tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post4863053042208927371..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Growing FarmersJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-33409601187633145212008-05-22T20:06:00.000-10:002008-05-22T20:06:00.000-10:00The question is not whether we can win but whether...The question is not whether we can win but whether we can drain our tax coffers and line the pockets of Lingle cronies in the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-35584507393314227282008-05-21T23:46:00.000-10:002008-05-21T23:46:00.000-10:00do you care?do you care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-42413213661448451762008-05-21T23:04:00.000-10:002008-05-21T23:04:00.000-10:00Do you think we could win?Do you think we could win?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-82619628105288447622008-05-21T19:07:00.000-10:002008-05-21T19:07:00.000-10:00Behave accordingly? Hawaii should invade Fiji?Behave accordingly? Hawaii should invade Fiji?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6447552403986766572008-05-21T07:52:00.000-10:002008-05-21T07:52:00.000-10:00I kinda like him. He's sarcastically funny and do...I kinda like him. He's sarcastically funny and does mirror what might be the majority of Americans, in part anyway.<BR/><BR/>I also believe Hawaii is America and should conduct itself accordingy.<BR/><BR/>Keep buzzin' around the collective heads of your "bleeding heart" libs, Gad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-29426827726565759002008-05-21T07:47:00.000-10:002008-05-21T07:47:00.000-10:00The devil you say....(pssst....we're winning)The devil you say....<BR/><BR/>(pssst....we're winning)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-43043890643615435352008-05-20T23:15:00.000-10:002008-05-20T23:15:00.000-10:00Let's see:A self proclaimed sociopath with no rega...Let's see:<BR/>A self proclaimed sociopath with no regard for his fellow man who worships money, material goods and alcohol. I get it, you're Lucifer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-47315610491115968812008-05-20T10:09:00.000-10:002008-05-20T10:09:00.000-10:00Ignorance has nothing to do with it. It's not tha...Ignorance has nothing to do with it. It's not that we don't know. It's that we don't care. <BR/><BR/>There has been, and always will be, "downtrodden masses". They are just not us, and their problems are not our problems.<BR/><BR/>Take it easy, but take it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-47811516357874816662008-05-20T09:57:00.000-10:002008-05-20T09:57:00.000-10:00Glad to hear conservatives are shown to be "Happy ...Glad to hear conservatives are shown to be "Happy Idiots". I guess ignorance IS bliss- who needs a heart?Andy Parxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10613724438284238912008-05-20T08:49:00.000-10:002008-05-20T08:49:00.000-10:00Actually, my living the good life does have a pass...Actually, my living the good life does have a passionate cause beyond scuba diving and underwater photography. <BR/><BR/>Since we have a home brewery specializing in authentic British "real ales", served with a bank of 5 imported "beer engines" (pumps) just like a Brit pub, my newest watchword is:<BR/><BR/>"SAVE THE ALES!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-54606599100442745252008-05-20T07:15:00.000-10:002008-05-20T07:15:00.000-10:00I'm perfectly content with my life. What I don't ...I'm perfectly content with my life. What I don't give a damn about is the supposedly "higher concerns" of you bleeding heart liberals.<BR/><BR/>Finally...research indicates why most bloggers are unhappy liberials.<BR/><BR/>Meritocracy...I love it!<BR/><BR/>Quoting a recent news article: <BR/><BR/>"Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities. <BR/><BR/>Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities. <BR/><BR/>The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are." <BR/><BR/>To justify economic inequalities, a person could support the idea of meritocracy, in which people supposedly move up their economic status in society based on hard work and good performance. In that way, one's social class attainment, whether upper, middle or lower, would be perceived as totally fair and justified. <BR/><BR/>If your beliefs don't justify gaps in status, you could be left frustrated and disheartened, according to the researchers, Jaime Napier and John Jost of New York University. They conducted a U.S.