nadinesellers's Comments (35)

“Having abstained from commenting for a while, i return to a burning topic. Ouch, are French morals on the platter today? With a side order of international mores...I'll take mine rare please.
Politics and sex have much in common with money; they find the weakness in the foundation to penetrate the subject. So why is there an uproar about personal lives of appointed officials of one country, when there is rampant corruption in the halls of most local institutions?

Mr Mitterand has come to the defense of a cinematographer of dubious character, yes. The French minister of arts and culture was defending the artistic record, not the one instance of behavior of Mr Polanski.

As the public is engaged in attacking sexual mores, many will lose jobs and health due to useless distraction; let us please focus on our own morals, take care of our own, wherever that may be, whomever they may be.”

“The term "ugly" has been used in determining the value of an individual singer, as if talent had qualificative determinations.
Oh how i hurt for this lively performer, Susan Boyle. Ugly is the seller of voice without personality worth.
Ugly is the dissection or divorce of capability versus appearances.
All Character actors can prove the inherent value of their best features in film and stage productions. All pretty sisters can show that in some instance, they are not as lucky as other less endowed siblings. external beauty is an incomplete precept at best.

Just look in the eyes of the performer and beauty is fully evident, the hope is flaming and triumphant in her whole body, may voices rise in a more meritorious value system, think lovely, think enchanting, good!”

“Few will doubt the love of parents, except perhaps the child who is being incarcerated away from family and friends.
Many do believe that the teen would not have lived in the terrible circumstances of peer pressure and debauchery in social circles.
So in the light of the tremendous importance of therapeutic needs, all concerned people must support the actual supervision and study of the institutions which claims to save children.

Many parents have lost the strength to raise children, through emotional or lifestyle issues. Children who suffer from low self-esteem and scholastic failure, or drug problems become the last straw on their family's weakened system. So much help is needed to empower them.

A solid scientific overview of this new industry is indeed needed to re-assure parents, my compliments on your support of your child, and as you educate yourself, you can add this new strength to your family and others.”

“Ah! the success conflict; my way is better than your way...unfortunately both sides of the therapeutic approach to teen problems are accurate.

Yes, there is evidence of abuse and misrepresentation in such reforming schools; just as there is in the other corrective or punitive institutions; how else would the believers of firm hand treatment sell their system to the needy parents?

Yes there are the well meaning guardians who trust that their wayward child would never have lived through the teen years without the help of a lock-down facility and the apparent care of such strong staff.

So, the author, Maia Szalavitz is offering the prospect of ensuring proper monitoring of such institutions, from scientific data to sifting of claims and pronouncements. Just as advertisement is monitored on a baby's car seat or warnings are printed on a ladder. Truth in advertising with all its petty implications can work in the case of correctional education.

Buyer beware! when desperate families farm out their beloved children to remedial hope, they need to know what really is involved there.”

“the photograph of slim pickin's chicken bones may be a preview of the future for many a family if the economy does not pick up!
cheer up, animals won't be so affected by the recession, they will just eat their usual fare, unless they too become prey by default.
from the bottom of the food chain, it looks downright polluted.”

“since the subject varies from bones to books, allow me to add one more recipe.
one crock-pot, many bones, one bay-leaf and rosemary sprig, one onion and one head of garlic. one book, one bottle of wine. salt and pepper to taste.
do set book down and wash hands properly before throwing the family's chicken leftover bones into the slow cooker, add herbs and onion and garlic, salt and pepper, cover with water.
sit in best chair, on sundeck or den, plug in music, pretend to read until asleep.
upon waking, pour rest of wine in the stewpot, simmer for remainder of day.
broth sifted through a colander , bones picked for remaining bites of meat, you may cook pasta or vegetables in this superb health treat, and read that book.
write one sentence in journal to keep track of ecological and personal efforts...”

“Salivating my way out of tasty sustenance, i dry my lips to comment on the attitude surrounding this most essential subject. We all have this common goal, need for food and nutritional satisfaction. How wonderful the food chain!

Being so intimately acquainted with the biology and process of nourishment, i am anxious to read about a return to hands on, hands in, food preparation. A sensuous progress in a sane direction. How comforting it is to note the current change in home and market.”

“No need to mention the losers; they are best left to licking their sores in the dark.
Glad to notice that America is capable of appreciating intellect and real family values.
It should be a warm and fancy treat to witness signs of true connectivity within the first family. The old adage " the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother" works by extension to the constituency. There is much evidence of caring, and we sure need it...”

