tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post2475800062472891276..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Yakkity-YakJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-51544693593803149182016-09-09T08:41:32.071-10:002016-09-09T08:41:32.071-10:007:28 "Every person is entitled and have the r...7:28 "Every person is entitled and have the right to like or dislike whatever turns them on." If this were true why are hundreds of thousands locked up for drug offenses?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-4984741791917616202016-09-07T19:28:24.063-10:002016-09-07T19:28:24.063-10:00@10:30 am
Burning man is all about freedom of exp...@10:30 am<br /><br />Burning man is all about freedom of expression. Some may agree and some may disagree with people's expressions and individuality. Some people like jazz some don't. Every person is entitled and have the right to like or dislike whatever turns them on. But you are proposing that because you think it's cool everyone else needs to bow to your liking. Sorry but that's not how it works. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-91153109152131094732016-09-06T10:41:51.986-10:002016-09-06T10:41:51.986-10:0010:30 -- Why are you such an extremist? It doesn&...10:30 -- Why are you such an extremist? It doesn't actually follow that I hate art or nudity simply because I criticized Burning Man. So yes, loosen up and quit making assumptions about beliefs based on your own narrow perceptions!Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-88030763679206661282016-09-06T10:30:57.089-10:002016-09-06T10:30:57.089-10:00Joan why do you hate art? Burning Man is one of th...Joan why do you hate art? Burning Man is one of the premiere art installations in the world attracting 70,000 people. Is it the nudity which has been part of art since people drew on cave walls. Loosen up!<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-49494713424537160112016-09-05T03:59:33.603-10:002016-09-05T03:59:33.603-10:00I know computers don't have a small carbon foo...I know computers don't have a small carbon footprint. I said it was a smaller than flying people around the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65285333175939957392016-09-04T20:03:35.052-10:002016-09-04T20:03:35.052-10:001:59 - your computer consists of hundreds of par...1:59 - your computer consists of hundreds of parts from materials mined and transported (think planes, ships and trains) to and from from approximately thirty different countries, where sub-assembly often occurs before it moves on to the next stage of assembly, transportation, sale, repair, service, etc. Then, when you're done with it, its shipped back overseas via a 50,000 ton ship that burns about 100 tons of fuel per day, usually to a computer-waste dump site somewhere in the third world, often china, where it gets to pollute a poor community with the many toxins found in your computer. A small carbon footprint - are you sure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-14734582259733053702016-09-04T02:50:34.186-10:002016-09-04T02:50:34.186-10:00Hawaii is one of the best places to have a confere...Hawaii is one of the best places to have a conference. The NFL Pro-Bowlers also liked playing in Hawaii for a nice "vacation". Sun, surf, "Waikiki" beach. Hawaii gets to utilize the Convention Center. Hawaii vendors showcased their wares and food. A lot of the people enjoyed the "Poke" bowls. Hawaii is the "hub" of the Pacific. If you drew lines from Hawaii to the hometowns of the participants oh and if you used a different colored pen for each line you'd get more than a rainbow. I would go to Switzerland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76432996058357948372016-09-04T01:59:08.692-10:002016-09-04T01:59:08.692-10:00Phones and computers have a MUCH smaller carbon fo...Phones and computers have a MUCH smaller carbon footprint than 8000 people flying somewhere. If you're trying to be sustainable that would have been the smart choice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85303564090888145272016-09-03T15:56:47.252-10:002016-09-03T15:56:47.252-10:00If people are going to meet in person to discuss s...If people are going to meet in person to discuss something, they'll have to arrive by plane if that discussion is in Hawaii, or by plane, car, train if outside Hawaii. And if they don't meet in person, they will have to use devices (phones, computers) which have a carbon footprint. It may be ironic to do so, but it's also inevitable, and irony in this case is not enough of a reason to not hold a discussion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-22768013235275557752016-09-03T15:45:46.646-10:002016-09-03T15:45:46.646-10:002:38 It's not "worse," it's iron...2:38 It's not "worse," it's ironic because the conference is billed as sustainable and focuse on climate change.