Monthly Archives: July 2004

HEEEE’S BACK: WHAT’S COMING UP ON HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD

Posted on July 16, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Apologies for my unannounced silence since last Saturday. The power supply on my Dell failed, draining the battery so I couldn’t even back up my files to another computer. I just got it back now. More on this spectacular failure … Continue reading →

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Awfully Personal Question for July 10, 2004

Posted on July 9, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Welcome to That’s Awfully Personal, an opportunity for blog writers and readers to reveal a little more about themselves than might normally happen during the daily blogging process, and hence get to know each other a bit better. It’s a … Continue reading →

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CHANGE YOUR MIND?

Posted on July 9, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Seth Godin of Fast Company and Purple Numbers fame has a new BHAP (big hairy audacious project) called ChangeThis. The idea is that we need to be more open to well-articulated opposing (or at least different) points of view on … Continue reading →

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UNDERMINING CORPORATISM: SOME OLD AND NEW IDEAS

Posted on July 8, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Corporatists believe that government, and government regulation, are inherently inefficient, and should be minimized or even eliminated, except as a mechanism to funnel tax dollars from consumers to corporations to ‘subsidize’ activity (like agriculture and military adventure) that is deemed … Continue reading →

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IMPROVISATIONAL PLANNING

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Sixth part of a series, and an eventual book, on Natural Enterprise When 9/11 happened, an entrepreneur in my community near Toronto, who makes modular portable buildings, knew what he had to do. He phoned up a couple of small … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONS?

Posted on July 6, 2004 by Dave Pollard

An interesting lead Talk of the Town editorial in this week’s New Yorker by George Packer on idealism: He says “The [Bush] Administration has given idealism a bad name, and it will now take years to rescue Vaclev Havel from … Continue reading →

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THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN: CATASTROPHIC AGRICULTURE

Posted on July 5, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Figure 1 Richard Manning’s book Against the Grain is a remarkable work — succinct, well-researched, solution-oriented and mind-altering. It’s an absolute must-read. Please don’t settle for the synopsis below, and don’t assume that because it’s about the history and economy … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse Watch, How the World Really Works | 13 Comments

THE DUTCH SHOW HOW TO NURTURE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Posted on July 4, 2004 by Dave Pollard

A new Dutch government program called SeniorStart “aims at stimulating successful entrepreneurship by older (45+) people who have lost or left their jobs or are re-entering the workforce after an extended period, by creating a dedicated (virtual) professionally-staffed National Service … Continue reading →

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AT&T — ANOTHER CORPORATIST HORROR STORY

Posted on July 4, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Add AT&T to your Boycott List. This outfit has been running a nationwide phony billing scam, and are now into Enron-and-Bush style denial, blame-passing and damage control. It seems this company sent out over a million phony bills — most … Continue reading →

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NOVEMBER’S ELECTIONS: TERRIBLE CHOICES FOR PROGRESSIVES

Posted on July 3, 2004 by Dave Pollard

The choices of the principled progressive voter in the November US elections are looking more and more dismal. I’ve been reading the damning reports on Ralph Nader’s egomania, which has now led to a falling out with the US Green … Continue reading →

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