly) are) So it is sort of binary meritocratic society - I support meritocracy but maybe in a more fuzzy logic context.
Take a look on China - what has it achieved/where it's going in last few years, it is solving great social/economic problems - of course there comes some price for that that being - freedom of information. But I think it would be hard for China to function efficiently if it would have any other social system. That authoritan system is glue that is keeping large country like China united - it would be easy for it to succumb to internal conflicts due to it's enormous population and size. I respect China, mainly because it's so good at setting and following long term goals. By the way China is planning on erradicating poverty by 2050 (and according to some projections it's economy is prone to surpass US's by around 2031 +- few years).
I'm sure you would have good chances to succeed, even under communist/socialist regime, intelligence, hard work and determination will get you very far almost anywhere. Maybe you should have asked your dad for a book instead :)
Luxury and social status, in my opinion should be at most secondary reason to pursue knowledge, and it's unlikely many of persons searching for that, are able to contribute greatly to society. Curiosity and willingness to learn are the main driving force behind great discoveries.
That's obviously my subjective opinion, and it does not neccessarily represent reality.Aug 28 2011: True its silly to speculate what bill gates would have done, windows could have ended up being a open soft like Ubuntu/Linux but the fact is (some people nope) lots of people need a external force such as profit to fuel them. there for you find rich growing richer and vice verse.and 2nd nor do i support capitalism, i am a victim why would i support it. The fact is all democracy,capitalism and communism has its own cons and pro. the question here would the world develop at this pace in which it is developing today if it were fully(every part of it)(hypothetically) would be communistAug 27 2011: its made so the country can stay stable at a certain level of success
Aug 27 2011: just that level of success, what is the use of such a environment where you dont fight for what you eat !
Cheyenne Lin
Aug 27 2011: why should people have to fight to eat?
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Aug 28 2011: I din mean in literal sense, i want a competition, a hope, a fight , a win, with out which why would you even try. you do things for either the thrill,fun or the competition the hope,expectation of winning drives you to betterment improve yourself this would be missing in communist. whats a life without that.Aug 27 2011: You obviously don't know much about communism do you.
Communism will work in a utopia. IN a society in which everyone is secular, free thinkers who do not accept god, or other theistic beliefs, in a society where everyone puts their trust in science, where we have developed and become prosperous, we will live in a communist state.
Communism has worked, but one time. Buddhism, is a form of communism.
Other than that, it has never worked well and it's very hard for it to do so considering the type of people who populate this planet.
Aug 27 2011: do you have any support for your arguments? wikipedia for example does not say that prosperity leads to communism, or it would be characterized by free thinking. on the other hand, it clearly says that communism is a society in which means of production (lands, tools, machines) are publicly owned, that is owned by nobody.
i also don't think that buddhism and communism have anything to do with each other. i happen to know both concepts pretty well, and buddhism in no way talks about the factors of production, nor ownership at all.
Aug 27 2011: I never said prosperity leads to communism. I said that in a prosperous society in which all are free thinkers and we are free of theism, communism will be in effect.
Buddhism is a form of communism, all members have rules such as releasing themselves of consumerism, it is pretty well known that buddhists live a life of restrictions.
Wikipedia isn't the all knowing. It is run by human beings just like you and me.
You are letting what wikipedia says dictate your beliefs.
Aug 27 2011: wut?
you have never said it, but you said it? cool.
communism is not even similar to what you are describing. nor buddhism for that matter, but it is at least close.
letting? wikipedia? dicate? my beliefs?? you oppose facts? good god!Aug 27 2011: It's easy to read about Communism and picture an almost utopian place where everyone is treated as an equal. However, history has shown us that Communism is quite opposite in that it oppresses people to varying degrees.