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-61941593215763707732016-09-03T14:54:10.456-10:002016-09-03T14:54:10.456-10:00Lots of people here judging the Burn who've ne...Lots of people here judging the Burn who've never been. Must be fun constructing stereotype strawmen so you can stoke your smug self-superiority.<br /><br />Not defending Lukens or any of the other yahoos, personally can't stand them, but there's a lot more to it than the youtube videos and propaganda shows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6768352228325365412016-09-03T14:38:55.091-10:002016-09-03T14:38:55.091-10:00Uhh..how is flying to Hawaii for an environmental ...Uhh..how is flying to Hawaii for an environmental conference worse than you flying to India or New Mexico to explore your interests? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-79735234563973555972016-09-03T10:32:29.903-10:002016-09-03T10:32:29.903-10:00Not interested in seeing TAmato naked and I just d...Not interested in seeing TAmato naked and I just don't get the whole Burn scene. As far as the link about amazing "art" from 9:03 AM, this comment just about says it for me:<br /><br />Rick James<br />There are people starving around the world and you're trying to get people to donate over $200,000 to move an old fucking plane to the middle of the desert so some drug induced idiots can have a rave on it?! Unfucking real? How do u sleep at night? Do you really think that is $200,000 well spent?! I'm sure starving children in Guatemala would totally agree! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-11810317768711647582016-09-03T10:19:22.199-10:002016-09-03T10:19:22.199-10:00Oahu tried an ag park for farmer wannabees. It tu...Oahu tried an ag park for farmer wannabees. It turned out like this:<br /><br />http://www.kitv.com/story/31963707/zoning-building-violations-at-heart-of-kunia-loa-ridge-farm-lot-controversy<br /><br />Yukimura's will be the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-17151325230035504322016-09-03T09:39:05.522-10:002016-09-03T09:39:05.522-10:00The history of the Kilauea AG park does go back so...The history of the Kilauea AG park does go back some 30+ years. It is a story worth telling; of a good idea, gone ridiculous, despite of, and contrary to good advice from people who actually did understand agriculture. It is a classic study of "leaders" who do not appreciate and understand the history and complexities of farming in Hawaii and KAUAI, and do not have respect for the knowledge and wisdom of bona fide farmers. <br /><br /> While Ms. Yukimura has been involved in it throughout its tortured history, in all fairness, she is not exclusively to blame for the travesty.<br /><br />Interesting that Kauai has perhaps more rose-colored eyeglasses per capita (or one would think) than anywhere (on this planet, as those wearers, would say).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-50217442675477849332016-09-03T09:03:09.181-10:002016-09-03T09:03:09.181-10:00Well, I for one certainly wouldn't mind seeing...Well, I for one certainly wouldn't mind seeing Terez Amato Lyndsey naked. But that's about all I want from her. <br /><br />Now here's some art at Burning Man. Whimsical, silly, amazing, art:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/v87Q2tunZiYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-45614680005697334612016-09-03T06:57:40.767-10:002016-09-03T06:57:40.767-10:00The Kilauea Ag park was a great idea UNTIL the cou...The Kilauea Ag park was a great idea UNTIL the county gave it to Malama Kauai and the Waipa friend Yoshi. Both of them like to get money a lot, farming well not as much. They have made the AG park land ridiculous, grow what you want, you get a box of produce at the end of the week. Sounds like a cooperative, not each farmer gets a plot to raise what he wants and sell and eat it all, no it is a collective. They do the harvesting and sharing. Oh of course they have high salaries, not from producing food, God knows where the money is from, but I'll guess it is from the funds the county somehow gave them. Bogus bullshit 1,000 dollar a bunch kale, i mean who can justify that. While it started out a great idea, the sharks got into it, now its a money grubber. Damn the council messed that one up good. and i guess they never heard of catchment, or if they had water, they would need another excuse for the lameness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-30675325062100091672016-09-03T06:50:16.571-10:002016-09-03T06:50:16.571-10:00Fuck the anti's, fuck the feral cats...GO Dair...Fuck the anti's, fuck the feral cats...GO Dairy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-24368326925394304582016-09-03T06:03:04.569-10:002016-09-03T06:03:04.569-10:00It has been accomplished. With Ige promising more ...It has been accomplished. With Ige promising more food production, every Tom, Dick and Harriet will get a state lease, build a shack on it, say they're farmers and have the state of hawaii fund their operation. All you pro gmo people. You might as well stand in line too.