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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:44 PM Original message |
Is the Elizabeth Edwards "tangerine" thing real, or did Boortz just make an ass of himself again? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't know about EE, but I do know about farming... |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But to judge by the Boortz article the footprint |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. EE is free to buy whatever she wants wherever she wants, as are you. That's a given. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No argument, obviously. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Mostly everything will have a carbon footprint |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. No, I am not "addicted to fucking tangerines." |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is true we don't grow tangerines here |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Buying locally is something people do on |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Politico has it too - but we know how reliable they can be... |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I can't believe Google didn't pick that up, but as you point out |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I hope this is an hoax, because the comment is so silly, even if buying local is |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If not, I'll have to |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. I heard, way back in my vegetarian days, that local produce |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. . . . and it doesn't cost the fuel to haul them all over the planet. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Umm . . . a lot of people are starting to feel that way. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Fossil fuels to transport anything is pretty high, though. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Sure, but if EE has plenty of local choices instead of bananas & tangerines |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I didn't read it that way. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Here's what she's talking about |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. My real question was not about this, I just wanted to know if |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. And my answer is, I don't think it was satire. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Fair enough, thanks for the answer. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. i think you should buy your produce locally. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. 10 Reasons to Eat Local Food |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. so wh!--she wants to buy locally--NOTHING stupid about that! |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. That's not what I meant. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Everything that's transported does have a footprint. I don't think EE or |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Exactly. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. So if I don't give up tangerines, |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Make the choices you want. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. She has local choices for produce and veggies. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. What if you like seafood and live far from a coast? n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's a choice. Just like eating organic. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. People don't like to be TOLD that thneir choices are irresponsible |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Where does your toilet paper come from? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. See, there's your mistake |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I'm always mindful of my choices |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Why not? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Then why doesn't the same apply to your toilet paper? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Learn how to read |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. That's not what I asked. Maybe you should learn how to read. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Ay yay yay |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I don't imagine myself debating with you at all. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Holy shit |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I'm not. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Your attempt |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Nor would I. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That particular problem is solving itself, for all of us. nt |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You weigh your desire for seafood against your responsibility for the polis |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Or tangerines, for that matter. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. I doubt very much she would say that. She travels a lot, and she could travel into tangerine country |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sounds like she would be very supportive of local farmers |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Exactly. In other words, quite reasonable. nt |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. My initial thought was that she didn't say it at all. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's actually a good thing. Buying locally is more interesting than Boortz any day! |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. I'm hoping to establish that he DID get snookered, that's all. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't know if she said that, but if she did, she's right. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Nothing is hard to understand about that, but |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Not saying stop all international trade. But shipping is one of, if not the biggest |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Boortz should read (if he can) "Animal Vegetable Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. How can we tell when Boortz makes an ass of himself again? Isn't it a permanent condition? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. But wouldn't it be funnier if |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Your point is well taken, and thanks for the post. Reality may be tough for Neil, though. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. so Elizabeth gets it and Boortz still has his head up EXXONS ass? |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. Transporting anything increases the carbon output |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Again, the original question was |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wanker of the Day |
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