http://appleseedinfo.org/blog Appleseed: A Solution for the American Crisis Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:38:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I tried to leave this as a comment to Fred's Somali story, but could not so I will post it as a reply here. Fred, I think you have hit this right on the head. When I read this my knee started to jerk immediatly. I knew if we could just ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=184 [WARNING: Unless you are an Appleseed volunteer, some of this may be incomprehensible to you.] Surely, you know already, being an Appleseed volunteer is about doing things. About working. Not the typical internet "who can be the biggest ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=183 Yes it can happen. You can turn Mogadishu into any typical American suburb. And easily. Simply take the guns away. Take the guns away, and you achieve "stability" - which is what every ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=175 "Outtasight, outta mind!" Heard that before? Things we don't see, hear, smell, or touch in front of us, are easily dismissed as not relevant, not worth thinking about, not worth remembering, even. Thereby, unimportant. (Even as those ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=178 Let's start out on a point of agreement. Even fervent agreement. YOU are an important person. Yet, important as you are, you could be MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. Like, REALLY important. ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=177 "We shall tax you, and we don't care whether you want us to or not..." Is that about how Congress is, these days? Are we looking at the "new Parliament"? People who don't ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=176 Life has gotta be easy, if you plan things right. Take the barnacle, for example. A lowly marine crustacean which early in life picks a spot, and anchors itself to it, and settles down for a long ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=174 [Comment] I've attended one Appleseed and I see how Appleseed could be part of solving our nation’s crises. Appleseed may even be the tipping point in the fight to halt, or even reverse, the ever growing infringements on our right to bear arms. However, I don't see how ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=172 Get off your stadium seat, and get down into the arena! You are not winning anything, while part of the audience. In fact, you CAN'T win anything, as part of the audience - unless someone else, down ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=167 Having you ever been dissed by your friends? Sure, you expect your enemies to be dismissive, but a dis from people you expect to be on your side has to be even more painful. Likewise when you discover an instance ... http://appleseedinfo.org/blog/?p=166