“The Nielsen ratings demonstrate what i have observed here in the Midwest and elsewhere as well.
No matter how much information gets spread about nutrition, most shoppers will not buy the best for their family, but rather the most convenient, the quickest, the latest and the prettiest. Appeal varies by color, packaging and social trends
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Food waste has not subsided with the economic downturn, choices have been limited. Ready snacks and frozen goodies are still piled high on most mom's carts. Plastic reigns untouched. Chartreuse and Puce, Orange day-glow and High yellow catch the eye of the children who tyranize the budget.

Television dictates, children anticipate; and harried, worried mothers actuate the purchase, often against their will or best judgment. I hear the bickering; the classic battle of it's good for you and i want this.
Who is in charge here? Who has given up the sensible reins for the slim purse strings?”

“Now why would i post a comment after 2144 folks already have?
because i don't have the patience to read any further than the first few. And, if the reactionaries are a sample of what's waiting to trap the president elect on his first one hundred days, it's gonna be one hard road to travel.
The citizens would do well to pay attention to the lady's ethics, rather than her underskirts--under towel.
Palin's freedom with the public monies, the buddy system and the gossip slinging demonstrate some skewed values here. So she's pretty? and feisty? then elect her to an office which requires these attributes and none other.”

“Robert Kennedy Jr does not need a script to bring the environmental problems to light and to engage the public in sustainable restoration.
He would be a wise choice for the EPA position in the new administration. This man understands the job requirements and can withstands the responsibility.”

“Improving insulation would indeed reduce the need for costly and polluting energy.
Eating less large animals would require less water thirsty corn feed, and leave more land resources to healthier vegetable fare. Smaller animals convert protein more effectively.
As for transportation, using public buses/trains or ride shares would clean the air and the pockets. Bicycling and walking habits could also reduce the need for medical intervention.
How often we miss the easy solutions while looking for panacea to the troubled modern conscience.

i was surprised to see the low ratings, for adjust thermostat since such a simple move would help the health of the individual as well as that of the air quality indoors and out. I like sweaters and blankets, fresh air and radiant heat! a cozy winter and a quiet pillow to all...”

“The Midwest is rife with fruit this bee-less year; the winds of natural prosperity have blessed the great plains and no one seems interested in bending down to gather the gratuitous feast.
i have lugged home more fruit than i have space to keep them, jars all full and no one to eat all of it. gardeners are so grateful for my appreciation of the bounty, i find little time to pick all of the offerings, and have few to share it with.
in a society bent on processing, prolonging, preserving and profiting, i find that the daily opportunity is largely missed because of industrial abundance. Perhaps lesson will be taught as a result of the recession. Don't kill all the dandelions yet!
if it doesn't come from the store, it's not viewed as safe or edible. What great waste!”

“As most newly renamed greens, i fall within several categories.

Extreme greenie: Giving new life to any material which emanated from earthly origins. Hunting for recyclables and other redeeming qualities. Feeding animals a steady freegan diet. without embarrassment or wastefulness from a quaint view of protein transformation to eggs and meat products. A lifestyle which appears uncommon amid surrounding consumerism.

Green Moms: as a mother, i have shown savage protectionism against the commercial elements, in our native France as well as in the US. It takes unusual temerity to stand strong against the haves and the always gets. To raise children without electricity, ergo no TV, no other form of entertainment besides a writer mother with more bedtime stories than the library. Big on creativity, light on moving expenses. A do-it-yourself world of obedience to environmental awareness.

Green intellectuals: my experience is mostly empiric in the matter of science, classes in environmental classes filled degree requirements. Reading Mother Earth mag cover to cover. Blogging about environmental dangers qualifies me as an auto- didactic thinker.

Green samaritans: rectifying ecological abuse around wherever i live. Be it the studies on rare amphibians, re-building earthen dams, saving biomass and bio-diversity on few acres. Sharing tips on conservation and talking to classes whenever i am author in the schools.
Thank you for promoting the least among us with open mind and hand.”

“Brigitte Bardot focuses on animal rights because they are innocent victims of our political abuses.
Sarah Palin focuses on the gun sights because she sees man/woman as the supreme animal.
Somewhere between supremacists, creationists and dominionists on this planet, there are people who care for all life, the poor whose habitat is still shrinking, fauna and flora included.
Alaska's natives could tell of the ravages perpetrated by careless land use, climate change and oil drilling. This is the future we can expect if the circus comes to (white Washing-town).”

