From the daily archives: Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Now that the government owns those who give mortgages, how can this power be used for the public good?

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Bad mortgages ran the economy into the ditch, and the housing built was often very hard on the environment both directly and indirectly.

Because the finanicial part of the building industry has been largely nationalized, there is a golden opportunity to build in a way that helps all of us. The government can see to […]

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Wolves now officially back in endangered species list

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US Fish and Wildlife Service still hopes to delist, and fairly soon-

Wolves put back on endangered list. Federal officials hope to return animal to state control by ’09. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press

Ed Bangs and crew are saying they will revamp the delisting rules so they can pass muster by Judge Molloy. […]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey