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 rdo wrote: 
That's more than a bit extreme...  I think you are making the typical conservative mistake.  People with these scary "progressive" ideas like fairness and concern for the health of the environment are not trying to control anyone.  However, limits are placed on personal liberties every day.  They are called laws. 

You can't kill someone, you can't steal from someone, you can't dump toxic sludge into someone's drinking water.  Do you have a problem with these attempts to limit your personal freedoms?

Well, what's wrong with checking the rampant commercialism that tells people that they need bigger houses so they can fill it with more crap they don't need?  All that does is create needless waste, promote crime, and generate more toxic sludge from the manufacturing of that crap that they don't need. 

Cut the hatred and try to understand someone's viewpoint other than yours.  It's people like you (and sometimes me) that makes all the current political divisiveness even worse.

10......

 rdo wrote: 
What is wrong with you rdo?  

 nszasz wrote: 
Ditto. I've found so many here, I'm forever grateful (and show it through support, of course!).

 rdo wrote: 
WTF?

 westslope wrote: 
Even if they did, I am sure you'd still find something to complain about.  You would not stop until you had a camera installed in their bedroom and some tube jammed up his nose before your lust for control over the free individual would be satisifed.

Soooooo good! Another gem discovered on RP!

Don't know why I like it so much, but I do. The chiptune sound is probably part of it.

Love these Republic Tigers...

 fredriley wrote: 

Yes, low density suburbs are an artificat of cheap oil.  So is an out of control obesity epidemic.

More expensive energy will benefit people and all innovation-prone economies.

Just wanted to say that this song and this CD are as or more interesting than ever.  This one has lasting power.

 Sasha2001 wrote:  Yes indeed.

 Deadwing wrote: 

 westslope wrote: 
Begs the question.

Okay, I'm bumping from 9 —-> 10!     Still loving this song — thanks RP for introducing me to these guys!  Never hear them on commercial radio (which is good for me / sad for them)

 spudboy wrote: 

yep, the harmonies are similar..not the rock vibe, though

Cool song.  Reminds me a little of the Moody Blues.  Its the vocals I think.

Already a while since this busted onto the scene (for me, via RP), but wow, yesterday while doing the train commute thing, I was treated to this tune on the way in and Golden Sands on the way back from work, and I can honestly say that this stuff is nearly as good as it gets, with amazing music, fantastic soundscaping in the background at all times, profoundly seminal and apropos lyrics delivered impeccably, and spot-on production.  I can also honestly say that just as this continues to grow on me, it also continues to open up abyssal depths below with each listening, and since there are relatively very few things out there these days that can pack that kind of wallop, I dig it endlessly.  Once again, I owe so much gratitude to RP!

 Byronape wrote: 
I watched a TV documentary relatively recently, though sadly I can't remember its title, which argued, convincingly in my view, that suburbia in the UK and US is a deliberate artefact of cheap oil and the power of the motor industry. I don't know about the US, but over here plenty of suburbs and 'new towns' couldn't exist without the motor car. Milton Keynes comes immediately to mind. These places are going to be in trouble as oil becomes scarcer and more expensive.

 westslope wrote: 

Exactly!  Also, it would be a good idea to stop the Great White Migrations from happening in cities...  People that get all excited and upset when a black or minority family moves next door are half the problem.  That leaves vacant houses, which also lowers values, which then invites criminal activity.  It also leads toward urban neglect, drugs, and failing schools.  After all, most political leaders are white people who apparently don't care about minority students...

I used to work in real estate for a brief time.  It sickens me how much home values go down when a minority family moves in.  It isn't supposed to be a factor, but appraisers have all kinds of code words that are used to designate blocks and neighborhoods as "containing non-white" people.  I worked as a middle man between residential appraisers and lenders, and banks would ask appraisers to comment on "neighborhood composition."

One of the most racist and greedy industries I've ever seen.

Ok, I need to step off the soapbox.  This isn't an appropriate place for my rants.

I DIG THIS!

 WonderLizard wrote: 
Into fewer, smaller homes.

 Byronape wrote: 

Sour grapes.

 Byronape wrote: 
The recession aside, generally houses go up because folks need a place to live. Where would you suggest they go?

I love Radio Pardise - you guys keep me going!

love this....