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days'/><category term='collapse of government'/><category term='resource wars'/><category term='Detroit'/><title type='text'>Edge of Chaos</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' 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All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5625578577062053173/comments/default/7410314622242238271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5625578577062053173/comments/default/7410314622242238271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/10/good-news-filter-pollyanna-post.html?showComment=1258782452349#c7410314622242238271' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/10/good-news-filter-pollyanna-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-5625578577062053173' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/5625578577062053173' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-790619486'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Friday, 20 November, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-8357682578863202256</id><published>2009-11-02T07:42:08.040-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T07:42:08.040-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, truly scary stuff. She is probably quite conf...</title><content type='html'>Yes, truly scary stuff. She is probably quite confused by the whole bank failure thing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2589010737704898065/comments/default/8357682578863202256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2589010737704898065/comments/default/8357682578863202256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-have-your-money-in-bank.html?showComment=1257169328040#c8357682578863202256' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-have-your-money-in-bank.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-2589010737704898065' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/2589010737704898065' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Monday, 02 November, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-2138565903418484063</id><published>2009-10-30T11:50:02.508-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T11:50:02.508-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&amp;#39;t get over the way her head turns from s...</title><content type='html'>I can&amp;#39;t get over the way her head turns from side to side when she talks.  My cats do that when they&amp;#39;re confused.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2589010737704898065/comments/default/2138565903418484063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2589010737704898065/comments/default/2138565903418484063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-have-your-money-in-bank.html?showComment=1256921402508#c2138565903418484063' title=''/><author><name>Aladruic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15663863901948305432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nX2UjLft49g/Sum5UpmH5CI/AAAAAAAAAAM/PUn1rqijcgg/S220/photo-1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-have-your-money-in-bank.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-2589010737704898065' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/2589010737704898065' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-587797693'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Friday, 30 October, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-7165638182660920767</id><published>2009-09-10T10:57:06.070-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T10:57:06.070-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Trailer on three flat acres...

Three acres can gr...</title><content type='html'>Trailer on three flat acres...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three acres can grow a lot of food, and they seem to have lot&amp;#39;s of free time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fence in some chickens...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They could&amp;#39;ve used the unemployment checks for rent, and supplement their food with what they can farm on their lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s so sad. They have no drive and no prospects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can&amp;#39;t drive to every worksite? Can I assume he has shoes? He wouldn&amp;#39;t have gained 40 pounds if he parked in town and hoofed it around.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/1348117165799460406/comments/default/7165638182660920767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/1348117165799460406/comments/default/7165638182660920767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/09/spiral-downward.html?showComment=1252598226070#c7165638182660920767' title=''/><author><name>Weaseldog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_URy2tS7Ly5g/SVp6LU_GYjI/AAAAAAAAADY/e4MRxxIkTfo/S220/DogsAndSofa.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/09/spiral-downward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1348117165799460406' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/1348117165799460406' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-177738006'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Thursday, 10 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-7177341692298897236</id><published>2009-09-10T06:12:28.932-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T06:12:28.932-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Though I feel for this gal, I think I know what&amp;#3...</title><content type='html'>Though I feel for this gal, I think I know what&amp;#39;s coming next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She&amp;#39;ll fall behind, they&amp;#39;ll double her balance and give her account to a collection agency. That&amp;#39;s what the CC corps did to me when I fell two months behind due to unemployment in 2003. They don&amp;#39;t need to work with customers. They have a battalion of lawyers on their side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They don&amp;#39;t care about videos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She&amp;#39;ll be in bankruptcy before this is over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the mean time, Bank Of America is enjoying record profits from continued banker welfare whore bailouts.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/1484787797176725806/comments/default/7177341692298897236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/1484787797176725806/comments/default/7177341692298897236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/09/ominous-sign.html?showComment=1252581148932#c7177341692298897236' title=''/><author><name>Weaseldog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_URy2tS7Ly5g/SVp6LU_GYjI/AAAAAAAAADY/e4MRxxIkTfo/S220/DogsAndSofa.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/09/ominous-sign.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1484787797176725806' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/1484787797176725806' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-177738006'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Thursday, 10 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-855739827889742009</id><published>2009-09-09T15:18:29.626-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T15:18:29.626-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Karl is most definitely an arbitrary and capriciou...</title><content type='html'>Karl is most definitely an arbitrary and capricious iconoclast, and Chaos would not care to linger in the hothouse environment he calls a message board. Nonetheless, his maths are good, even if his calls for the public to wake up are naive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome, Weaseldog, to the Edge...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/6581132389611931194/comments/default/855739827889742009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/6581132389611931194/comments/default/855739827889742009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/hunger-insurance-from-dmitry-orlov.html?showComment=1252527509626#c855739827889742009' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/hunger-insurance-from-dmitry-orlov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-6581132389611931194' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/6581132389611931194' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Wednesday, 09 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1991098443919984859</id><published>2009-09-09T14:48:10.970-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T14:48:10.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chaos welcomes the sage comments of a fellow trave...</title><content type='html'>Chaos welcomes the sage comments of a fellow traveler and Texan (although how one could be proud of the benighted people of this state is quite incomprehensible). Those who are long time followers of Peak Oil know exactly the disorienting feeling of observing the masses continuing their wasteful and unhappy lives, oblivious to their own profligacy and willfully ignorant of the most basic questions of resource and habitat depletion, overpopulation, and the defacing of the planet and its other beings. After waiting for four years or more to see, well, not much, Chaos has become just a trifle cynical. Or realistic. Take your pick.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/625424954855345884/comments/default/1991098443919984859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/625424954855345884/comments/default/1991098443919984859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-rules-apologies-to-bill-maher.html?showComment=1252525690970#c1991098443919984859' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-rules-apologies-to-bill-maher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-625424954855345884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/625424954855345884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Wednesday, 09 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1288858375881314585</id><published>2009-09-09T14:25:00.724-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T14:25:00.724-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That about sums it up.