Aug 27 2011: nah, not so true that depends on how you see the situation, or who you are ? as a farmer, poorer guy, educated jobless guy, i would be happy benifit out weigh the oppression in freedom. To others its a bad dream !!Aug 27 2011: There would be constructive development under a communist government but again the information shared would be very limited and restricted. No offence Ajay but your view against the topic is irrelevant. It is more personal than governmental
Aug 27 2011: Actually explain how ? It would be other way round very less constructive development (people would end up thinking why have to do any think when i have a life of peace, no competition). In a communist system If existed Bill Gates would have thought what is the use of writing a os (it would be free and profitless) of more than 10000 lines of program in asembly languague rather just do the same job he used to do earlier and live the same life. We would'nt have windows, microsoft. so this my point. and information shared would be maximum.though Its personal its a relavant topic
Aug 28 2011: I think it is silly to speculate on what Bill Gates or anyone else motives are for creating something. Some people, maybe/ maybe not Bill Gates, need an external force such as profit to fuel them. Others are internally driving and create something because they need to get it out of their head. I'm sure socialism has stifled development by removing the profit motive but capitalism has surely hindered many advances by keeping the majority of the people engaged in toil to pay there debts.
C. Lewis
Aug 28 2011: I suggest you to read Albert Einstein's article, "Why Socialism?"
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http://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism It will answer some of your questions...
If you look at the history of Soviet Union, you will see that they had many scientists and technologists with astonishing inventions which got them many Nobel Prizes.. None of them did what they did for a better life and luxury though... They did it because they loved it and they did It for the "people" Science must not be done for money nor the title, it is just wrong. However, today, everybody is doing masters and doctorate level education in order to get a couple more letters in front of their name which will make them a better candidate for better paying job. This is what Einstein argues about in that article...
Also, competition is the most important building block of capitalism. Companies are always trying to come up with new and better ideas in order to make their products sell. It may seem good for the development of technology but the companies are also trying to obstruct each other's business. The strongest one dominates the market but it doesn't mean that their technology is the best.
If America was ruled with true socialism rather than today's corrupted capitalism; Bill Gates wouldn't come up with windows and he wouldn't be allowed to dominate everywhere with his "average" operating system. In fact, instead of competing and trying to destroy each other; Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and the others would be able to gather, share their ideas and build the ultimate operating system and we would be using it for free...
I recommend you to read some Karl Marx...You can learn a lot about how the real socialism works and the way it is supposed to be built. What we saw so far were just cheap attempts of socialism which didn't work well, due to being ruled by greedy socialist dictators and capitalist powers trying to collapse their system. So, these can't be shown as a proof that Socialism isn't good.


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Require drug testing to receive welfare benefits
The purpose of welfare benefits is to help people who are down on their luck and in the process of searching for a new line of work. Providing money to individuals who are addicted to drugs is not a worthy cause. Welfare is supposed to be temporary and should only help those who are going to be able to one day secure another job/career in my opinion. States such as Texas are proposing legislation to have more strict over sight to make sure the money does not fall into the wrong hands.
Nov 24 2012: As you've said, "The purpose of welfare benefits is to help people who are down on their luck and in the process of searching for a new line of work." I'd like to know where in this purpose it excludes people for activities outside of its scope.
You've said, "Welfare is supposed to be temporary and should only help those who are going to be able to one day secure another job/career in my opinion." I believe your opinion is not based in fact but in a bias built on a strawman argument that characterizes all drug users as lazy and shiftless addicts unwilling to work.
I'm sure if you were to know how many of the people that you interact with each day that use substances that have been made illegal or abuse prescription drugs that they have obtained legally you'd be absolutely stunned.
Pre-approval drug testing is based on the premise that every applicant is a criminal.
It's a belief that everyone that makes an application for the program is seen as potentially engaged in an alleged illegal activity that has no barring on the purpose of the program or reflects the needs of the person(s) making the application.
This is accusing somebody of a crime before there is any evidence that they've done anything to support the accusation.
What this is saying is, "If you apply for welfare you must be a drug addict, so you must prove that you're not or your application will be denied." That sure sounds like guilty before proven innocent.Nov 20 2012: Why stop at drug use?
How about gang members? If you or a member of your family is a gang member you can't receive welfare.
Let's stop pedophiles from getting welfare. I'd like to see them starve.
No convicted murderers receiving welfare.
Child beaters, nope you don't get any.
If they live in a state that has banned gay unions, gays don't get welfare.
You don't go to church, no welfare.
Foreigners can't get welfare because they're not from here.
If you're fat you could use to lose a few pounds, come back when you're thinner.
