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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 10:35pm.
Sep 15 2007 - 10:30am Sep 15 2007 - 1:00pm A Public Information & Organizing Workshop Saturday, September 15, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to learn about – and start solving – the “Peak Oil” crisis, starting with a workshop on Saturday September 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Olympia Timberland Library, 8th & Adams. Worldwide oil demand is growing at an ever-faster rate, but worldwide oil production is at the maximum (the “peak”) based on geological limitations. When demand exceeds supply, prices will escalate further, and many kinds of economic and social upheavals will result. The “Peak Oil” crisis demands fast action for rapid conservation and practical alternatives. The workshop will focus on three main subjects: (1) The stark realities of the peak oil crisis (2) Coping with feelings of denial, fear and powerlessness that interfere with addressing the problems (3) Exploring practical solutions – and exposing “solutions” that won’t really solve the problems The workshop is sponsored by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). The Olympia FOR has worked nonviolently since 1976 on a wide variety of peace and social justice issues. It is the local chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org), a broadly interfaith, international pacifist organization founded in 1914 and 1915.
Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 7:08pm.
Cover of a comic I drew about a quarter century ago.
Submitted by IndyRadio on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 5:34pm.
Northwest Indy Radio is heard in Oly at 92.9 and in Aberdeen at 94.3. We're a non-commercial independent lefty FM station dedicated to getting real news on the air all day. While we've got lots of national and world input from Pacifica, Deutsche Welle, NHK and others, I'm trying to increase the amount of local info and commentary we get from Grays Harbor and Thurston County.
But I'd also like to see things you might post here submitted for use on the air. You can voice it as an MP3 if you have the hardware. Or you can send the text and I'll read it for you. I will read everything, and if it's good enough, I'll put it on the air. Unlike the other non-commercial station around here, Indy Radio does only news and information from 6 am to 9 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 6 weekends. And we're actually progressive, rather than moderate Republicans like NPR. You can send stuff to me at: mailbag at nwindy.org If it's worth blogging, maybe it's worth putting on the radio too!
Submitted by enpen on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 4:58pm.
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Submitted by Tschida on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 3:44pm.
For your edification. A example of schools running amuck. SAMPSON COUNTY, N.C. – On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, students at one high school were not allowed to wear clothes with an American flag.
There is only a little bit more in the story here. Do you think the people responsible for this are using their heads in preventing demonstrations of patriotism on September 11th? C.
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 2:29pm.
When we ported the blog over from our previous server, we rebuilt the layout with a new theme, including a bigger picture at the top. We've been pretty limited in our ability to customize the theme (no theme editor for this version of Drupal yet), so the header came out kind of blocky with big, white text in the middle (as you can see). I'd like to get something a bit more... well... designed. So, an alternative to editing the theme directly is to use a .jpg file that we've created that already contains the picture and graphics. Does anyone feel like taking on this project? I'd like to continue to use the same picture, but I'm open to suggestions.
Submitted by enpen on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 1:39pm.
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Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 1:05pm.
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Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 7:53am.
From: Rick Larry, I'm pretty much done talking to you about this issue. You've used up whatever good will was left after our last exchange (very little), and everything that has happened since then supports the notion that you are motivated by conflict, don't give a damn about the community, and are a massive egotist. I have very little doubt that you will give the docents cause to boot you off the blog in a short period of time. I must say that that is too bad, because we could use more help countering the more conservative voices on the blog. Evidently, you can't be civil enough to fulfill that role. Have a nice day. Rick This is the response I get when I responded to a four point comment from Rick, due to me asking to have Aaron Mason's false accusations about me removed from the docents mail, where the public can read said false accusations. Read fast, Olybloggers. It will come down in moments. I tried to be civil and defend my position on the false accussations made about me. (I've copied all the messages for those that care). This is the response you get when you try to reason with someone and back it up with facts.
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 6:56am.
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» I'm voting yes on Proposition 1. It's a small amount so that we can reduce future criminal justice costs that will just get higher and higher if we don't do something different. The writer whose letter suggested that people should be held accountable for their own actions is right on target. I agree that if parents did the right thing and people corrected their own mistakes, we wouldn't need more programs and more taxes — regardless of how good the program goal or small the tax increase. Wouldn't it be nice? But it's not a practical solution. If the parents of a 9-year-old choose the wrong path and become meth addicts should their failure curse their child for a lifetime? Unfortunately, when those parents fail, we are left with the cost if their offspring follows their lead. I'd rather invest in helping that child find and choose a better path than pay to incarcerate the parents and, in the future, their child as well. We shouldn't have to pay for others' mistakes but we do and we will continue unless we can find smarter alternatives and better ways to keep people from entering our criminal justice system all together. Building more jails just can't be our only answer. Jailing is more costly and doesn't seem to change enough lives. We need a different approach and Prop. 1 offers that hope. Margie Reeves, Olympia" I haven't edited the name of the letter writer, as I'm somewhat involved with this campaign and know that there would be no resistance to this duplication. Credit has been given to The Olympian in the headline, thus no offense should be taken. The best part of the letter is paragraph three. It certainly puts things into focus. Thanks Margie!
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