Jay Hanson (dieoff.org fam...</title><content type='html'>That about sums it up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jay Hanson (dieoff.org fame) is running a discussion on environmental cues and leadership. He makes some good points about how decisions are made, based not on facts and logic, but on presentation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which describes well how our media system, shapes our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The media decides what we talk about and don&amp;#39;t talk about. It defines the limits to knowledge we are allowed to have about issues. It guides us to make decisions that seem logical, in the framework of the presentation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But stray a little outside the presentation and you&amp;#39;re provocateur, a looney, a tinfoil hat conspiratist...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peak Oil? Bah, those godlike environmentalist whackos, are stopping our titans of industry from fulfilling their godly duty of getting God&amp;#39;s oil out of the ground! Oil can&amp;#39;t run out! Jesus would never let that happen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so it goes...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/625424954855345884/comments/default/1288858375881314585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/625424954855345884/comments/default/1288858375881314585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-rules-apologies-to-bill-maher.html?showComment=1252524300724#c1288858375881314585' title=''/><author><name>Weaseldog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_URy2tS7Ly5g/SVp6LU_GYjI/AAAAAAAAADY/e4MRxxIkTfo/S220/DogsAndSofa.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-rules-apologies-to-bill-maher.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-625424954855345884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/625424954855345884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-177738006'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Wednesday, 09 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-3874909379477964614</id><published>2009-09-09T14:16:51.502-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T14:16:51.502-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dmitri nails it, doesn&amp;#39;t he?

BTW, saw your co...</title><content type='html'>Dmitri nails it, doesn&amp;#39;t he?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW, saw your comment on Automatic Earth and had to laugh a little. the fact that KD featured a vlogger expressing dissent, when he bans anyone that demonstrates it themselves, is good for giggles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got myself banned for asking why he posted a 9/11 conspiracy rant, if he doesn&amp;#39;t want to discuss 9/11 conspiracies. And I didn&amp;#39;t actually promote a theory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve added you to blogroll. I like what you&amp;#39;re writing here.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/6581132389611931194/comments/default/3874909379477964614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/6581132389611931194/comments/default/3874909379477964614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/hunger-insurance-from-dmitry-orlov.html?showComment=1252523811502#c3874909379477964614' title=''/><author><name>Weaseldog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12657976442272800800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_URy2tS7Ly5g/SVp6LU_GYjI/AAAAAAAAADY/e4MRxxIkTfo/S220/DogsAndSofa.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/hunger-insurance-from-dmitry-orlov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-6581132389611931194' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/6581132389611931194' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-177738006'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Wednesday, 09 September, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-5135009781321479749</id><published>2009-07-16T04:45:24.424-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T04:45:24.424-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I link &lt;a href="http://www.power-leveling-game.com...</title><content type='html'>I link &lt;a href="http://www.power-leveling-game.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wow Power Leveling&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.saleveling.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;wow power leveling&lt;/a&gt; wow power leveling</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8380702059790838010/comments/default/5135009781321479749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8380702059790838010/comments/default/5135009781321479749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/12/surviving-in-collapsing-economy-buffet.html?showComment=1247737524424#c5135009781321479749' title=''/><author><name>vfdvgf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00659026086148563221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/12/surviving-in-collapsing-economy-buffet.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-8380702059790838010' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/8380702059790838010' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1527320566'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Thursday, 16 July, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-3393617626301166555</id><published>2009-07-15T19:45:38.371-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T19:45:38.371-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chaos appreciates this thoughtful response from a ...</title><content type='html'>Chaos appreciates this thoughtful response from a fellow yogi, and would offer some observations:&lt;br /&gt;1. radical action and doing &amp;quot;small things&amp;quot; are not exclusive; in fact, both are necessary, given the state of both the planet and humanity. &lt;br /&gt;2. One has to live in the context of the life you are born to, i.e., for some, and many people, doing very small things is a start, and in fact, may be the only actions they are capable of, in some or many situations. (Large cities come to mind here, or disgusting suburbia). &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;3. The problems humanity collectively faces cannot be solved or overcome by individual action. Hence, they most likely will not be solved or overcome. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Derrick Jensen is not a writer one can read a synopsis of and &amp;quot;get.