Tattoos, you must be irresponsible, tough luck and good bye.
You look like an illegal alien, go away.
You're not American/Texan/Whatever enough. You have to take and sign an Oath of Loyalty before you can get welfare.
You're going to die anyway, why waste taxpayers money on you?
You propose a slippery slope that can justify even the most trivial reason for denying welfare to anyone.
I can not support this.
Gail .
Nov 19 2012: It is an expensive solution in search of a problem. It's just another Republican racist hate-mongering idea.
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Gov Rick Perry said that "experience with similar legislation in other states says implementing the program will cost taxpayers more than they will save. For starters, millions of dollars that could go to Texans in need, or be used for other purposes, will be shifted to whichever company the state hires to conduct the testing."
Florida is one state where a drug-testing law passed. Before a federal judge temporarily stopped the law's implementation to consider its Fourth Amendment constitutionality, 4,086 welfare applicants had been tested. Only 108 — 2.6 percent — tested positive for drug use (most for marijuana).
The cost factor doesn't even cover the follow-up policing, enforcing, and justice/prison aspect of the case. 80% of our prisoners are in jail for simple non-violent posession of a few grams of pot. At nearly 50k per prisoner plus the cost of foster care for the children left behind, and the social and fiscal cost that parentless children will impose on us as they face a dire future, we should all take notice. Foster care is more expensive than welfare. Prison is more expensive than helping a child become a responsible part of our society. A child with a parent in jail or has been in jail is far more likely to face jail - be it as a teen or adult.
We already have more people in jail for non-violent crimes than most of the world combined - for all crimes.
This is just another racist jab, based on the perception that most blacks are drug-using welfare recipients, when the facts are very different. What do you do with the hungry children when those 2.6% of welfare recipients are denied money for food or in jail for having smoked a joint?
Those who support this type of legislation haven't thought it through an more than those who thought that the push to voter suppression would win them an election rather than cost them one.
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Nov 19 2012: Seriously, Why stop there?
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To receive ANY benefit from the government, a citizen should have to sign a paper agreeing to random drug tests at any time.. This should certainly include getting a driver's licence, which the courts have said is a privilege, not a right. Other benefits where this would apply are social security, marriage license, business license, school registration, college loans and grants, research grants, all government jobs and contractors, etc. We could have nearly universal drug testing.
We have been having a war on drugs while granting all sorts of benefits to the enemy. This is an approach to curbing drug abuse that might have an actual chance of working. At the very least it would impress young people that this country is serious about the problem. Our current approach of sending military teams to Columbia while condoning the use of drugs at home is unethical, ineffective and hypocritical.Nov 19 2012: two observations:
1. there is no drug test for addiction. consumption is not addiction
2. okay, but then i don't want to pay for social security
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Nov 19 2012: and save a few hundred bucks? ...and the bankers get Trillions upon Trillions. Seems to me, the money is already in the wrong hands.Nov 19 2012: I also agree with you, but will there be unintended consequences?
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Will these people become homeless and overburden our shelters, then we would feed them 24/7, provide shelter to them, and take liability for their healthcare. If they live on the street, would you mind if they begged for money, urinated, and littered our streets? How much does it cost to repair, police, and clean our neighborhood because of homelessness?
So what if they don't turn homeless. Do they have to steal their neighbors property more often to buy food, shelter, drugs, and gamble? Will some turn to prostitution and spread disease and maybe have a child that tax payers pay for the birth, diapers, formula and educate them for 18 years.
If we require Drug Testing to receive Welfare Benefits, then they will find the drugs another way. We should be giving them drug and alcohol counseling at the least.
I don't know the answers. I agree with your opinion and I know their is a way to offer Welfare benefits to drug-free individuals. We just have to find a solution.Nov 21 2012: What drugs would you like me to test?
I've tested just about all of them, and they're all pretty good.
Now, where's my check?
No one, absolutely no one, gets through without some welfare in some form or another.
From a rich or not so rich, mom and dad.
A stranger, or how about those few heroes (in my mind), who actually do work in and for the government, who do all they can to ensure it works for those for whom it is supposed to work? The people. Sometimes.
Which people? All of them. but only a few in reality, sometimes.