<br /><br />To get your piece if the pie.<br />Good luck all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3514063040942207222016-09-03T03:06:57.424-10:002016-09-03T03:06:57.424-10:00this was a good post Joan, And after all the "...<br />this was a good post Joan, And after all the "burning man wannabe's" hopefully all wake up in the morning with just a mere hangover---and not too much big chemical mind benders.<br /><br />Tell you what---the rootypooty wannabe hippies at "burning man" have done exactly what the "real stinky " hippies were trying to get away from. Then they trurned into a "FOR- PROFIT"!<br /><br />And my dumb ass feels stupid for not monopolizing them! I guess my problem is that I have to live with ahhhh myself. And my heart and soul keeps getting in the way of "fishing in a barrel"---.<br /><br />I wonder how many wannabes from the islands actually have a real job and paid for their own ticket to burning man? <br /><br />Actually, I couldn't Handle that truth----never mind.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-58692669400873754212016-09-02T22:22:25.527-10:002016-09-02T22:22:25.527-10:00Douglas Vincent's proposal sounds very interes...Douglas Vincent's proposal sounds very interesting. I'm surprised it has never been considered yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-44260468674670704392016-09-02T22:16:35.534-10:002016-09-02T22:16:35.534-10:00Not necessarily related to the article you just po...Not necessarily related to the article you just posted but I remember seeing this guy called Bryant Paul on the Civil Beat comment section. Whenever the expansion of the papahanaumokuakea reserve he always said that the longliner fishermen were using slave labor to fish. He said they were using people from other islands who have been kidnapped and forced to fish for the fishing company. He never provided any sources for these claims but I'm just wondering how true this is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85254577924009521552016-09-02T21:31:06.329-10:002016-09-02T21:31:06.329-10:005:58 PM is an example of competence shaming. Far t...5:58 PM is an example of competence shaming. Far too prevalent. <br /><br />4:30 PM Bracing disquisition. Where have you been hanging out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-79318609723189312002016-09-02T21:30:11.314-10:002016-09-02T21:30:11.314-10:001:03 n 1:32. Same shit different day. AGAIN! Augus...1:03 n 1:32. Same shit different day. AGAIN! August 18th blog, titled Sorry State. Let's continue the conversation. <br /><br />Same pesticide / chemical fear bull shit!<br /><br />Took you 15 days to re-surface. <br /><br />I hope you don't wash your dishes with soap. Or dry your dishes with a cloth from your washing machine with laundry soap. All chemicals. <br /><br />Go live in a plastic bubble to protect your kids (wait, that's chemical laced shit).<br /><br />Wait what's the blog topic!<br /><br />Shit! We really need you as a farmer. You can teach / show all of us the ONLY way to live all of our lives.<br /><br />You bull shit person! Chemicals n pesticides are all over your house. If not, then call Ms. Joan and show her your none hypocritical life style. Starting from the car you drive your kids all over the place.<br /><br />Long weekend! Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-9289666395908982402016-09-02T20:51:10.662-10:002016-09-02T20:51:10.662-10:00If they turned this 75 acres into 30 to 40 home-si...If they turned this 75 acres into 30 to 40 home-sites they could gather pertneer $25,000,000 bucks. Or low-cost them for local housing......Them bucks could buy up some real Ag land with some water or at least throw some folks into homes.<br />Oh by the way, the link doesn;t say that there ain;t no nuff water to grow stuff. They only need miles of ditch, pipe or miracles to get that clear liquid...A brainless project that is no more than a dream within a mirage wrapped up in a nightmare.<br />This is Ag, Kauai government style, a lexicon of complication.<br />Another endless money pit compliments of JoAnn. Ms Yukimura no yakkity-yak about this embarrassment, but it is her creation....tho' she tries to diminish the anguish this project's history embodies..it will live forever as a cost to the county.<br />Vote JoAnn.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com