&amp;quot;  Read the books and understand the context. Within that, he is quite difficult to argue against...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/7786824985825825006/comments/default/3393617626301166555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/7786824985825825006/comments/default/3393617626301166555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-eschewing-plastic-bags-wont-help.html?showComment=1247705138371#c3393617626301166555' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-eschewing-plastic-bags-wont-help.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-7786824985825825006' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/7786824985825825006' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Wednesday, 15 July, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-2278503464615653228</id><published>2009-07-13T23:06:56.631-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T23:06:56.631-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Generally speaking, I have two responses to the &amp;q...</title><content type='html'>Generally speaking, I have two responses to the &amp;quot;doing your part by eschewing plastic bags and biking is essentially worthless&amp;quot; argument:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) It&amp;#39;s true, and, as you point out, basically a lazy assed excuse not to take real action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) For most people who use it, Response 1) is an even more lazy assed excuse to do nothing whatsoever and instead live like the most unconscious kind of consumer, because, let&amp;#39;s face it, the closest most people who make this argument (and I&amp;#39;ve known lots of them) are actually gonna get to actually taking action is ranting to their friends over endless bottles of beer (which they won&amp;#39;t even recycle) and maybe buying books, CD&amp;#39;s and other products by radical environmentalists. In fact, I&amp;#39;d say that, in practice, it&amp;#39;s almost as bad as the &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m gonna get a high paying job with a big corporation so I can change the corporation from within&amp;quot; argument.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One reason radical environmental movements have been so ineffective, in my humble opinion, is that their attempts to get the word out about how bad things are are generally so apocalyptic and terrifying that they turn people away, cause them to turn to God to save them (you know how many Americans aren&amp;#39;t concerned about the environment because they think the Rapture&amp;#39;s gonna happen before things get really bad? I&amp;#39;d guess it&amp;#39;s most of the 45% of Americans who give Sarah Palin positive approval ratings), or get nihilistic about it (&amp;quot;we&amp;#39;ve already fucked things up so badly, what&amp;#39;s the point?&amp;quot;--the dominant viewpoint concerning the environment heard in bars late at night). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So...what&amp;#39;s telling average Americans that the only way to save the environment is to do overthrow the system (thus drastically altering everyone&amp;#39;s lifestyle from the top down) going to do? My guess is that, most of those who pay attention at all (who will be very few) will find some variation of &amp;quot;Rush Limbaugh&amp;#39;s right: the green movement&amp;#39;s really just communism in disguise&amp;quot; a lot more compelling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As such, suggesting that people recycle, use different kinds of light bulbs, and stop voting for Republicans might at least nudge them in the right direction of being willing to make larger changes (just as more than a century of incremental nudges made the Civil Rights Movement possible...such as deciding it was okay to have a black guy on one&amp;#39;s favorite baseball team as long as he hit homers, or saying &amp;quot;that Marian Anderson sings pretty good for a negress...&amp;quot; before white Americans became receptive to sit-ins and marches and, eventually, to mandating equal rights...and, needless to say, we&amp;#39;ve still got quite a few nudges to go when it comes to that issue, as well...).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/7786824985825825006/comments/default/2278503464615653228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/7786824985825825006/comments/default/2278503464615653228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-eschewing-plastic-bags-wont-help.html?showComment=1247544416631#c2278503464615653228' title=''/><author><name>YogaforCynics</name><uri>http://yogaforcynics.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-eschewing-plastic-bags-wont-help.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-7786824985825825006' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/7786824985825825006' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1030986121'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Monday, 13 July, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-4798754880838240737</id><published>2009-04-27T07:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T07:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The nations paper of record "debates" the use of t...</title><content type='html'>The nations paper of record "debates" the use of the word torture here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/opinion/26pubed.html?ref=opinion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(In a nutshell, they seem to be overly solicitous of delicate American sensibilitiess...unwittingly funny).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8734515889271722116/comments/default/4798754880838240737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8734515889271722116/comments/default/4798754880838240737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanitized-for-your-protection.html?showComment=1240836600000#c4798754880838240737' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanitized-for-your-protection.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-8734515889271722116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/8734515889271722116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Monday, 27 April, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1295501910554987574</id><published>2009-04-26T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T09:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tortured text. 