How many wars are happening right now in the world?
How many poor people became soldiers for a paycheck and were then sent to kill other poor people?
More than there should be.
But ignore the Pentagon not being able to account for 2.3 trillion dollars in spending, THE DAY BEFORE 9/11!!!!!
That ensured that the very next day, it would be forgotten and virtually not discussed or looked into.
THAT is your welfare system on display, but ignore that. Some little dude on the street is really hurting you and me big time, now aren't they? If you believe that you are either a Fascist or a brainwashed mental robot.
You are Artificially Intelligent.Nov 21 2012: You are on the wrong path.
Re-examine the motives of your own father - and what you gave up to survive him.
Only then will you be qualified to judge the plight of others.Nov 20 2012: Let me know when this is happening so I can move somewhere else. All those drug addicts being kicked off social security will just start robbing your houses to get the money for drugs like they used to.A heroin or crack addict doesn't stop using because the lose their income. They just look for another source.Nov 19 2012: This is not unreasonable. I have to take a drug test in order to support the welfare they are receiving. Also I think this should be time limited so as to not inspire generational welfare families as we have now.Nov 19 2012: This is a good idea. There is too much talk about 'rights' and little is usually said about 'responsibilities'.
Government should not fund an individual's addiction.Nov 19 2012: "Require drug testing to receive welfare benefits"
Sure, but include tests for alcohol, painkillers and tobacco and expand the testing to politicians (they get a salary and health care from the government) as well as executives at corporations that get subsidies and tax credits, plus recipients of medicare and retirement social security. Then see how long this ridiculous idea of drug testing lasts...
Nov 21 2012: I think the idea of drug testing welfare recipients is a valid one. Your argument for testing politicians and executives is the ridiculous one.
There is a difference between a welfare payment for the unemployed, and a salary for a working politician/company executive.
And why should the test include alcohol, painkillers, tobacco, all of which are legal and taxable? If they choose to spend their welfare benefit on that, so be it, the tax dollars will flow back to the government. Illicit drugs on the other hand - if they were wasting tax dollars on illegal substances, then they should be banned from receiving any welfare payment.
Nov 21 2012: An addiction to alcohol or painkillers is a far more serious problem than smoking weed in the weekend, the latter won't affect your chances of finding and holding on to work. Taxes never cover the full purchase price of anything. Krisztian Pinter already pointed out a test doesn't show if it's a habit or not (you can't just assume it's a habit when it's not heroine, speed or crack). TED Lover pointed out how this idea singles out minorities and democratic constituencies (white people use alcohol and painkillers as drugs, users of social security are exempt eventhough most of them get more money than they paid into the system and you can bet your ass the next move is to take voting rights away from everyone who ever tested postive for weed, because the republicans know they can't win a fair election) and that it'll probably cost more than it will save because most people don't use illegal drugs.
Nov 23 2012: wait, so now you are comparing an alcohol/painkiller addict to an occasional pot smoker? that's not a very valid argument.