“Brigitte Bardot focuses on animal rights because they are innocent victims of our political abuses.
Sarah Palin focuses on the gun sights because she sees man/woman as the supreme animal.
Somewhere between supremacists, creationists and dominionists on this planet, there are people who care for all life, the poor whose habitat is still shrinking, fauna and flora included.
Alaska's natives could tell of the ravages perpetrated by careless land use, climate change and oil drilling. This is the future we can expect if the circus comes to (white Washing-town).”

“Is it the appeal of the cheap soap opera? Or the intellectual slumming which drives me close to the edge of my seat?
Such foreign words as family values, moral principles and truth in voting, have left me hungry for the European side by side voter information sheets. In these, voters may compare records from each candidate on each relevant issue.
Sarah plain and short needs to re-evaluate her positions. Then abandon the intoxicating world stage before the whole world laughs at the entire country one too many times. Matter of honor and trust.”

“Perhaps as a token to my stubborn heritage, i have consistently refused to open the gate beyond the multitudinous comments and articles on Sarah Palin. Oh yes! i have been intrigued by the opening statements brandished as news.

But i fear the adrenaline rush which would overcome what's left of my political sanity. I would rush and rant, choke and spit in a manner only fit for a bar-room news addict. Therefore, forgive me for abstaining from the most interesting environmental discourse that ambitious governing mother is sure to fire up.

Of course, i am glad to see the greens on full alert about the unconscionable stance on hunting and drilling, on wilderness mismanagement and bully positioning. I stand duly motivated and trying to pierce the fog of ignorance in the ill informed bed of business as usual.”

“She remind me of the self i have lost under cumulative emotional clutter.
But i believe she will be well and balanced, because she has support and it shows.
Yes, a a young woman can be quite grown up in a full spectrum environment, look at other countries and cultures.”

“A chart of deforestation across the globe would prove the same inclination. Up and up.
Quite true the consumer demand is the primary cause of atmospheric carbon. Less buildings, less meats, less travel, and a large portion of the manufacturing process would be eliminated.

Less transport, less export, less refining, and rivers, oceans and forests could absorb our lesser environmental sins or buffer the impact.”

“Politicians and millionaires do not come with a perfectionist pedigree; corporate mentality and profiteers do however contribute largely to the economy.
So let's ask ourselves who else but the T Boone Pickens of this world would have the financial resources to speed up energy recovery ?
When much of Texas energy is produced by wind, when air and water are cleaner, shall we require that the promoters of renewable energy take an oath of poverty in order to create environmentally sane enterprises?

It is not the lower middle class wage which will fast forward the remedy to environmental abuse anytime soon. So i applaud any effort from these who do have large assets and choose to use them to propel green business into our near future.”

“First wives and for that matter second wives are witness and testament to the sanity of the politician.
Mothers and nest makers, educators and supporters are an asset to the electoral candidates.
Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are both grounded and steady women who shore up and connect with their men.
Real people for a real mess to correct at the big white house and beyond. And they won't cost a fortune to make-over or dress-up.”

“It is said that looks are not important, but physionomy can indeed play a part in public perception. The image of respectability in black and white politics will impress just enough voters to sway the line to a sense of sanity.
Although security seems to have faded from the central theme, reassuring temperaments will normalize domestic and foreign affairs until the world begins to recover from too many imperial goals.
The Obama and Biden ticket offers a palatable blend of humanity, experience, age, and fresh attitude.
Fit and tall politicians will present a healthy view of the US. to the international community. Engaging, non confronting personalities will soothe domestic insecurity as well as strengthen nervous allies. A united front is sure to calm rebellious watchers of patterns in American positions across the planet.

The time for war and economic gambling is fast waning; the face of peace may be seen in the election of educated people from humble and diverse backgrounds. Read the facial lines, the reserve. The red telephone in the white house is a safer tool already.”

“Observing nature closely lends a particular understanding of careful neglect. The abandoned acreage is the survival ground of many species.
Look toward the fallow field and the restive copse of volunteer bushes and you may find the long forgotten strength of natural selection in both fauna and flora. The least disturbed areas become the most adaptable.

As a supporter of minimizing, i have been fortunate enough to appreciate local resources and ecological opportunities, such as eco-tourism and nature outings--we lived in and among nature. The dandelion in the cement parking lot, the finch in the super-market tree line, all wonders to enhance our determination to preserve and respect our environment.”

“So glad to read you where it will be most helpful to a larger segment of society.
You have been a steadfast inspiration, so i am looking forward to following this venue.
As clear sources of information congeal into usable medium, more and more people will access what we now call green.
The economy will show the way, the ecology will benefit, the change will be rapid, and i see you as a vehicle toward awareness.”