tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972711132014453734.post813048316650120844..comments2023-08-10T07:57:49.848-04:00Comments on Chickens of Mass Destruction: Möbius PoliticsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02892840844271230643noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972711132014453734.post-41689132615725095662010-05-27T11:05:26.716-04:002010-05-27T11:05:26.716-04:00"More people are avoiding HOAs, pushing to ch..."More people are avoiding HOAs, pushing to change them, or simply ignoring them . . . . "<br /><br />I talked to a buddy who used to be a client, whom I converted to the Cult Of Weird Gardening. His yard got voted "Yard Of The Month", and the newsletter feature pics are a flower bed backed by a 5' privacy screen of "Bolivian False Asparagus Fern" (asparagus) and a patio planter of "Ornamental Sumatran Kale" and "Javanese Fan Plant" (radicchio and arugula). His HOA opted to allow him the off-list plants cuz they're obviously expensive, tasteful imports . . . . ;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972711132014453734.post-55685491555981793412010-05-22T06:17:35.027-04:002010-05-22T06:17:35.027-04:00Fortunately more and more people are waking up to ...Fortunately more and more people are waking up to the erosion of food self-sufficiency. More people are avoiding HOAs, pushing to change them, or simply ignoring them, often with the knowledge and approval of their neighbors, which is still the de facto gold standard for many land use decisions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892840844271230643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972711132014453734.post-38150915588396947922010-05-20T11:07:12.804-04:002010-05-20T11:07:12.804-04:00" . . . it would certainly seem this is an is..." . . . it would certainly seem this is an issue where strange bedfellows nevertheless can create a whole bunch of good noise."<br /><br />Maybe creepy; more like "makes me wish I could draw cartoons worth a flip"!<br /><br />My pet agricultural conspiracy theory involves Monsanto (henceforth referred to as The Borg) gaining successively greater dominance over seed supplies, continuing it's evil plan to choke out small family farms that won't be absorbed into the Collective, and wrecking viable crops with non-seeding GMC contamination. Then The Borg takes over the world as Supreme Dicpotater.<br /><br />In doing landscaping jobs, I've encountered a mentality among some urbanites that is also disturbing. Admittedly HOAs and POAs can be the stuff of either horror movies or sketch comedy, but I'm hearing about even smaller, traditionally very lenient neighborhood organizations* adopting policies that homeowners can't do vegetable gardens, even in flowerbeds, and a few that won't allow tub gardening on decks and porches if the contents are veggies. The rationale is that it "creates an undesirable appearance". I have had people explain to me that it's not really safe to eat vegetables that aren't grown "professionally", dangerous chemicals and so on, dontchakno, and that plants grown in a city environment have pollution contamination. Much, much wiser to let the people "who know what they're doing" take care of growing food.<br /><br />Smells a lot like manipulative propaganda to me. Does that make anyone else wanna beat their (or someone else's) heads on a convenient wall?<br /><br />*trailer parks, as opposed to gated golf communitiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972711132014453734.post-83975132041332999282010-05-19T18:57:02.958-04:002010-05-19T18:57:02.958-04:00If you consider, as a parallel phenomenon, the abs...If you consider, as a parallel phenomenon, the absolute hatred of Obama by the far right and far left - for vastly different reasons - one can see eerie similarities. Reading far-left critics of the President, one would think he is no different than George W. Bush. Reading far-right critics, one would think he is no better than Joseph Stalin. Yet, the rhetoric is the same! One can just replace proper nouns and party affiliation.<br /><br />It seems to me, on the subject at hand, that those on the right might benefit from understanding that much of US ag policy seeks to benefit those corporations that actually run the industry. While they may or may not change their minds on details, it would certainly seem this is an issue where strange bedfellows nevertheless can create a whole bunch of good noise.<br /><br />OK, that last line is creepy. Sorry.Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.com