And I don't understand the point you make about taxes never covering the full purchase price of anything. I know they never do - that wasn't my point. The point is that tax dollars flow back to the government, indirectly funding said welfare payments. There is no tax earned on illegal substances, so giving welfare paymentsw to those users is truly a waste.Nov 19 2012: I definitely agree with this. Tax paying citizens shouldn't have to see the money set aside for welfare be places in the hands of someone who is abusing the system. Especially by using drugs, and not really attempting to better there lives. We shouldn't have to pay for others to live. Anyway, isn't this an issue being fast tracked in a lot of states right now?Nov 19 2012: This is a very good idea. I don't think that people should just get a free handout unless it is really justified; however, any addiction is considered an 'illness' and 'disease' and that disease must be treated to break the vicious cycle of addiction. I do think that these incentives could be provided if those unfortunates were provided resources to recover. Many recovery facilities cost thousands of dollars, and obviously they do not have that kind of money. The vicious cycle must be broken for the people with the disease of addiction. It is not as easy as saying 'just stop', be cause it is a disease and a disease doesn't cure itself.Nov 19 2012: I have to agree with what you have proposed, but also feel that this would be an extra expense for tax payers in local communities.Nov 19 2012: I think this is a no-brainer and I think it is ridiculous that it is not already in place to have mandatory drug testing for welfare benefits. I think Welfare should exist, however I think it should only be given to people who deserve it - those who can be effective people in the workforce and can benefit society but they can't find a job or they are disabled. Obviously the government won't screen everybody on an individual basis, but an easy way to weed out the people abusing Welfare is to find the drug users and addicts. I think it is asinine that those who receive Welfare do not have to be drug testing. The only reason that I can think of why it would not be done is cost.Nov 19 2012: Robert,
I completely agree with this idea. I believe that the Federal Aid program is highly abused and taken advantage of. There should definitely be required drug testing for all who receive these benefits. These are tax dollars being wasted when the money could be used for people who really need it or other things that the country needs besides people who just want a free meal ticket.Nov 19 2012: I agree with you and the Texas State Legislature. The money should be governed more strictly and abusers of the system should no longer receive it after a certain amount of infractions have happened. What could be done is if a person has a drug addiction or possibly a gambling issue would be to have the funds available for the person to secure professional help. The funds could be controlled by an agency where they could disburse the funds to a professional counselor and the person seeking help would have food credit at the grocery store. Beer, wine and lottery tickets would not be covered by these tickets nor would they be able to sell anything to obtain cash to feed their addiction(s).Nov 19 2012: I agree because without such strict laws people take advantage and keep collecting. I have met several people who have taken advantage and are drug users. It is disappointing that the rest of society has to support such people who are mooching off the working class to support their addictive needs.


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This one takes you on a journey through every month in the year with a different song and dance routine to match the seasons and holidays.
I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, I'd read about the bumpy start, including cast changes, and some behind the scenes drama the show experienced when it first opened back March or April. Even last Friday I was told they're still making minor changes and tweaking the show, which isn't bad a thing.
The music was good, a mix of old and new songs that most people will recognize and sing along to. I really loved the singer in the show, Ann Martinez. She has a beautiful voice and a great stage presence. Small in stature, but there's a lot of power being pushed out of those lungs. Martinez carries herself with that old-school poise and charm like she belonged there—her second home; which made sense after I found out she has been in the business since elementary school.
The show's main feature performer is a former Playboy centerfold and playmate of the year (2011) Claire Sinclair. She doesn't really do anything–and I mean that in the nicest, most honest way. She doesn't sing or dance and her banter with the audience felt a little bit forced. I think she's there because of who she is and she's nice to look at. And she is beautiful, with boobs most girls would kill for and she's very nice…she had no problem stopping to take pictures with fans on the way up to our after party at the top of the Stratosphere and genuinely seemed interested in their conversations and all that is great, but it doesn't do much on a stage…
I loved the 'Take Me Out of the Ball Game' routine where the band's drummer (Rick Faugno) brings his sticks front and center and directly challenges one of dancers, who tries to keep up with his drags and paradiddles with her fast feet—it doesn't happen, but I think we are supposed to believe she won because she wiggled her derrière and did the Betty Boop giggle.
The 'Halloween' scene was pretty cool too. I'm still trying to figure out how Sinclair made the hot guy appear out of the bubbling cauldron. I could really use that trick at home…
The show has sex appeal, but it isn't dirty and there isn't any nudity, so you can take your aunt/mom/grandfather and not be embarrassed or uncomfortable.
All in all I really liked the show, the band is excellent, the dancers were top notch, and again Ann Martinez is a great performer and one of the nicest people I've met in a long time. She actually has some exciting things coming up herself with another one of my favorite Vegas performers Savannah Smith. I can't wait to see both these ladies perform together, I have the feeling it will be epic.
The show goes best with an extra dirty martini or an old fashioned…very classy, indeed.
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A homeless man sleeps under a road bridge is Athens, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors said last week. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In this picture taken with a fisheye lens tourists walk over the Roemerberg square that is reflected in a puddle on a cold and rainy Wednesday in Frankfurt, Germany, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Actor Souleymane Deme, foreground, performs a dance as producer Florence Stern, left, director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, rear centre, and actress Anais Monory, right, watch him as they arrive for the screening of Grigris at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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What's for dinner #205 / Will spring spring any time soon? [OLD]
We might get more snow tomorrow, but who's counting at this point, eh?
