Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the planting is a necessary action. please do not forget the chickens for eggs and food, the veg. between the the high-rise flowers and plants or vice versa. war-time conditions are already upon many. be prepared, if you have a garden ..... a couple of sq. meters of fertile ground. newspapers ......... we (members of the grey-ing society, at least) will never be without them. a tactile news source is vital, proven by the increase in paper sales, for printers (paperless office, bah); the free press in stations. subways, shopping centers. "What in the world can we do about all of that?" does it matter? the influence of extremes is what is forced upon us. it has always been so. look around you; is that what your neighbors need or want to be appraised of as news. when they need to know, they go to the reliable sources of press. so long it is not an invasion, just an encroachment. plus ?a change, plus c'est la m?me chose! b. On 20-apr-2009, at 21:17, Tina Manley wrote: > At 02:36 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote: >> the "journalism" line (which most of us seem to instinctively >> agree on) >> will continue to creep toward the spectacular >> and away from the natural. >> George Lottermoser > > Isn't this depressing? Almost as bad as all of the newspapers > dying. The necessity to go overboard to attract attention is > behind the photo manipulations. Today we depend on Fox and CNN for > our news and our photos of what is happening in the world. Most of > the news and all of the photos are provided by i reporters or i > photographers who provide their "art" for free to get their names > in print. All of the news is centered on "celebrities" or whatever > story happens to get the most clicks. What in the world can we do > about all of that? > > I'm planting tomatoes, peas, peppers, corn, okra and spinach. At > least I know they will come up as expected! > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information