tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post273035573269600099..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Plastic or even more plastic?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67204343090788803402015-08-10T03:41:38.243-05:002015-08-10T03:41:38.243-05:00I agree with Tom. It does seem like the Chicago Ci...I agree with Tom. It does seem like the Chicago City Council did not do an effective job on the plastic bag issue, but that doesn't mean there isn't value in the idea of "banning" plastic bags. I live in a Europe where you can bring your own bags, or pay €0.03 for a bag at the store. It works. And I see no reason why it couldn't work in Chicago.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946419377693818990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7264426977134530002015-08-07T21:46:21.275-05:002015-08-07T21:46:21.275-05:00I can't recall ever seeing a commenter here de...I can't recall ever seeing a commenter here defending a gang member, can you? It's just that the vast majority of the people living in the areas with gang problems are NOT gang members and should not be automatically presumed to be. So when they are, it's easy enough to understand why they might fear and resent those who do so. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69558361473227428412015-08-07T20:59:25.732-05:002015-08-07T20:59:25.732-05:00If you change the composition of the plastic bags,...If you change the composition of the plastic bags, are they more acceptable? The expectation you can do the same with people, be they police officers or certain minorities, is also false.WendyChttp://twitter.com/WendyCCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90671352441531012152015-08-07T14:48:58.331-05:002015-08-07T14:48:58.331-05:00How about some Republican debate discussion? Let&#...How about some Republican debate discussion? Let's start with this one--from the Sanders FB link.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bernie Sanders<br /><br />.<br /><br />The Republican debate is over. Not one word about income and wealth inequality, climate change, Citizens United or student debt. That's why the Republicans are so out of touch with the American people. What I heard was more tax breaks for the rich, more people losing health insurance and more talk about war. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6304963455611893692015-08-07T12:25:46.869-05:002015-08-07T12:25:46.869-05:00And of course the super crazy type, white psychos,...And of course the super crazy type, white psychos, would get a hold of them too, but not so easily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44046369504633505222015-08-07T12:24:37.787-05:002015-08-07T12:24:37.787-05:00Tom,
Even if we had the strictest gun control law...Tom, <br />Even if we had the strictest gun control laws, and I'd support that cause I'm anti NRA, criminals like those gangbangers would still get a hold of them. It mght not work as well here as in Europe. Would it be harder and could they get less of them? Perhaps. But we were once the land of the wild west- it's different in Europe and it's a different mentality.<br /><br />Certainly an interesting discussion today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67618674049990123752015-08-07T12:22:27.715-05:002015-08-07T12:22:27.715-05:00The super lefty can get as smug and holier than th...The super lefty can get as smug and holier than thou, in a different way, as the super righty can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15466992389647723882015-08-07T11:06:55.858-05:002015-08-07T11:06:55.858-05:00Anon: 8:41 AM
Here is a curious case for your con...Anon: 8:41 AM<br />Here is a curious case for your consideration. A black man late at night has an auto accident, and knocks on the door of a nearby residence, to ask the occupant to call the police. Well the resident called 911, and said she thinks a burglar is trying to break in. The police arrive, and confront <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7lTiTpWR6o" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Ferrell</a>. A close look at the video shows him looking down at a laser dot sighted on his chest. His eyes bug out in fear, and no doubt channeling Mantan Moreland, says to himself "feets don't fail me now!" Now if I was a cop in that situation, I'd be helpless with laughter. But unfortunately Charlotte Mecklenburg Police have their brains elsewhere. It seems you have a skewed world view, one in which citizens need to act as physiologist trained in reassuring cops with anger management issues. Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52921311979980333582015-08-07T11:01:53.118-05:002015-08-07T11:01:53.118-05:00I'm reluctant to light this particular fuse, b...I'm reluctant to light this particular fuse, but 'Oh what the Hell!!' Cops in London and Paris deal regularly with hardened criminals and all manner of unruly citizens, but rarely kill them. Or get themselves killed in return.