What's cooking in your kitchen, fellow 'hounds?
Crikey, these WFD threads fill up quick!
I'm going to use up the rest of yesterday's broccoli rabe to make orecchiette with garlic, pancetta, pine nuts, chilli and parmesan. I picked up some pizza dough and delicious breadsticks (I've already sampled one, yum!) in a lovely italian deli (Vace for DC hounders) so I'm trying to decide between making parmesan rosemary garlic bread with the dough or just having proscuitto-wrapped breadsticks and olives to nibble on.
Prosecco too as we're celebrating signing the lease on a rental here in DC (we're in a temporary serviced apartment at the moment)
re: helen_m
I made the garlic bread. I dropped v1 on the floor, but luckily I'd prepped enough for another! My 3 year old asked for the 'humps' (bubbles in the dough) He's his mother's son!
re: helen_m
That looks like a tasty dinner. I like the 'humps' too. Isn't that the best part besides the crust?
re: helen_m
Looks yummy. Congrats on the new lease!
re: Njchicaa
I just got my Ad Hoc at home out of the library Njchicaa... will check out that fried chicken recipe and more later today!
As we'll be eating out the next two nights, dinner @casa lingua tonight will consist of repurposing various bits 'n' pieces from the weekend, turning them into some sort of hash (for us -- we're having our pescatarian budster over again for zombies and dragons, and usually I'd make something we all can eat, but things need used :-D). He gets his own personalized spinach & ricotta pizza, tho.
Our carnivorous leftovers hash will consist of:
- 1/2 lb. leftover ground beef from Saturday's cheeborgerz
- a couple of slices of bacon because why on earth not?
- 1/2 a green & red pepper each,1/2 red onion, some baby bellas from last night's pasta
- a few scallion ends and two random stalks of celery found in the crisper
- 2 small butter potatoes I bought merely for adding them into the hash
- a can of TJ's awesome corn
The onion, celery and bacon have been diced finely and will go into hot olive oil. The diced potatoes will follow. Then the beef, followed by the shrooms & the peppers, and lastly the corn. If I feel all crrrazy I might even fry a couple eggs on top or shprinkle some leftover grated Swiss cheese all over the freakin' hash.
Appetizer will be Wegmans "Venetian calamari salad", which is quite tasty, and maybe some smoked salmon our buddy brought over last week and we didn't have any use for it.
I think we may not need the fixins for a Greek-ish side salad with all of the stuff....
re: linguafood
The hash sounds so delicious.
re: fldhkybnva
Ya know... it was just ok. Our buddy's store-bought thin-crust pizza was better.
Dunno -- just kinda lacked something. It was savory and spicy, thx to ample amounts of cayenne pepper, but I had envisioned something better, slightly more complex. Oh well. Leftover taken care of & we're full, so that's all that matters.
re: linguafood
Oh, that's unfortunate but at least it was OK. I love a good hash. Keep me away from the corned beef hash or I'll inhale every single ounce, need more and never regret the fact that the salt turns me into a water balloon. Everything is better with cayenne pepper, isn't it? :)
re: linguafood
Ooh, this hash sounds GREAT! I do hope you fried the egg for the top of it. :-)
re: LindaWhit
I did not, and maybe I shoulda done it, just to add a little eggy ooze. Both my man (who knows I want him to be brutally honest about my food) and I found it to be underwhelming. It really did feel like lackluster leftovers -- not that every dinner has to be freakin' revelatory, but still. I thought it had more potential.
And will cry myself to sleep. Ha. Not.
re: linguafood
I've had that happen with hash periodically. For me, the secret to success is to keep it to no more than 4 or 5 components - onions, potatoes, meat, peppers (jalapenos for me), maybe one other. Too many ingredients and the thing loses its hash identity or something.
Also, adding some cream at the end to get the flavors to meld.
re: linguafood
Eh, we all have those meals now and again. Sounded great to me, but I hate that feeling when it's just not all there.
re: alliegator
Yeah. As I said, it was neither inedible nor *horribly* mediocre. I had hoped to get more browning on the meat, and more crispiness (I am a crisp head, what can I say) on the diced taters. Also, the awesome sweet corn kinda disappeared, flavorwise.
