Comments on: One Big Neon Festering Distraction http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/ Hunter-Gatherer Wannabe With A Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alan http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-25158 Alan Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:18:53 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-25158 Fucking right man. Thank you for saying something. I was thinking the same thing when I first read about this in the local corporate media (KATU I think). I think its funny that Portland calls itself the most "sustainable" or "green" city, in the country. Psshhh, no city, including Portland will ever be sustainable. Maybe when the people decide to rip up the roads, and tear down most of the buildings to allow plant life to grow back, will it be anywhere close to sustainable. Fucking right man. Thank you for saying something. I was thinking the same thing when I first read about this in the local corporate media (KATU I think). I think its funny that Portland calls itself the most “sustainable” or “green” city, in the country. Psshhh, no city, including Portland will ever be sustainable. Maybe when the people decide to rip up the roads, and tear down most of the buildings to allow plant life to grow back, will it be anywhere close to sustainable.

]]> By: roxanne http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24985 roxanne Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:51:31 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24985 I was in a car in a parking lot recently, just looking at the sprawl spawned by car culture. In the center of the lot was about 7 portable newspaper containers--some for free, some for purchase. I kept thinking how many trees, what forest, gave their lives for this hideous representation of "voices" a la newspapers... And instead of a forest, there's a pile of newspaper containers, representing how many trees for the newspapers? how many lives for the plastic containers manufactured for the containers? how many mountains stripped for the minerals, etc., for the paint on the containers? Take the whole thing down, and get the fuck out of the way of the forest. I was in a car in a parking lot recently, just looking at the sprawl spawned by car culture. In the center of the lot was about 7 portable newspaper containers–some for free, some for purchase. I kept thinking how many trees, what forest, gave their lives for this hideous representation of “voices” a la newspapers… And instead of a forest, there’s a pile of newspaper containers, representing how many trees for the newspapers? how many lives for the plastic containers manufactured for the containers? how many mountains stripped for the minerals, etc., for the paint on the containers?

Take the whole thing down, and get the fuck out of the way of the forest.

]]> By: Susan Ballarini http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24982 Susan Ballarini Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:14:31 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24982 take the whole fucking thing down and plant a tree there. take the whole fucking thing down and plant a tree there.

]]> By: jessica http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24965 jessica Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:03:09 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24965 i just attended my first planning and zoning meeting in the small town i live in... THREE HOURS were spent on whether another point of entry should be allowed for a gas station to accommodate the large RV and truck pulling boat customers expected (so they can turn their fat asses around easier). it was even said that it would "BE A BURDEN" for those folks to have to drive down the road (less than a mile) to one of two other gas stations to fill up their precious vehicles. it was painfully fascinating. i just attended my first planning and zoning meeting in the small town i live in… THREE HOURS were spent on whether another point of entry should be allowed for a gas station to accommodate the large RV and truck pulling boat customers expected (so they can turn their fat asses around easier). it was even said that it would “BE A BURDEN” for those folks to have to drive down the road (less than a mile) to one of two other gas stations to fill up their precious vehicles. it was painfully fascinating.

]]> By: christopher http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24938 christopher Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:48:32 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24938 excellent post. excellent post.

]]> By: Joanna http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24936 Joanna Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:54:41 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24936 I heard a quote the other day from some famous economist whom I did not recognize because I don't care about the economy: "Energy technology is about saving the US, not about saving polar bears." I couldn't have said it better myself. I heard a quote the other day from some famous economist whom I did not recognize because I don’t care about the economy:

“Energy technology is about saving the US, not about saving polar bears.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

]]> By: Christine http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24925 Christine Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:15:46 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24925 Ditto roxanne! Ditto roxanne!

]]> By: roxanne http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24924 roxanne Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24924 Excellent. And fucking stupid. But thank you for saying this, and so well. I don't have to tell you how many times in a day I feel and think these same things. Excellent.
And fucking stupid.
But thank you for saying this, and so well.
I don’t have to tell you how many times in a day I feel and think these same things.

]]> By: incendiary_dan http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24920 incendiary_dan Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:40:19 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fuck-the-planet-now-in-neon/#comment-24920 Sounds like a problem that one single .22 round could solve. Hel, if you could get close enough, a BB or a rock. Sounds like a problem that one single .22 round could solve. Hel, if you could get close enough, a BB or a rock.

]]>