<br /><br />What is that NRA slogan: "An armed society is a polite society."<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51465429242990555282015-08-07T10:47:29.469-05:002015-08-07T10:47:29.469-05:00The Sandra Bland case would seem to indicate that ...The Sandra Bland case would seem to indicate that "lipping off," if you could even consider her verbiage to fall in that category, can indeed lead a poorly trained officer, or one lacking self-discipline, or a racist/sexist one* to overreact. <br /><br />*I don't know enough about the officer in that case to know which of those categories he may fall into. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78842499220863097792015-08-07T10:20:35.082-05:002015-08-07T10:20:35.082-05:00Why, I've heard it said that "Guns don...Why, I've heard it said that "Guns don't kill people; people do." Yet, remarkably, when a bag winds up in a tree, it evidently got there of its own volition.<br /><br />Scribe, I see no reason why a person who doesn't recycle bags in the first place, or reuse them, for that matter, is going to change his/her behavior because they're 4 times as thick. People using them for dog crap aren't likely to pay for specific bags for that, rather than just use the thicker ones, either. <br /><br />This ordinance is not just an exemplar of the LoUC. It's another indication of "why we can't have nice things". Because people are irresponsible, not because plastic bags are some plague on the world. We use loads and loads of these bags over time. They're crucial for city dwellers, like myself, lugging an overload of groceries home on foot. Yes, we could always be schlepping around 3 or 4 reusable bags, but it's not like having them at the ready in the trunk of the car, as is often suggested, is applicable. We always recycle the bags, which is certainly easy enough to do. This ordinance is a solution in need of a bigger problem, IMHO. If the time and effort that went into passing this ordinance and creating a different bag supply had gone into educating the citizenry about recycling the bags, it seems to me the effect may have been more beneficial, in the long run. Regardless, no matter what you do, some folks are going to remain irresponsible.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34643493897726655622015-08-07T10:00:23.867-05:002015-08-07T10:00:23.867-05:00I realize that as an anonymous commenter I have no...I realize that as an anonymous commenter I have no standing, and I generally find myself in opposition to those trying to blame the victims in these instances of police misconduct. I have to say, regardless, that before reading the comments, I also found that line inapt. Seems to me that it could easily and more accurately been rendered as "some urban police officers" or another wording that wouldn't appear like such a broad indictment.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14568045366992883432015-08-07T09:44:33.079-05:002015-08-07T09:44:33.079-05:00Not signing a name isn't ashamed but being pri...Not signing a name isn't ashamed but being private incase co-workers are reading. Even if one agreed with you all the time, one should still be private about political opinion. Same goes for facebooks. <br /><br />Do you really think all the people here using their names are using their full or real one? It is your job to get your opinion out there. <br /><br />One shouldn't sign a name, unless a journalism writer on own blog, even if they said all blacks were saints and all cops are evil.<br /><br />Lose the smugness, dear author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66757105152907646592015-08-07T09:40:43.445-05:002015-08-07T09:40:43.445-05:00NS-why is someone a racist just for saying some pe...NS-why is someone a racist just for saying some people in gang areas aren't using common sense or are threatening to cops????? Don't throw the racist term out so lightly. <br /><br />If a cop came toward you, would you act as that Brown guy did? do you really think <br />blacks are shot just for lipping off?<br />JPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18595956158265802132015-08-07T09:38:47.418-05:002015-08-07T09:38:47.418-05:00No, lipping off to cops shouldn't get you kill...No, lipping off to cops shouldn't get you killed, but moving toward them in threatening manner when told to stop or waving a gun at them might.