That said, I have a little bowl leftover I may just have for lunch, and to "tie it all together" all dude-like, Ima drop a fried egg on top. It'll be better than yesterday :-)
re: linguafood
re: alliegator
It did! Or rather, *they* did. Two fried eggs on top and it was way more delish than yesterday. Woot.
re: linguafood
oh yes. fried eggs cover a multitude of sins.
we had this for a snack late night snack last night after a big honkin' salad the BF made me on my first night back- fried egg in browned butter and a leetle bit of balsamic.
would have been better, of course, over crispy-crisp taters, but i'm trying to low-carb it for the next 3 weeks.
re: mariacarmen
oh, and thanks, mc, for the cauli hash recipe!! i'll make that soon, but sans sultanas & pine nuts :-)
re: linguafood
de nada.
re: linguafood
Eggy oooze, I really hate that ooze and that everyone who eats runny eggs revels in the ooze. However, I really want to love the ooze. I actually didn't like eggs until the past few years and now live for omelets so perhaps I should give the ooze another try :)
re: fldhkybnva
I *love*
am captivated by
hold in high esteem
and sing hosannas for
the eggy ooze.
re: LindaWhit
I think eggy ooze should call for a haiku contest, but fear it would be quickly shut down, hehe...
re: LindaWhit
oh god yes.
re: fldhkybnva
ME TOO! I thought I was one of the only foodies who isn't crazy about the egg yolk ooze. Another confession: I have yet to try a farm fresh organic egg - will attempt once more the egg yolk ooze when our local farmer's market opens in a month from now.
re: littleflower
Your tastes change as you mature. Try the yolk goodness again. Fldhkybnva has stated and proved many times tastes change. She still can't embrace the yolk runniness, but gets the omlettes now.
re: suzigirl
Indeed, this is a lesson I have learned over and over and over and over. Oh wait, did I mention that I've finally realized that tastes change. There are so many foods which I balked at before and now I love them, many to the point of "can't resist that food." Yea, love the omelets. Runny yolk should be next on my list and also would be a lovely good time in the kitchen as I love learning new techniques and I'm sure it'd take many a try to finally figure it out but I'd eventually I'd win the jackpot and be off to the races as a runny yolk creating superstar. Perhaps I'll start with over medium and progressively work my way to sunny side up :) Thanks for the "words of wisdom" reminder for us all :) I think I might be on my way to liking Swiss to thanks to the Swiss notes in my new favorite Dubliner cheese.
re: fldhkybnva
very wise of you, to give yourself that room to try new things fldhkybnva. i like the idea of starting with over medium too.
re: littleflower
I look forward to your spring ooze test.
re: fldhkybnva
Thanks, me too! What is funny is that I salivate when I see it done on TV cooking shows and the idea of using the runny yolk as a "sauce" to mop up with crusty bread is incredibly appealing...but when I have tried it in the past just it just didn't click for me.
In general, can't wait to try the farm fresh organic egg for what I hear overall to be an out-of-this-world taste, supposedly much different than store bought eggs.
re: littleflower
Maybe try more salt--sprinkle some on *after* you break open the yolk on your plate. I love "dippy eggs" (as we called them when I was little), but the yio really needs salt to "pop".
re: ChristinaMason
Good tip, CM to salt it after it oozes ...you are right in that sometimes all a dish needs it a good sprinkling of sea salt to turn a dish from blah to amazing! I will try this tip next time.
re: littleflower
I have a near infinite threshold for gross but runny yolk has met it many times but uh hmm I am at my desk and would like to run home to eat runny yolk ;) What has this place done to me? Thanks, this is how we grow!
re: linguafood
Yes, I have to remind myself that not every dinner has to be revelatory but I totally understand when it's disappointing. Because I love to eat, one of my biggest life frustrations is when a meal disappoints but there will always be another :)
re: linguafood
agree, nothing to lose sleep over, but it always feels like such a waste of calories when i don't love the taste of my food.
re: mariacarmen
An oft thought in my head-what a waste of calories...:)
re: mariacarmen
It was so much tastier for lunch! Maybe the flavors needed to meld over night in the fridge....
re: linguafood
Good to hear, I love a good meld.
