TheLar's Comments (55)

“Ms. Goodman,

This is a great article, however, you should note I'm already way ahead on this game. My novel Where Did This Come From? by Larry Nocella tells the story of a man who becomes rich when he finds a rare mineral in a fictional South American country. The main character then learns the cost to the local native tribe of his American Dream and sets out to right the situation. But how do you turn the tide of desire and greed? How do you fight insatiable want?

The book is available as Print-on-Demand; each copy printed is a copy that's purchased, as opposed to what I call Forecast-and-Recycle, the much more common (and more wasteful) book printing method.

I also donate a portion of the profits from Where Did This Come From? to offset the book's carbon footprint. Where Did This Come From? has been named the first CarbonFree novel in the world according to CarbonFund.org.

The book is available on Amazon as print and eBook, and I blog often about the challenges a new author, concerned with the future of books and the future of our planet, faces. A sample of eBooks vs. Paper books here: http://bit.ly/3qCYZw

Much more on my site. Hope you like it, and I hope you'll try Where Did This Come From?.

Keep up the great work.

Larry Nocella
author of the novel, Where Did This Come from?
http://www.LarryNocella.com/”

“What an insightful article! Who would have guessed?”

“Mr. Mitchell, I think your post is a bit oversimplified, though this may be due to the fast-moving nature of the net and you have not yet had time to update.

You do not address the fact that the family of the slain marine begged the AP to not release the photo, they felt it would be disrespectful. Here's the link where I read that - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26759.html

I'm in favor of publishing things to enlighten people to the horrors being committed (of ALL kinds by ALL peoples) but when there is a direct request NOT to, I personally would hold off.

Thinking about it cynically: there are plenty of marines dying and surely there will be another photo available soon enough. Or, failing that, describe it in words.

Larry Nocella
www.LarryNocella.com”

“Makes sense. Thanks for considering it and thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work!”

“haha Great, reminds me of the #fearofthemonth hashtag on twitter - collecting the next ridiculous GOP scare tactic”

“Instead of #TOPPROG - I suggest in keeping with the other hash tags, #TPOT.

Incidentally, I just launched a hashtag myself, #fearofthemonth - to speculate on what the next GOP Republican Conservative scare tactic will be. Can be funny, true, false, unfunny, whatever. Try it!

Thanks! See you in the tweet-o-sphere! (?)

Larry Nocella
www.LarryNocella.com”

“Turning into? Good column, but a little late. The Rep Party has been a cult. With emphasis on has been. yuk yuk”

“Question for healthcare protestors: Why do you feel for-profit healthcare is better than not-for-profit healthcare?”

“Excellent job Max. This is what the net does best - alerting me to what the MSM has not. Keep up your work for peace.”

“This is a remix of McCain singing Bomb Iran - very well done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phka5_fsWU”

“How about Hitler being the spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League? Nope. Still not as funny as Bristol for abstinance.”

“Yo Sean! When are we getting together to make a movie? I keep waiting for you to call. haha. http://www.LarryNocella.com/

Excellent points, mate. For all of those who went crazier over Obama's cordial hand-shake with Chavez, I'd like them to honestly say that in their workplace they never, ever are cordial with a rival. It never makes sense to posture angrily even if you intend to attack someone. The talking heads know this, they're just looking for any ridiculous thing to yell at Obama for. News flash: Chavez didn't tank the economy: Americans did.”

“Mr. Weber - nice article. I tend to agree. As a human who wants to see more compassion, I'm pleased. As an American who wants to see more ideas, I'm concerned, but not too much. I think the Republican party will abopt the ideas of the Libertarian Party, since the GOP has no ideas of its own. Then we'll have the same old debate: should working class people get a piece of the pie (roughly the Dem approach), or should working class people get what the rich toss out as scraps? (The GOP approach and to some extent, the Libertarian approach.)”

“Long before this article, long before the New York Times pointed out the trend was occuring, back in Feb. 2007, author Larry Nocella suggested that psuedo-journalists (especially the paprazzi) are much better suited to pursuing the powerful than official journalists.

Read his timeless classic: Watching Hollywood like a hawk. Watching Washington like a blind duck. – Or – Preventing Vietnam War Part 3: Iran with Secret Weapon Paparazzi.
http://www.larrynocella.com/2007/02/watching-hollywood-like-hawk-watching.html

... and his thoughts on the recent New York Times article about TMZ doing just that:
http://www.larrynocella.com/2009/03/poser-propheteering.html”

“Can't she just apologize to Rush Limbaugh and end this important controversy?”

“You mean to tell me that people looking out for only themselves somehow doesn't equate to a fair economic structure?

That's it I'm putting Rush Limbaugh on THREE radios simultaneously, not just two like I usually do.”

“... and I was just starting to trust the mainstream media!”

“Perfect”

“yep yep - if hannity and fox weren't so censor happy, i'd love to see someone on his show and challenge him to actually define socialism instead of using it as a kneejerk buzz word to mobilize morons”

“Do Bugs in a Rug Going Up a Vacuum Cleaner Believe The Rapture(TM) is at Hand? - Larry Nocella

http://www.larrynocella.com/2009/02/apocalust-now-or-why-are-so-many-people.html”

“Interesting comments. I agree. Let's make the USA work for people to live their lives and not just to make money. Thanks!”

“I'm skeptical that anyone in the country is really against "redistribution of wealth" - the latest buzzword making the rounds in the Bush Admin talking points faxes. Especially not the Republicans. Do they really NOT want taxpayer money redistributed to their businesses for contracts and/or bailouts?

Yawn. Another buzzword bites the dust. Keep flailin' Palin. GO OBAMA!”

“Funny that the hoaxing girl showed Dredge to be the carnival huckster that he is. Wa wa wa wa....”

“A maverick is never very far from a horse's ass. - Larry Nocella

http://www.larrynocella.com/2008/10/maverick-is-never-very-far-from-horses.html”

“Thanks, Sean. Good points. I absolutely love Obama but I'm realistic and I wanted him held a little more under the hard questions. Still, not bad. Mostly I was concerned with Palin's absence. Whatever they have to do to keep Sarah Palin away from serious questions, or serious situations, they do it.

Larry Nocella
http://www.LarryNocella.com/”