-centric survey and a more internationally focused one to arrive at the findings. <BR/><BR/>"Our research suggests that inequality takes a greater psychological toll on liberals than on conservatives," the researchers write in the June issue of the journal Psychological Science, "apparently because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light." <BR/><BR/>The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-89593389358540708732008-05-19T22:50:00.000-10:002008-05-19T22:50:00.000-10:00Costco's not the high life? Says who?Costco's not the high life? Says who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76778627839226879242008-05-19T22:30:00.000-10:002008-05-19T22:30:00.000-10:00YOu have to personally approve of every business i...YOu have to personally approve of every business in your community? Who made you the uber-nazi? Get a life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-66639481150314310212008-05-19T22:24:00.000-10:002008-05-19T22:24:00.000-10:00Costco isn't the high life. It just makes things m...Costco isn't the high life. It just makes things more affordable. We get it, your aesthetic is offended. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-24946847112194601102008-05-19T22:23:00.000-10:002008-05-19T22:23:00.000-10:00You don't give a damn about your trips to Home Dep...You don't give a damn about your trips to Home Depot or your feasts at the Olive Garden or your mountain of money? I thought you loved your life. Well, there's always therapy or heroin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-52034014697927644562008-05-19T21:53:00.000-10:002008-05-19T21:53:00.000-10:00I've examined it more closely than you think. I j...I've examined it more closely than you think. I just don't give a damn about it. It's my basic sociopathic nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-21562515030135954482008-05-19T21:34:00.000-10:002008-05-19T21:34:00.000-10:00Yes, we all aspire to shop at Costco daily or eat ...Yes, we all aspire to shop at Costco daily or eat at Olive Garden nightly. It's every poop fly's dream.<BR/>You live in, as you put it, a "tropical wasteland", a "bloody island" where the only advantages are the weather and the diving. The highlight of your life is shopping at chain stores and eating at chain restaurants. Fortunately, you live an unexamined life. Otherwise, you'd probably hug a coral head until you ran out of air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65931302829759187812008-05-19T21:15:00.000-10:002008-05-19T21:15:00.000-10:00Retired at 50 eight years ago debt free and loving...Retired at 50 eight years ago debt free and loving it. The mountain of money I'm sitting on will last a comfortable, worry-free 25-30 yrs more doing only what I please, or nothing, if I please.<BR/><BR/>Loving it. And looking forward to the HSF on the BI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-16489089687937555972008-05-19T20:38:00.000-10:002008-05-19T20:38:00.000-10:00So you're not living the "high life" but some mono...So you're not living the "high life" but some monotonous middle class mainland existence transplanted to Kona where the highlight is shopping at Costco and eating at Olive Garden. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-15322016089761966702008-05-19T12:13:00.000-10:002008-05-19T12:13:00.000-10:00I didn't say that about those store....just that I...I didn't say that about those store....just that I really love 'em.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing "high end" on this entire bloody island except for some outragiously overpriced crap in the resort district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-87599293637809613762008-05-19T12:08:00.000-10:002008-05-19T12:08:00.000-10:00Yeah, mainlandize the place. Mainlanders know best...Yeah, mainlandize the place. Mainlanders know best. Especially poop flies who think the Olive Garden has haute cuisine or that Costco, Walmart and Home Depot are high end stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-323070325762400822008-05-19T10:39:00.000-10:002008-05-19T10:39:00.000-10:00OK...brought to you by the good ole' USA. Same as...OK...brought to you by the good ole' USA. Same as Wal-Mart, America's largest purvayer of Chinese goods. That works for me.<BR/><BR/>Supporting local economies is good to a point. Many people, myself included, do not want to "go native" in our eating/buying habits. We didn't come here to "get away from" anything other than maybe the weather and some urban congestion. I came here only to get away from the weather and to be in a place with fantastic shore scuba diving. Nothing else.<BR/><BR/>So, mainland-ize the place ASAP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-32389696690976417792008-05-19T09:58:00.000-10:002008-05-19T09:58:00.000-10:00support emerging economies. It's the right thing t...support emerging economies. It's the right thing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-72668233657722131502008-05-19T09:13:00.000-10:002008-05-19T09:13:00.000-10:00Actually, most of the stuff that is sold at Costco...Actually, most of the stuff that is sold at Costco comes from foreign manufacturers. Hardly the bounty of the good old USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3269621873452646892008-05-18T17:20:00.000-10:002008-05-18T17:20:00.000-10:00That's true. You see just as many Native Hawaiians...That's true. You see just as many Native Hawaiians at Home Depot and Costco as you do haoles or Asians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com