There ought to be some journalist...</title><content type='html'>Tortured text. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There ought to be some journalistic law. Maybe they could punish the text-torturers by requiring them to proofread classified ads for a while...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8734515889271722116/comments/default/1295501910554987574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/8734515889271722116/comments/default/1295501910554987574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanitized-for-your-protection.html?showComment=1240757400000#c1295501910554987574' title=''/><author><name>DIYer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_-9ByFuU8mAs/R91vZp01vFI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Bfelk2b_53o/S220/PineAppley.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanitized-for-your-protection.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-8734515889271722116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/8734515889271722116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1602528665'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Sunday, 26 April, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-822364970612281810</id><published>2009-02-05T15:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T15:37:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>alas, Chaos cannot help those who refuse to read t...</title><content type='html'>alas, Chaos cannot help those who refuse to read the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention, and insist on going along with the extensive redefinitions of the word with which the previous star-crossed Administration made itself notorious around the world. Nonetheless, Chaos strongly recommends reading some of the relevant portions of previous CIA interrogation manuals http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB122/index.htm#hre, along with Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5628791266086559433/comments/default/822364970612281810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5628791266086559433/comments/default/822364970612281810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/02/change-you-can-believe-innot.html?showComment=1233869820000#c822364970612281810' title=''/><author><name>Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/255/8353/640/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/02/change-you-can-believe-innot.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-5628791266086559433' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/5628791266086559433' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-917809555'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Thursday, 05 February, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-5462628963632937009</id><published>2009-02-02T14:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T14:56:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>If you accept the premise that the US is at war, t...</title><content type='html'>If you accept the premise that the US is at war, the US has done nothing wrong.  All branches of the US government have acknowledged we are at war.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What is your definition of torture?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Water boarding does not meet US or International definitions for torture.  The European Court of Human Rights has  stated that water boarding is not torture.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5628791266086559433/comments/default/5462628963632937009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/5628791266086559433/comments/default/5462628963632937009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/02/change-you-can-believe-innot.html?showComment=1233608160000#c5462628963632937009' title=''/><author><name>TheGame</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00928408328520304538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/02/change-you-can-believe-innot.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-5628791266086559433' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/5628791266086559433' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-171688970'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Monday, 02 February, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-614361508229129664</id><published>2009-01-29T12:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T12:39:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Read on those articles.  I'm a little beside...</title><content type='html'>Great Read on those articles.  I'm a little beside myself after reading them though.  2008 will be a historical year.  A disastrous historical year.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/4079129401200791896/comments/default/614361508229129664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/4079129401200791896/comments/default/614361508229129664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-explanations-not-propaganda.html?showComment=1233254340000#c614361508229129664' title=''/><author><name>Kris</name><uri>http://www.krisrivenburgh.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-explanations-not-propaganda.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-4079129401200791896' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/4079129401200791896' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-563547467'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Thursday, 29 January, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-1742751420117730950</id><published>2009-01-26T23:50:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T23:50:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, how are you doing? Hope all is well.</title><content type='html'>Hey, how are you doing? Hope all is well.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/4079129401200791896/comments/default/1742751420117730950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/4079129401200791896/comments/default/1742751420117730950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-explanations-not-propaganda.html?showComment=1233035400000#c1742751420117730950' title=''/><author><name>Leon Basin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12707501065021550093</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-0hxYSGy8kU/SW-ycvjqfpI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oLtpux8mJ3M/S220/l_ff3a6585de404a6e73452dbd5f7914b5.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-explanations-not-propaganda.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-4079129401200791896' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/posts/default/4079129401200791896' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1559364427'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.displayTime' value='Monday, 26 January, 2009'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617568.post-4239790191608597942</id><published>2008-12-24T13:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T13:02:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>http://www.prophezei.com/?p=525</title><content type='html'>http://www.prophezei.com/?p=525</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2384900394976063080/comments/default/4239790191608597942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17617568/2384900394976063080/comments/default/4239790191608597942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/12/annual-xmas-atheist-rant-totalitarian.html?showComment=1230145320000#c4239790191608597942' title=''/><author><name>Kevin D. 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