tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804054451517691779.post7593048014257044064..comments2023-10-16T11:11:47.277-04:00Comments on PROVOKED: It's Simple! Be Vegan & Budget the PlanetBea Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804054451517691779.post-24653297266302126942013-01-12T01:11:07.078-05:002013-01-12T01:11:07.078-05:00Hi HGV! Wish I could say the vegan dollars were my...Hi HGV! Wish I could say the vegan dollars were my idea... Honestly can't remember where I came across it - But it's good idea. Can't wait to actually receive one already done - Hey! It might be yours! <br /><br />There's nothing you could possibly learn from the longer video... I already know you care and act on what you know. Thanks for doing that and for dropping by. ;)Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804054451517691779.post-45657598584881190892013-01-11T18:30:26.692-05:002013-01-11T18:30:26.692-05:00Have to admit I'm lazy with links (although I ...Have to admit I'm lazy with links (although I watched the two Steve's), but LOVE the idea of doing double duty with bills. Am totally going to follow suit! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804054451517691779.post-63761066839033122122013-01-10T11:49:49.212-05:002013-01-10T11:49:49.212-05:00Hi Olivia! I suppose the way that I glean, sift an...Hi Olivia! I suppose the way that I glean, sift and salvage what I can from physical things... I do the same with facts I learn - Regardless from whence they came. Truth is truth - right?<br /><br />I too disagree with Jensen's selective speciesism - In this respect, as far as I can tell, he's a meat-eating, environmental apologist. As you know some will do anything in order to refrain from personal change. I find his political insights valid though... It may be gloom - But in all honesty if we continue on this course (as we probably will) his predictions as well as Steve Best's aren't that far off. :/<br /><br />You've given me something to reflect on though - And it's the probable reality of "choir preaching"... Any videos, news or links to information has already been absorbed and acted upon by 99% of anyone who reads blogs such as this. Most of the time it's "either you know and you care... Or you don't care to know." Still, we can't help trying I guess.<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words about Ruth and Susan which I certainly will write about shortly... And for introducing me to the "Simple Gifts" song that has a great message we would all be wise to follow. ;)Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6804054451517691779.post-12222963399637320242013-01-10T08:17:38.106-05:002013-01-10T08:17:38.106-05:00Even before I knew who that gloomy-looking, hunche...Even before I knew who that gloomy-looking, hunched-over figure was, I knew I didn't want to listen as he began making his even gloomier assessment of this planet's prospects.<br /><br />And then when I heard his name, I definitely knew why I stopped watching End Game.<br /><br />You'll find an explanation for my cryptic comment in the second of these back-to-back essays: <br /><br />1. www.zcommunications.org/blood-and-soil-lierre-keith-michael-pollan-and-the-trouble-with-locavore-politics-by-john-sanbonmatsu <br /><br />and <br /><br />2. www.zcommunications.org/more-on-persons-and-the-politics-of-killing-animals-my-response-to-derrick-jensen-by-john-sanbonmatsu<br /><br />Sorry to say, Steve Best, for all his earnestness and his consistently compassionate message (unlike Jensen's anti-some-animals one), also depressed me.<br /><br />Thank goodness, the same sense of urgency -- the same call to save our planet now -- can be imparted in delightful ways, with humor (amazing artist Steve Cutts' "MAN" and Bea's "Go Vegan" variously denominated Dead Presidents) and with kindness (Philip Wollen's short video). <br /><br />No comment on Earthlings. I refuse to watch and be devastated by its images (and probably sounds, which are often even more horrifying to me). <br /><br />I hope I haven't sounded too negative here. Bea, you needed to make your point graphically for those who haven't learned what you and I already know. So I'm not dissing you! Far from it.<br /><br />Once again, you pulled out all the stops, even if some of them are more appealing than others.<br /><br />And thanks for concluding your call for "simplicity" with sweet Jewel's "Simple Gifts" -- a fitting tribute to two sweet and simple little hens named Susan and Ruth. Bless them both. And you, too, Bea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com