Bubble and squeak featuring yesterday's leftovers and the remains of the croquembouche.
It is a gorgeous, sunny, 80 degree day here in N. Texas so I'm having shrimp aquachiles and a simple arugula salad. Tomorrow another storm is blowing in and it is only supposed to get up to 50 by Wednesday,


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Gallery: Tree Museum With a Collection of 2,000 Trees Opens in Switzerl...
Yesterday the Tree Museum opened outside of Zurich in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, showcasing an incredible collection of 2,000 different species of trees. The museum was designed and built by Swiss landscape architect Enzo Enea with the help of Oppenheim Architecture + Design (OAD), who designed Enzo Enea's new headquarters. The Tree Museum and the sustainably-built headquarters are located on the grounds of a 14th Century monastery, and the museum displays Enea's personal collection of trees, which he has gathered over the past 17 years.
Enzo Enea selected Chad Oppenheim from a group of eight leading architects from around the world to design the headquarters along with the Tree Museum. Enea chose Oppenheim because he felt that he best understood what he wanted to accomplish with the Tree Museum — the headquarters are designed to act as the perfect backdrop to showcase the trees. The building itself does include a number of sustainable features, such as the use of sustainably-sourced local wood, which blends with the surrounding forest, natural daylighting, efficient insulation, a green roof and a geothermal heating and cooling system.
The Tree Museum houses 2,000 trees on 2.5 acres, with a special installation of about 50 species personally curated by Enea from around the world. Trees are highlighted against sandstone wall backdrops and include 22 different varieties ranging from Taxus baccata to English yew, Pinus sylvestris, and Scotch pine. Enea has collected these trees over the last 17 years during various projects when trees had to be removed from the site. So instead of getting rid of them, he kept them and now has his own special museum, where visitors can view hundreds of trees for a reasonable fee.
Via NYTimes and e-architect
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March 5, 2011 at 6:59 am
Nice project, even if it does look a bit like a cemetery with all those slabs. I'm not sure the trees appreciate having their light source blocked from one side either. Within a season or so they will defoliate and become ragged on the shaded side.
But wouldn't it be lovely to see many more such projects appear in other communities? Oh..wait a minute…. we already have them! They are called "arboretums". This means simply, "places where trees are collected" and, umm, mused over. We've had them around since the Babylonians built their hanging gardens, and the Chinese emperors established palace gardens. Nothing new there
Other places to look for collections of trees near you are botanic gardens and parks. Might be fun to get to know them better.
Editorial note:
"…different varieties ranging from Taxus baccata to English yew, Pinus sylvestris, and Scotch pine…"
Actually Taxus baccata IS english Yew, and Pinus sylvestris IS Scotch Pine. Thus the list of four examples is really two.
Sometimes it's good to do some homework before posting.
October 20, 2010 at 7:16 pm
[…] tree for his installation and then participate in its re-planting when the exhibition ends. The living tree must also be watered and looked after throughout the exhibition. The process encourages local […]
June 17, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Lovely, civillized concept. Note the time span used to set it up.
Melissa has it occurred to you that the very act of hopping on a plane which so many of us do is unnecessary contribution to the environmental mess we are trying to cope with? perhaps more of us could plant and nurture foliage (indigenous of course)in the area we live so there becomes no need to travel to see them as the treasures that they are.
cheers Mum.
June 17, 2010 at 12:02 am
super interesante!!
June 15, 2010 at 3:02 pm
What a beautiful idea and gorgeous place! I'm ready to hop on a plane to visit this unique museum. With such an incredibly exquisite display of Mother Nature's green beauties, you can be sure that the people who "experience" this museum will want to treat trees with the respect they deserve. I hope this idea catches on in other countries…. what a wonderful tribute to the majesty of trees! Thank you for sharing.


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For Johnsonburg boys basketball, defense also won Wednesday's game against Bradford.
The Rams held Bradford to four points in the last quarter and a half en route to a 46-30 victory over the Owls Wednesday night at Johnsonburg Area High School.