tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post8328721470667772644..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: We Paved ParadiseCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-11464657688889231552007-12-28T05:15:00.000-08:002007-12-28T05:15:00.000-08:00"We're all complicit in this natural disaster..."Y..."We're all complicit in this natural disaster..."<BR/><BR/>You couldn't have put it better. California is rapidly turning into a monument to greed and folly.<BR/><BR/>(But thank the stars for tamales in winter time!)<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/><BR/>D.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-5793396029159834902007-12-25T22:58:00.000-08:002007-12-25T22:58:00.000-08:00C'est affreux. I've been reading Mary Austin's _La...C'est affreux. I've been reading Mary Austin's _Land of Little Rain_, on the San Joaquin Valley 100 years ago, and both the prose and what it describes are so pristine...Rent Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05172304380312568465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-46758227709721488422007-12-25T08:20:00.000-08:002007-12-25T08:20:00.000-08:00One more point against cars -- they isolate us fro...One more point against cars -- they isolate us from each other. Horrors, that I might have to share getting somewhere with others. We learn to be separate.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the desert!janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-17316141148495499722007-12-24T22:34:00.000-08:002007-12-24T22:34:00.000-08:00The horrible irony is that cars are still being so...The horrible irony is that cars are still being sold as the ultimate in independence and flexibility, when the reality is gridlock, pollution, and frustration. Yet people persist in believing the myth that cars equal independence. I was actually thinking about car culture and some of your entries on it earlier today; at least two cars almost hit me (I was using the crosswalk and clearly had the light). Merry Christmas!Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.com