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A Better Choice Sam Aurelius Milam III When I was young, soft drinks came in glass bottles. When we finished the soft drinks, we returned the bottles to the store, to be refilled and used again. Many years later, while I lived at Mere Keep, I bought milk in glass bottles. When I finished a bottle of milk, I returned the bottle to the store, to be refilled and used again. I lived through the transition from glass to plastic. I commented briefly on that in Another Challenge, in the December 1994 issue of this newsletter. Recycling plastic is being touted as the answer to our waste problem, but a glass bottle might last for years or even for decades. If it does eventually become unusable, then it can be recycled into another glass bottle. Making containers that can't be reused at all, but which are intentionally designed to be disposable, is a bad idea. The quantity of such containers that we recycle is a measure of our failure to make proper containers. The fact is that a failure to recycle plastic isn't the problem. Recycling plastic only hides the real problem, enabling us to ignore it, and to pretend that we're behaving responsibly. What we need to do is to actually solve the problem. Beverage containers are only one part of the problem. In fact, the problem extends to all packaging, for all products. The quantity of such packaging, all of it, that we recycle is a measure of our failure to make proper packaging. I suggest that we return to the previous practice of making packaging that's returnable and reusable. That would be a better choice. The Fable of the County Rooster As Retold by Sam Aurelius Milam III A man bought a chicken farm and soon realized that he had a problem. His hens weren't producing enough eggs to pay for the feed that he was buying. He didn't know how to solve the problem, so he called the county agent. The county agent came out to the farm for a visit that very evening. They walked from the driveway to the hen lot and the county agent looked around for a few seconds. "Lots o' hens," he commented. "Yeah," replied the farmer, "but they aren't laying enough eggs." "Don't see no rooster," said the county agent. "I don't need a rooster," objected the farmer. "Hens lay eggs. Roosters don't." "Yeah," said the county agent, "but roosters lay hens, ifn ya git ma meanin'." "And that will help?" asked the farmer. "Shore nuff." "So, I have to buy a rooster," speculated the farmer. "No way. You can use ours." "Yours?" "Well, not mine. County rooster. He's specially trained. We keep 'im for just this kinda thing. Ah'll be here at sunrise tomorrow morning." The next morning, the farmer was waiting at sunrise when the county agent arrived. The county agent had a wire cage in the back of his pickup truck. In the wire cage was a rooster. The county agent carried the wire cage over to the gate to the hen lot, opened the gate, sat the cage down, and opened the door. The rooster crowed once, and went out the door like a shot. He leaped right on top of the nearest hen and, well, uh, he did the job he was specially trained to do. Then he leaped from that hen and ran straight to the next nearest one. Then from her, he ran to the next nearest one. "Doesn't he have to rest?" asked the farmer. "Nope, he's specially trained." "I wouldn't want him to get sick or something," worried the farmer. "Don't you worry none," assured the county agent, "he's been specially trained." "How long will this take?" asked the farmer. "This many hens? All day," replied the county agent. "Ah'll be back about sunset." The county agent got in his pickup truck and drove away. The farmer stood for a few minutes, watching the rooster. It never stopped. It finished with one hen, leaped off, and ran for the next hen. The farmer was a little concerned but what could he do? After all, the rooster had been specially trained. The farmer went into his house to eat some breakfast. Then, he went out to his tractor. He had to plow the north field. On his way past the hen lot, he noticed that the rooster was still at it.
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But
if the rumors are true, that our American government has actually recovered
the crashed remains of alien flying saucers, then why haven't our scientists
reversed engineered them yet? Why are we still using old rockets
and space shuttles?
Your friend, —Howie in the Max
I believe that it's possible to make an artificial milk source. Maybe it isn't a good idea, but I believe that it's possible. Probably the best way to do it, instead of building the thing, would be to grow it. Although the Sun does contain some carbon and oxygen, it doesn't burn carbon fuel in the presence of oxygen, like a camp fire for example. The heat that's generated in the Sun results (presumably) from the fusion of hydrogen into helium. That process doesn't require oxygen. As I suggested in Born to Rave, available in Pharos, the officially acknowledged space programs might be nothing more than camouflage for a real space program, one that uses much more exotic and sophisticated technology. —editor
Dear Sam ... You mentioned in the Feb 2020 Frontiersman [Editorial Reply, page 3], if my speculations were correct, perhaps Ukraine had an "unnamed agency" too. I don't see why not. Actually it makes more sense there. Like the movie "Hotel", where the rich go to compounds and pay so they can kill poor, unaccounted for people in a controlled environment. Other countries that are smaller, often don't have the "accountability" that we have. And small countries that aren't as openly democratic, keep quiet because they don't want to be on their authorities "radar". So, picture the Ukraine, being a "safari" spot for rich hunters, having a compound where foreigners are brought (American, English, French) and are hunted. Burn any remains. It's as plausible an excuse for the tens of thousands of people who become missing as any. I have no idea how many people in America alone come up missing and leave behind no trace, never to be heard from again. But I agree with you, the U.S. and the Soviet union, very similar. The way our government treats us? I view it as the same way aliens would treat us if they traveled across the universe. They (aliens) would be comparable to Columbus, and "we're" the Indians. Our government is still in a "conquer" mentality, and we're the enemy. I know I sound dire, but it's true. The government's goal, to kill our "individual" self and program good little Stepford wives. I just can't imagine "this" is what our founders imagined that "democracy" would turn out like. I can see why you buck against the system. Maybe you don't get to "ride the ride" because you won't sit in your assigned seat with your seat belt on. But at least you get to die as a truly "free" man, with your boots on. I shall close, your well being is never far from my thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, —S. H., a prisoner
I don't believe that there's any more accountability in the United States than there is in any other country, only the appearance of more accountability. —editor
Dear Sam, Greetings As usual, a great newsletter.... ... One of my desires, when I am released, is to get a "Medical Center for sovereigns" built. (No gov't ID's or forms required!) Staffed with people who'd like to live in "Galt's Gulch"!!! Maybe there is one & I'm just out ot the loop? —E. E., a prisoner
I'm not aware of any such facility. I expect that your most serious challenge will be to avoid the authorities. They're likely to raid the place, confiscate everything there, and arrest everybody present. I don't know how you'll handle the situation but, whatever strategy you devise, I hope that you succeed —editor
Stray Thoughts Sam Aurelius Milam III •If you do good for acclaim or reward, then you're doing good for the wrong reason. •It isn't true that every cloud has a silver lining. It is true that every silver lining has a cloud. •It's in the nature of a dog to have a master. It's in the nature of a wolf to not. Memorial Service
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Acknowledgments My thanks to the following: El Dorado Bob; Betty; Carl, of Gramling, South Carolina; Eric of Ione, California; and Robert, of Stockton, California. — editor
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