tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397405199624065382.post2828170321403085918..comments2023-06-17T06:06:00.830-03:00Comments on The Coywolf Dialogues: Political Statement, Independent Candidacy, Central NovaSebastian Ernst Roninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397405199624065382.post-59775266007183766202008-02-15T22:42:00.000-04:002008-02-15T22:42:00.000-04:00"1. Transfer the recognition of a legitimate ..."1. Transfer the recognition of a legitimate commercial and cultural designation to a historically necessary political designation."<br>Um...kinda stuck on this number 1 plank Mr. Ronin...Could you translate it into Gaianese so that me and my fellow "Guy-ah" could understand? We're kinda simple.Lex Luthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05152114445962868836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397405199624065382.post-29762010782504007482008-02-16T06:01:00.000-04:002008-02-16T06:01:00.000-04:00Lex, pre-Confederation Maritime trade flowed north...Lex, pre-Confederation Maritime trade flowed north-south, to the West Indies and to Great Britain. The economy was sound, if not necessarily robust. Of course, Confederation with the National Policy's high tariffs whacked that. Culturally, Maritimers and New Englanders share a common sense of place, identity with the sea, etc. There are many Google and Wikipedia dimensions for you to search, should you wish to do so. The Atlantic Institute of Market Studies web site has some good backgrounders. You need not agree with their policies to take advantage of these.<br><br>Same with the notion of Gaia, i.e. Google or Wikipedia and you can make up your own mind. Al Gore hints at the planet "breathing" on a seasonal cycle in An Inconveient Truth.<br><br>The label of Earth is a pre-Copernican holdover, ergo contains religious notions of terra nova. As we discovered and named our planetary neighbours, the identities given them far outmatch our own, IMO. All around us swirl Venus, Mars, Neptune, etc. and we sit on the planet "Dirt." Think about it.<br><br>I grant you that this is the "flake" of the platform, but I hold that a legitimate argument of hope can be attached to it.Sebastian Roninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.com