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68987271029353240302015-08-07T09:37:32.975-05:002015-08-07T09:37:32.975-05:00BS-or is it that people who pay a ton of property ...BS-or is it that people who pay a ton of property taxes should get a better school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62810082977468105922015-08-07T09:33:01.820-05:002015-08-07T09:33:01.820-05:00Aramis -- No, it's not easy to say, because th...Aramis -- No, it's not easy to say, because then you have to answer to thinly-disguised bigots who believe, if you knew black people like you seem to feel you do, you'd hold them in the same contempt. That isn't really an argument. Signing a nom de guerre doesn't get you off the hook for being scared and/or ashamed. Can't say I blame you, at least for the latter. As for the former, your fears are exaggerated. I'm safe in knowing nobody cares all that much about what I say. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62983135357481079622015-08-07T09:32:16.351-05:002015-08-07T09:32:16.351-05:00About the thicker bags: The idea was that they wou...About the thicker bags: The idea was that they would be reused several times before being discarded (hopefully recycled), thus cutting down on net waste. Is that not working out?Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14118949162189123992015-08-07T09:30:36.957-05:002015-08-07T09:30:36.957-05:00I love that. Thanks for sharing it.I love that. Thanks for sharing it.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74432526510052109742015-08-07T09:29:57.344-05:002015-08-07T09:29:57.344-05:00No, we wouldn't want our kids to go to the sch...No, we wouldn't want our kids to go to the schools that are chronically starved of money by the politicians who are elected by voters like you.<br /><br />Congratulations on signing your name. Say hello to Athos and Porthos.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35623653948545343542015-08-07T09:29:49.382-05:002015-08-07T09:29:49.382-05:00Of course. If citizens threw themselves face down ...Of course. If citizens threw themselves face down in the dirt as policemen passed, I'm sure they'd shoot them less. But that isn't the point. Lipping off to a policeman shouldn't get you killed. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-820103462746403522015-08-07T09:12:49.670-05:002015-08-07T09:12:49.670-05:00I've always wondered if the incidence of viole...I've always wondered if the incidence of violence on the pedestrian would decrease if said victim cooperated instead of throwing up the defensive stance/pulling out the recording device or running away. Sure there are bad situations that occur, but the heightened awareness of potential problems only seems to make both sides more vulnerable to stepping into the shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24854208349335175132015-08-07T08:58:31.476-05:002015-08-07T08:58:31.476-05:00Easy to say that when one lives in a suburb with f...Easy to say that when one lives in a suburb with few African-Americans in it. Why do super liberals not move to the hood parts of the city then if they are so concerned? They wouldn't want their kids to go to those schools though.<br /><br />It is like when the NY extreme liberal living in the high rise, wanted to shut down the work and livelihood of some lumberjacks out west due to a spotted owls nest.<br /><br />There, a name has been signed.Aramisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42071747652750056532015-08-07T08:53:35.543-05:002015-08-07T08:53:35.543-05:00It's true the Chicago City Council is not the ...It's true the Chicago City Council is not the brightest deliberative body on the planet, but "nudging some people toward recycling" is not a negligible objective, nor is living in a more renewable world an unworthy aim. In most European markets you pay a few pennies for a bag if you didn't bring your own, reusable one -- which most people do.<br /><br />Of course there are instances where the Law of Unintended Consequences is abetted by a lack of foresight, as in the case of an unfortunate bird once taken to task by Christopher Isherwood.<br /><br /> "The common cormorant (or shag)<br /> Lays eggs inside a paper bag. <br /> You follow the idea no doubt?<br /> It's to keep the lightning out.<br /><br /> But what these unobservant birds<br /> Have never thought of is that herds<br /> Of wandering bears might come with buns<br /> And steal the bags to hold the crumbs."<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48009025184621398802015-08-07T08:47:14.565-05:002015-08-07T08:47:14.565-05:00That's what I call "The Post Office Defen...That's what I call "The Post Office Defense." "The United States Postal Service has thousands of dedicated employees who did NOT shoot up their workplaces yesterday..." The reason your line falls flat is, while undoubtedly containing some truth, the cops meting out punishment are punishing Black Person A for the actions of Black Person B, which is the essence of racism. No one doubts the majority of good cops outnumber the bad ones -- gee, imagine if THAT weren't true. It's far easier to blame the messenger than to cope with the ugly truth. I prefer my version, and stand by it, proudly. And I can sign my name to my opinions. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.com