[va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
- From: "Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:45:02 -0400
Did anyone look at the cartoon on the editoral page of this morning's
(2005 June 1) Times-Dispatch? It's on the bottom right page.
OK, how about some bird events.
The biggest bird event for me is tracking down a whip-poor-will. I took
a walk about 1/2 mile west from my home into a new development where the
developiots are chopping down trees like there is no tomorrow. I have
already seen killdeer hop around on the newly flattened ground. The past
two nights, I heard the whip-poor-will in that area. I walked down a
street in the area until I heard the bird whippoorwilling it up loudly
in a treed area between two houses being constructed. Yesterday I went
out and heard the bird somewhat farther south and east of where he was
on Monday, but I could still hear the insistent whippoorwilling. From a
distance this is a reminder of mild summer nights, but if I lived next
door to one, I imagine I would find it annoying.
Oh, yes, a squirrel tried to get on our hummingbird feeder. Why he
wanted to get there, I don't know. No hummingbirds yet, but we did see
female finches feed from the feeder.
Jim Blowers
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[mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of IE Ries
Sent: Wednesday, 2005 June 01 17:23
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Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
Jeanette,
That's always been my position: people who insist on having more than
one
child, THAT is being selfish, and not the choice to have none, have only
one, or to adopt, or whatever. As I was telling another list member the
other day, nothing irritates me more than when someone pays lip service
about the need for responsible human population management, but then
IMMEDIATELY follows it up with, "Oh but people will never go along with
that." Too bad, as humans are going to learn the lesson the hard way if
they don't do it willingly now, today.
So, I applaud those like you who respect and encourage the truly
selfless
position, promoting and defending it - you're an asset to the planet!
Regards,
Irene in Southside
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From: "Peters, Jeanette" <jeanette.peters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
I hope that we are, however slowly, growing out of the "Thou Shalt
Breed" mentality. There is still a lot of pressure --especially on
women-- to have kids or more than one kid, regardless of our personal
inclinations. It takes a strong person who knows her own mind to stand
up against the societal messages that say we are made whole only by
having a baby (or two, or three, or...). If we want to see rational
population maintenance, the first step is validating lifestyles that
include one or no children, at least of the biological variety.
Instead
of condemning the child-free or parents of one child as "selfish," we
as
a society need to start accepting --and dare I day, thanking-- people
who make these decisions. They make everyone else's lives richer in
the
long-term (better student/teacher ratios, less traffic congestion),
and
leave more habitat for our non-human neighbors.
Best regards,
Jeanette Peters
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Blowers
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:51 PM
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Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
Indeed, population growth is the biggest one of them all, underlying
all
the others. If population continues without stop to increase
exponentially, NO resource is renewable, not wind or solar or anything
else, for eventually we will demand more out of it than it will give.
Jim Blowers
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Right on Irene! Well said. Until we pull our heads out of the sand to
tackle human population problems and our short term, money is
everything
attitudes.....we will continue to be in free fall. Greg Moser You are
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