Collielady's Comments (120)

“That's a great idea and something I'm not in the habit of. Here in Metro Detroit we have many Asian markets and you are correct, they do carry wonderful produce.

Thanks for your reply.”

“Very nice post and I totally agree. Here in Michigan we are now enjoying apples, pears, squash, carrots, and other cool weather produce. They keep well for a while, but our growing season is very short here so we're dependent on fresh food that is shipped in, unless we preserve what we grew during the summer.

Many of my ancestors were from Northern Michigan where preserving the food they grew was essential to survival (an orange at Christmastime was a very exotic treat). My grandmother had no freezer but she had a cellar where she stored all her canned foods. Root vegetables, buried in sand, kept very well there, too.

My mother preserved all the fruits and vegetables that we ate over the winter. We had a huge veggie garden, a grape arbor, and a fruit orchard. It was hard work, but there was nothing more rewarding, or beautiful, than shelves filled with colorful fruits and vegetables that were homegrown and preserved.

Perhaps someday society will return to those old ways. There is something not right about expecting our stores to carry perfect specimens of every specie of produce, 365 days of the year. When one considers the artificial environment that's required to grow out of season produce and then to ship it all over the world, the industry is perhaps one of the most blatant examples of excess and environmental exploitation of our time.

Thanks for your 2 cents. I enjoyed your thoughts.”

“I'd seriously thought about canning this year but I let other stuff get in the way. Now I read this after stocking our winter pantry with great quantities of canned foods, enough that would allow us to be homebound if the H1N1 becomes widespread.

If this article had been written earlier in the season I'd have made it a priority to buy local produce for freezing and canning, and I'm sure other readers would have done likewise. My bad. There is always next year.”

“Sorry she let you down. Check her background, for starters. Not much better than her punk husband.”

“Correct. It's a new concept to the righties, unless they're the ones doing it.”

“During the Geo. W. Bush presidency Laura Bush recorded a sound byte encouraging Americans to become volunteer mentors. That played on the radio daily. Ironically and hypocritically, but not surprisingly, the conservatives never complained about it.”

“It's the tough law and order types who are pro death penalty, but this is what should really concern them: For every mistaken conviction, the real perpetrator walks. That's the irony of their rush to punishment, and it always stumps them.”

“My comment was rude and I apologize. It's kind of a slang way of saying, where have you been? Sorry.

I just don't believe for a moment that the wealthy, AWOL, frat boy president cared at all about the troops. I'm surprised that anyone would actually give him credit for that. You must be more forgiving than me.

My bad. Have a good evening.”

“I humbly thank you for your service.”

“I humbly thank you for your service.”

“Anyone who paid attention during the W years would agree with my remark, which is to say, where in the world has the commenter been?

Totally on point and totally justified.”

“Well, you may not like the political slant but you must admit you're the exception, not the rule.”

“What color is the sky in your world?”

“All Americans thank the soldiers for their service. Can you insert that into your Fixed Noise saturated mind?

Obama is being thanked for recognizing the soldiers' service, on behalf of the rest of us who can't all be there.

Try another spin.”

“"No matter what your political views are or your position on the wars, we should never forget those making the ultimate sacrifice.­"

I agree and it's so sad that the righties have used this to further their ideological agenda, which amounts to ba sh ing their fellow liberal Americans. Is that what these soldiers sacrificed for? Liberal ba sh ing for political gain?

I guess O'Rielly and Limbaugh have clarified that.”

“How about recognizing that an AWOL Bush became an AWOL president (the rest of us would go to prison, not the White House). Yeah, he sure did things "different"ly.”

“These people aren't naive. It would be hard to convince me that neither Harry Reid nor President Obama didn't anticipate Lieberman's underhanded strategy. Maybe the only thing they underestimated is that some of us see through the facade.

Maybe they were naive. Maybe they had no idea Lieberman wouldn't avenge McCain's loss to Obama.”

“Well stated.

Fanned.”

“Lindsay Graham hasn't seen the light. He's had nine months to discredit the right wing fringe, but he was silent. He's just reading the polls and taking a calculated political stand.

Radical right rhetoric is backfiring, big time. Rethuglicans are nearing extinction and Graham knows it.”

“Well said. I'll sign your petition!”

“It's Congress who fears the government's involvement in health care. They threw the "government takeover" ball out there, and much to their surprise it bounced right back to them. Without big insurance and pharma donations winning elections might not just fall into their laps anymore.

Next up: campaign finance reform.”

“No, because men have become happier. Although their hormone issues probably make them happier.”

“I completely agree. I've been belittled and bashed, but will no longer tolerate it. I, too, am proud to be liberal. It's the way I'm wired. I don't know how conservatives can live with themselves.

Stay strong!”

“Good morning, LORISNJ. I always enjoy your thoughtful comments.

I believe there are a variety of right wing motives, all of which you've mentioned, but I also believe that the wing nuts are just a bunch of angry people. They're mostly angry about their financial status and are looking for scapegoats.

We saw this coming during the Clinton years when right wing radio fueled the anger and being a "liberal" became shameful. From there, it's just gotten uglier, and now there is much more for them to be angry about, all courtesy of the Bush/Cheney regime. But, they can't handle the truth.”

“The president needs to be clear about the financial necessity of a public option. He needs to convince those against, those who believe his spending is out of control, that the status quo is ruining the country's economy and that true reform is the only way to save it.

That's the problem. People see reform as more government spending, when it's actually a plan to shift spending and save Americans billions.”