[Rhodes22-list] An inconvenient reality.

[elle]

Chris,

Keep the beans, unless they're fresh: to some, fresh
fava are poisonous. Heck, that way we can target two
populations at the same time. Efficient, no?

Make it two bottles of Chianti. ;^)

elle


--- Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:

> Gee Elle,
> 	Would you have a few fava beans to go along with
> that solution, oh
> yes, and some nice Chianti?
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of elle
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 6:15 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] An inconvenient
> reality.
> 
> Brad, Rummy, Rik and all
> 
> Jonathan Swift in 1729 may have hit upon the perfect
> solution:
> 
> A Modest Proposal
>  
> For Preventing The Children of Poor People in
> Ireland
> >From Being Aburden to Their Parents or Country, and
> For Making Them Beneficial to The Public
>  
> By Jonathan Swift (1729)
> 
> 
> elle
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > Brad, Rummy and all
> > 
> > I'm gonna' stick a theory in here just for the
> heck
> > of it.
> > 
> > To every thing there is a season.......
> > 
> > Rabbit populations run in cycles, 'round here
> ruffed
> > grouse too is an 
> > obvious one. I expect most other species of animal
> > are the same. They 
> > increase in number in an area 'til there is not
> > enough food/resources to 
> > support them anymore ....... then they either
> leave,
> > or die. after a 
> > time the food comes back and eventually the
> > population starts to rise 
> > again, starting the cycle all over again.
> > 
> > Back in the sixties I used to hear people talking
> > about population 
> > control all the time. Now, you rarely hear it
> > brought up. The human 
> > population on our planet surpassed 6,000,000,000
> > this last winter Yeah, 
> > billion with a B. 9,000,000,000 isn't that far
> off.
> > 
> > I don't believe this planet was meant to support 6
> > billion people for 
> > any length of time ..... let alone 9.
> > 
> > So, distasteful as it may be to some, unless we
> > figure out a way to have 
> > a smaller population, we are likely to go the way
> of
> > the rabbit and the 
> > grouse.
> > 
> > Maybe we ought to be looking at the real root of
> our
> > problems.
> > 
> > food for thought
> > Rik
> > 
> > Brad Haslett wrote:
> > > Rummy,
> > >
> > > This sort of thing has been happening for eons. 
> > If a scientist from
> > > mainstream academia points this out he/she will
> be
> > booed off the lectern
> > > because it doesn't fit into the current funding
> > stream.  It may have
> > > happened due to global warming, or not.  Global
> > warming may be real, or
> > > not.  If it is real, it may be caused by man or
> > nature. It could be a
> > > natural cycle (remember the Ice Age?). The whole
> > issue is so clouded 
> > > by the
> > > political climate that rational discussion of
> the
> > subject is difficult if
> > > not impossible.  The bulk of the 'scientists'
> are
> > of the same 
> > > political ilk
> > > and are hardly objective.
> > >
> > > Let's assume global warming is real, and the
> cause
> > is mankind.  What 
> > > to do?
> > > Maybe we can just let the radical Muslims have
> > their way and move the 
> > > whole
> > > planet back to the 7th century.  There's always
> > the issue of donkey 
> > > gas to
> > > deal with but maybe it is easier to handle than
> > the 5.9 liter engine 
> > > in my
> > > Dodge pickup.  I dunno, and neither do these
> > "experts".
> > >
> > > Perhaps I've hung around educated idiots too
> much.
> >  I'd be a lot more
> > > impressed if they could pour piss out of a boot
> > without reading the
> > > instructions printed on the heel.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/29/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com
> > <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16390346/_
> > >> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16390346/)
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