On Friday, I explained
permaculture (sans hearts and rainbows) at length to a Rush Limbaugh-esque conservative coworker. He seemed to be getting it, so I took a step further to explain how Monsanto were screwing over hard working farmers who were choosing to grow organic food. I was expecting a fuh fuh fuh response, but instead he got all fired up about how they were "rent seeking" (investing in lobbying government rather than investing in making a competitive product) which really pissed off his free market point of view. I finished up telling him that he
should do a
Jack Spirko "bag garden" if he feels like he doesn't have time and space for something more elaborate.
I've got a friend (also kinda conservative thinking) coming over today to help me build a
RMH core in the backyard. I lured him with the promise of burnin' stuff (I assume he's bringing the complete works of Karl Marx
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Now I caught this bug from your podcast, so if you're having an off day, rest assured your empire keeps working.